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Best of the Bees

It was the night for the defenders when Spurs visited Gtech Community Stadium on Thursday evening. Spurs’ Pedro Porro (£5.2m) was the highest scoring player of the match with 10 points for his clean sheet, two defensive contribution points and two bonus points.

However, Kristoffer Ajer (£4.4m) and Nathan Collins (£4.9m) were just one point behind on nine each. Collins registered all three bonus points alongside the clean sheet, while Ajer had the clean sheet, with two defensive contribution points and a bonus point.

The biggest chance of the game fell to Vitaly Janelt (£4.9m), whilst defender Keane Lewis-Potter (£4.9m) had a couple of good opportunities. Forward Igor Thiago (£7.0m) also saw a close-range effort fire over the bar, and Kevin Schade’s (£7.0m) fifth-minute goal was quickly flagged as offside. This explains the high-scoring Spurs defenders, as the better chances fell to the Bees.

The Spotlight

That’s four matches without defeat now for the Bees, placing them ninth in the league table.

Goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher successfully denied Richarlison (£6.4m) and Mohammed Kudus (£6.4m), ending with a second clean sheet from three Premier League matches.

Kelleher is the only goalkeeper to save two penalties - one from Bruno Fernandes (£9.1m) and the other from Jørgen Strand Larsen (£6.1m). He is also the cheapest of all the top ten highest-scoring goalkeepers in the game.

Best of the Rest

In truth, Gameweek 19 will have disappointed many. Teams scored an average of 40 points, which is one of the season’s lowest.

Everton’s James Garner (£5.0m) did best with 16 of them, bagging a goal, an assist and DefCon points. An intriguing all-rounder at a cheap price, he’s currently amongst the top ten FPL midfielders.

He edges Gabriel Magalhães’ (£6.4m) impressive 15-point haul versus Aston Villa, where the defender headed home a corner and was substituted before Arsenal lost their clean sheet in stoppage time.

Team-mate Leandro Trossard (£6.9m) grabbed 13 points, as did West Ham United’s penalty-taking playmaker Lucas Paquetá (£5.9m).

In Demand

There are only four days between these two deadlines, meaning there’s not a lot of time for transfer trends to form.

FPL favourite Gabriel had a great reintroduction to the Gunners’ starting lineup and is about to face Bournemouth, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. These have all conceded 12 goals from non-penalty set-pieces, the joint-most within Europe’s leading five leagues.

That clash in north London was a below-par night for Morgan Rogers (£7.5m), but managers aren’t forgetting his previous output. Villa have appealing fixtures on the horizon.

As for sales, nobody is being ditched by the masses, but Declan Rice (£7.2m) wasn’t available on Tuesday and is still seen as a doubt.

Defenders Marc Cucurella (£6.1m) and Trevoh Chalobah (£5.6m) are also on the chopping block.

Captaincy

Meanwhile, Erling Haaland (£15.1m) has blanked in five of his last eight matches, but the others brought in 16, 14 and 13 points. He’s hard to call, as Manchester City host a Chelsea side without either suspended Moisés Caicedo (£5.7m).

Other options for the armband include Bukayo Saka (£10.3m) who faces a Bournemouth side who are winless in their last ten matches, and Hugo Ekitike (£9.1m). Although the Liverpool frontman’s attacking returns have dampened after a December flurry.