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FPL: The best players managers have to own after GW8

An international break gives us a good chance to take stock, and whilst we can look at all the underlying statistics to decipher which FPL players are due to go on a hot streak, I recognise I do that in most my weekly articles.

So, this week we’re going to look at the team of the season so far, purely from a points perspective.

Last season, defenders performed so well that ‘big at the back’ became the early season template but, so far this season, it’s been the attackers who have been going great guns, which gives us a 3-4-3 formation.

Nick Pope (38 points) not only has more FPL points than any other goalkeeper but he’s top of the charts for bonus points (6) and saves (30) this season.

Only Ederson has more clean sheets and, unlike his Manchester City counterpart, Pope has the opportunity to make lots of saves, most of them from low XG chances as Newcastle encourage shots from distance, which is the perfect recipe for an FPL goalkeeper and the reason I transferred Pope in on my wildcard last week.

Quite simply, when your defenders are notching goals and keeping clean sheets you’re quids in.

Despite starting the season at a modest 4.5m, William Saliba (44 points) has blown the rest out the water so far. Surprisingly, he didn’t score in his 36 games for Marseille last season, but he already has a two goals and an assist in eight Premier League matches for Arsenal this term, and looks to be a real menace in the opposition box. He’s top of the charts for bonus points, too.

We’re starting to see a bit of a pattern here, aren’t we!?

While some of the other premium FPL defenders like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson and Reece James have underwhelmed at times, Joao Cancelo (42 points) has been consistently good.

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