Holly Shand: There is a stable case for having a number of investments into Arsenal's defence this season, on condition that they've stored seven clear sheets in 10 video games. They've conceded simply three objectives, with solely six massive probabilities conceded on their aim.
Their defenders have a number of routes to factors, with Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori on three aim involvements, and Jurrien Timber on 4. Gabriel leads the way in which amongst defenders for giant probabilities on aim with three, whereas Timber has had 5 photographs heading in the right direction.
Set-pieces, and corners specifically, are a key path to objectives for this Gunners facet, which is why we're seeing a excessive quantity of attacking returns from their defenders. Then now we have the introduction of defensive contribution factors for this marketing campaign to additional bolster the routes to factors for Arsenal's centre-backs, with Gabriel averaging 9.5 per recreation. He has outscored Erling Haaland over the previous 5 gameweeks.
Nonetheless, stacking defenders from the identical membership is all the time a dangerous enterprise in season-long fantasy video games. Having your entire eggs in a single basket signifies that if Arsenal concede, it is then extremely tough to publish an enormous rating in a given gameweek.
Arsenal's fixtures stiffen following gameweek 11, with a house recreation towards Spurs in gameweek 12 after which a visit to Chelsea in gameweek 13.
Whereas Gabriel has a excessive base for each bonus and defensive contributions, you would be counting on aim involvements from Calafiori or Timber to redeem a rating when conceding, with William Saliba's routes to factors much more diminished.
Goalkeeper David Raya has a ceiling of six factors this season, with a bonus on one event and only a few save factors, so he would want to increase his run of consecutive clear sheets to justify his price ticket.
Julien Laurens: I might not do it. In case you do not wish to spend the cash on Bukayo Saka – which I can perceive, he ought to have had two objectives at Burnley and isn't in his greatest goalscoring kind proper now – I might go for Declan Rice each single day. I might go for 2 Arsenal defenders after which Declan Rice.
