GameDay Squad EPL Gameweek 11 preview

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Tottenham v Man Utd:

Spurs have the wood over Utd in recent history, and their performances under Frank this season solidify them as likely winners in this one, but they’ll be tested by the recent resurgence of Utd on the back of Fernandes, Mbeumo and Cunha.

Relevant historical data:

●     Spurs have won the past four meetings

●     Spurs have also won their past four home games V Man Utd

●     Man Utd haven’t beaten Spurs in the past seven meetings

●     Spurs have kept a clean sheet in three of the past four meetings. They have also done the same in the past four home meetings

●     Spurs haven’t won in the league at home in their last four attempts (1D, 3L). Their only league home win this season was against Burnley

●     Man Utd have one win, two draws and two losses away in the league this season

Last five meetings:

●     B Johnson 2G

●     P Sarr 2A

●     Spence 1A

●     Diallo 1G 1A

●     B Fernandes 1A

●     M van de Ven 1A

●     Richarlison 1G

●     P Porro 1A

●     Bentancur 1G

Signings stats:

●     Kudus 1G 1A in three meetings with Man Utd all time

●     Mbeumo 4G 1A in eight meetings with Spurs all time

●     Cunha 1G 1A in four meetings with Spurs all time

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Tottenham: Key Passes (4th), Fouls Drawn (5th), Tackles (5th)

●     Man Utd: Aerial Duel Wins (3rd), Saves (1st)

Recommended Players:

●     Bruno Fernandes

●     Bryan Mbeumo

●     Mo Kudus

●     Amad Diallo

●     Pedro Porro

●     Micky van de Ven

●     Guglielmo Vicario

West Ham v Burnley:

Both teams will be gunning for a win in what appears an early six pointer given each team’s struggles so far this season. West Ham have been up and down under recently appointed manager, Nuno, as they attempt to familiarize themselves with his style.

Relevant historical data:

●     Burnley haven’t won in the past five meetings (2L 3D)

●     Two combined clean sheets in the past five meetings (both came in a 0-0 draw)

●     West Ham’s only league home win this season came last round v Newcastle

●     Burnley's only league away win came in their last away game (v Wolves)

Last five meetings:

●     L Paqueta 1G

●     Soucek 2G

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     West Ham: Shots on Target (4th), Accurate Crosses (3rd), Aerial Duel Wins (4th), Saves (5th)

●     Burnley: Shots on Target (1st), Key Passes (1st), Accurate Crosses (1st), Aerial Duel Wins (2nd)

Recommended Players:

●     Lucas Paqueta

●     Jarrod Bowen

●     El Hadji Malick Diouf

●     Jaidon Anthony

●     Martin Dubravka

Everton v Fulham:

Everton have made their home a fortress this season and will look to continue that dominance against a team who hasn’t been able to win away from home in Fulham. Everton struggled to break down a rampant Sunderland, but they may find the going easier here against a less solid defensive unit.

Relevant historical data:

●     There has been three draws in the past five meetings (one win each)

●     Fulham have won three of the past five Everton home meetings (two draws). Prior to those five, Everton won 12 home games against Fulham in a row

●     Three clean sheets combined in last five meetings

●     Everton's only league home loss came in their last home game (v Spurs)

●     Fulham haven’t won away in the league this season (1D, 4L)

Last five meetings:

●     Beto 3G

●     R Jimenez 1G

●     V Mykolenko 1G

●     M Keane 1G 1OG

●     E Smith Rowe 2A

●     A Iwobi 1G

Signings stats:

●     Grealish 2G from seven games against Fulham all time

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Everton: NIL

●     Fulham: Fouls Drawn (1st), Blocks (5th)

Recommended Players:

●     Jack Grealish

●     Iliman Ndiaye

●     Jordan Pickford

Sunderland v Arsenal:

A David v Goliath story at the beginning of the season, however now a much more even prospect. It’s likely Arsenal still win this, but it should be a closer game against a team who dominated Everton at points last round. Arsenal’s usual set piece ploys may struggle against the likes of Ballard, Mulere and Fernandez.

Relevant historical data:

●     Arsenal have won four of the last five meetings (one draw)

●     Last time they played was 2021

●     Arsenal haven’t lost to Sunderland in the last 12 meetings

●     Arsenal have only kept a clean sheet in two of the last five meetings

●     Sunderland are unbeaten at home in the league this season (3W, 2D)

●     Arsenal have won every league away game bar one this season (Liverpool)

Last five meetings:

●     NIL

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Sunderland: Accurate Crosses (2nd)

●     Arsenal: Blocks (2nd), Clearances (1st)

Recommended Players:

●     Bukayo Saka

●     Gabriel

●     Jurrien Timber

●     David Raya

●     Declan Rice

●     William Saliba

●     Robin Roefs

Chelsea v Wolves:

This fixture has recently been a goal fest, with surprisingly limited clean sheets. Chelsea at home, matched against a struggling Wolves is unlikely to find much bother in this, although they may be up against the dreaded new manager bounce.

