Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.4m – away to Tottenham
We return to King of Egypt as captain this week.
Last week was the first time he failed to score since week seven and he still had an assist.
I’m watching the Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea game a few weeks ago and showing a similar situation on Sunday.
Spurs can’t defend and are also struggling with injuries at the back – a good move for Salah.
Cole Palmer (vice-captain), Chelsea, £11.2m – away at Everton
Everton did well in defense last time out at Arsenal, but on a different day they could have failed.
Less than a quarter of the game with 13 shots.
If it plays out the same way against Chelsea – in the heat – then Palmer and co could have a field day.
Amad Diallo, Manchester United, £5.2m – home to Bournemouth
He got us results last time he was in the team of the week and look what he did in the Manchester derby!
Diallo is emerging as a star and he comes cheap too.
Excluding players with limited playing time, only Saka (0.79) has more assists per 90 minutes this season than Diallo (0.71).
Noni Madueke, Chelsea, £6.3m – away from Everton
The England winger was unlucky to get the only assist against Brentford last week.
He had seven shots, six in the box and one big chance.
I’ll go in for Chelsea to take on Everton this week and Madueke is the midfielder – apart from Palmer – with the best chance of pulling the number two.
He has three this season and two of them were away.
Emile Smith Rowe, Fulham, £5.5m – home to Southampton
Alex Iwobi or Smith Rowe – one of them was coming into this team and there is no choice between budget pairs.
Smith Rowe has three goals from 2.2 expected goals, while Iwobi has overworked with five goals from 1.9xG.
That’s reason enough to cross my fingers and take a punt on ESR.
