Alphonse Areola, West Ham, keeper, £4.3m – Burnley (h)
This group wants a few price range choices and Frenchman Areola is an honest selection in internet.
Nuno Espirito Santo obtained his first house win as Hammers boss final week and his plan was all the time to repair the defence first, so it's a must to hope they hold it tight towards Burnley.
Gabriel, £6.6m, and Jurrien Timber, £6.1m, each Arsenal – Sunderland (a)
We needn't 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 report.
If you happen to 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 primary query is whether or not it's value 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 towards woeful Wolves is a house banker and you do not should be a stats individual to know James likes an help and is keen on a long-range purpose.
However here 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 probabilities.
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 good aggressive sport, conducive to defcon, and Fulham have solely scored 4 on the highway this season, incomes one level in 5 video games.