Relevant historical data:

●     Chelsea have won three of the last five meetings, while Wolves have won two (Chelsea have won the last three)

●     There has been no clean sheets in the last five meetings

●     There has been an average of 5.6 combined goals across the last five meetings

●     Chelsea have managed two clean sheets against Wolves in the past five home meetings

●     Chelsea have two wins, one draw and two losses at home in the league this season

●     Wolves haven’t won away in the league this season

Last five meetings:

●     J Gittens 1G 2A

●     Estevao 1G

●     E Agbadou 2A

●     T Arokodare 1G

●     H Hee-Chan 1A

●     D Wolfe 2G

●     M Doherty 2G

●     T Adarabioyo 1G

●     M Cucurella 1G

●     T Chalobah 1A

●     J Strand-Larsen 1G

●     P Neto 1A

●     M Caicedo 1A

●     J Gomes 1A

Signing stats:

●     Joao Pedro has played Wolves twice with no G/A

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Chelsea: Tackles (3rd), Blocks (2nd), Saves (2nd)

●     Wolves: Shots on Target (5th), Successful Dribbles (2nd), Accurate Crosses (3rd), Fouls Drawn (2nd)

Recommended Players:

●     Joao Pedro

●     Pedro Neto

●     Enzo Fernandez

●     Marc Cucurella

Nottingham Forest v Leeds:

In what is likely to be the battle of defenses, it’s possible we see clean sheets from both teams. With Dyche at the helm, Forest are attempting to rediscover their defensive mastery from last season, can they hold out Leeds?

Relevant historical data:

●     Both teams have two wins in the past five meetings

●     Forest have kept two clean sheets in the past five meetings, while Leeds have one

●     There has only been an average of two goals combined per game across the past five meetings

●     There has been a clean sheet in four of the past five Forest home games in this fixture (both teams have two each)

●     Forest have one win, one draw and three losses at home in the league this season

●     Leeds have four losses away in the league this season with their only win against Wolves

Last five fixtures:

●     J Harrison 1G

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Nottingham Forest: Shots on Target (2nd), Key Passes (3rd), Accurate Crosses (5th), Interceptions (5th), Saves (4th)

●     Leeds: NIL

Recommended Players:

●     Matz Sels

●     Gabriel Gudmundsson

●     Sean Longstaff

●     Elliott Anderson

●     Neco Williams

●     Nikola Milinkovic

●     Murillo

Crystal Palace v Brighton:

Palace’s home form this season puts into question their recent defensive struggles against Brighton, whom they haven’t kept a clean sheet against for the past ten matches. Brighton have only been held goalless once this season, to Everton, in a game Pickford saved a penalty. This game is likely to be low scoring, but will anyone manage to keep a clean sheet?

Relevant historical data:

●     Palace and Brighton have both won two games in the past five meetings.

●     There has only been one clean sheet in the past five meetings (Brighton)

●     Palace have not kept a clean sheet in the past ten meetings between these teams

●     Palace have not kept a clean sheet in the past eight home meetings between these teams

●     Five of the past eight Palace home meetings in this fixture have ended 1-1

●     Palace are unbeaten at home in the league this season (2W 3D)

●     Brighton only have one away win in the league this season (1D 4L)

Last five fixtures:

●     J Mateta 2G

●     D Munoz 1G

●     D Welbeck 2G 1A

●     Y Minteh 1A

●     I Sarr 2G 1A

●     T Mitchell 1A

●     M Guehi 1OG

●     E Nketiah 1A

●     L Dunk 1G

●     S March 1G

●     K Mitoma 1A

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Crystal Palace: Successful Dribbles (5th), Accurate Crosses (5th), Interceptions (4th), Aerial Duel Wins (1st), Saves (3rd)

●     Brighton: Successful Dribbles (1st), Fouls Drawn Against (3rd), Saves (4th)

Recommended Players:

●     Ismaila Sarr

●     Jean-Philippe Mateta

●     Danny Welbeck

●     Yankuba Minteh

●     Daniel Munoz

●     Dean Henderson

●     Bart Verbruggen

Brentford v Newcastle:

Brentford have been dominant at home this season in the league and will look to continue that against a Newcastle team that hasn’t won away in the league. With a Champions League game midweek, we may see a tired Newcastle swept aside by a rested Brentford squad in this one.

