Alphonse Areola, West Ham, keeper, £4.3m – Burnley (h)
This staff wants a few funds choices and Frenchman Areola is a good selection in web.
Nuno Espirito Santo obtained his first dwelling win as Hammers boss final week and his plan was at all times to repair the defence first, so it's a must to hope they preserve it tight in opposition to Burnley.
Gabriel, £6.6m, and Jurrien Timber, £6.1m, each Arsenal – Sunderland (a)
We need not say a lot right here actually. The Gunners saved their eighth straight clear sheet within the Champions League on Tuesday. A ninth can be an outright membership file.
In case you can solely afford one from their defence, go for Gabriel, who appears on for an help or a purpose from a nook in each match.
The principle query is whether or not it's price tripling up on Arsenal's defence – our knowledgeable Holly Shand will debate that time in Friday's Speaking Level article.
Reece James, Chelsea, £5.5m – Wolves (h)
James is rising as an attention-grabbing defensive choice – particularly as Enzo Maresca is utilizing him typically as a midfielder.
This sport in opposition to woeful Wolves is a house banker and you do not have to be a stats particular person to know James likes an help and is keen on a long-range purpose.
However this is a stat anyway – James has began his previous six video games and in that point no different defender has created greater than his 9 possibilities.
Brentford's Michael Kayode (11) has, however I believe Opta is counting lengthy throws amongst that quantity.
James Tarkowski, Everton, £5.5m – Fulham (h)
Tarkowski has defensive contribution factors (defcon) in seven of 10 video games this season, and was pretty shut within the different three.
This needs to be a decent aggressive sport, conducive to defcon, and Fulham have solely scored 4 on the street this season, incomes one level in 5 video games.