Relevant historical data:

●     Newcastle have won four of the past five (Brentford one win) meetings

●     There has been one clean sheet in the past five meetings (coming five games ago), which was for Newcastle

●     There has been four goals on average per game across the past five meetings

●     There has not been a draw in the past eight meetings

●     Brentford have won two of the past five home meetings v Newcastle (Newcastle three wins)

●     Both teams have kept one clean sheet in the past five Brentford home meetings

●     Brentford have only lost once at home this season (1-0 to Man City)

●     Brentford have only kept one clean sheet at home this season in the league in five attempts

●     Newcastle have not won away from home in the league this season (3D 2L)

Last five fixtures:

●     J Murphy 1G 3A

●     S Tonali 3G

●     H Barnes 2G 1A

●     A Gordon 1A

●     F Schar 1G

●     B Guimaraes 1G 3A

●     N Collins 1G

●     K Schade 1G

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Brentford: Shots on Target (5th), Key Passes (2nd), Aerial Duel Wins (5th), Clearances (4th), Saves (4th)

●     Newcastle: Successful Dribbles (2nd), Interceptions (2nd), Blocks (4th), Clearances (5th)

Recommended Players:

●     Bruno Guimaraes

●     Sandro Tonali

●     Michael Kayode

●     Caoimhin Kelleher

●     Nick Pope

Aston Villa v Bournemouth:

There’ll be a lot of backing of the firepower of Bournemouth against the underrated Villa backline. Villa have only lost once at home this season, to Palace, which has been their only loss in the last 28 home games in all competitions. Bournemouth on the other hand have struggled away from home this season, winning only once away in the league. 

Relevant historical data:

●     Aston Villa have won three of the last five meetings (two draws)

●     Bournemouth have won two of the last five Villa home fixtures in this meeting (1D, 2L)

●     There has been a single clean sheet in the last five Villa home meetings v Bournemouth (Villa)

●     There has been two clean sheets, both to Villa, in the past five total meetings

●     Villa have only lost once at home in the league this season (3W, 1D) to Palace

●     Bournemouth have only one once away in the league this season (2D, 2L), which was to Spurs

Last five fixtures:

●     O Watkins 2G 4A

●     M Rogers 1G 1A

●     R Barkley 1G

●     Evanilson 1G

●     M Tavernier 1A

●     A Semenyo 1G

●     R Christie 1A

●     E Buendia 1G

●     T Mings 1A

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Aston Villa: Key Passes (4th), Interceptions (3rd), Tackles (2nd)

●     Bournemouth: Shots on Target (3rd), Successful Dribbles (4th), Aerial Duel Wins (5th), Fouls Drawn (4th), Tackles (4th), Clearances (3rd)

Recommended Players:

●     Ollie Watkins

●     Morgan Rogers

●     Antoine Semenyo

●     Matty Cash

●     Adrien Truffert

●     Djordje Petrovic

Man City v Liverpool:

The clash of the round as two powerhouse rivals meet. Liverpool come into the game in very poor league form, however a win over Real Madrid midweek may do wonders for their confidence. City should have the upper hand at home here and you’d expected either sides star attackers to do well.

Relevant historical data:

●     Liverpool have won two of the past five meetings, while City have won one

●     Liverpool have kept clean sheets in the past two meetings

●     City haven’t kept a clean sheet in the past 13 meetings, but Liverpool have only kept three in that time

●     Both teams have won two games in the past five City home meetings in the fixture

●     There has only been one clean sheet in those five City home fixtures

●     There has been an average of 3.8 goals combined scored per game in the past five City home meetings between the teams

●     City average 2.6 goals at home this season in the league

●     City have won four home games in the league this season with only one loss

●     Liverpool have lost their past three away games in the league, winning only two games away in the league this season

●     Liverpool have only kept one away clean sheet in the league this season

Last five fixtures:

●     M Salah 3G 3A

●     D Szoboszlai 1G 1A

●     C Gakpo 1G

●     J Stones 1G

●     A Mac Allister 1G

●     E Haaland 1G

●     N Ake 1A

Statistics (Top Five in the League for Conceding):

●     Man City: Tackles (1st), Blocks (5th)

●     Liverpool: Blocks (1st), Clearances (2nd), Interceptions (1st)

Recommended Players:

●     Erling Haaland

●     Mo Salah

●     Phil Foden

●     Dominik Szoboszlai

●     Gianluigi Donnarumma

Goalkeepers:

●     Sels ⭐️

●     Pope

●     Henderson

●     Vicario

●     Raya

Uniques: Kelleher and Perri

Defenders:

●     Gabriel ⭐️

●     Kayode

●     Timber

●     Porro

●     Chalobah

●     Cucurella

●     Cash

●     Van de Ven

●     Munoz

●     Saliba

Uniques: Gudmundsson and Truffert

Midfielders:

●     Bruno Fernandes ⭐️

●     Grealish

●     Paqueta

●     Guimaraes

●     Rice

●     Tonali

●     Enzo Fernandez

●     Kudus

●     Mbeumo

●     Szoboszlai

Uniques: Diouf and Damsgaard

Forwards:

●     Watkins ⭐️

●     Haaland

●     Joao Pedro

●     Saka

●     Bowen

●     Salah

●     Pedro Neto

●     Ismaila Sarr

●     Mateta

●     Semenyo

●     Ndiaye

Uniques:  Amad Diallo and Welbeck

…And that’s a wrap! Best of luck with round eleven.