The dream line-up for Gameweek 3 features triple-ups from Liverpool and Manchester City. There are triple-ups on Liverpool and Manchester City in the best team for Gameweek 3 in Fantasy Premier League ahead of Friday’s 18:30 BST deadline. Remember, you can pick this side if you are playing your Free Hit chip this week.
In a Gameweek where Arsenal and Chelsea’s popular players go head-to-head, both Liverpool and Man City have favourable fixtures against promoted opponents.
Reds trio Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m), Dominik Szoboszlai (£7.0m) and Alexander Isak (£9.0m) are in action first on Friday evening, visiting Ipswich Town.
Man City’s Erling Haaland (£15.5m) is joined by Rayan Cherki (£7.7m) and Phil Foden (£7.0m) at home to Coventry City on Saturday afternoon.
Haaland gets the captain's armband, with team-mate Cherki named as vice-captain.
Hull City’s No 1 tops the goalkeeper standings on 20 points, combining two clean sheets with six bonus points and two save points. Tzolakis can get more returns at home to an Aston Villa side who have league-low totals of 13 shots and five shots in the box, and are one of only three teams yet to score.
The centre-back’s potential for points at both ends of the pitch could earn him a bumper haul against Ipswich. Liverpool’s total of 12 shots from set-pieces ranks joint-second, with Van Dijk a huge aerial threat from free-kicks and corners.
Brentford have had 21 shots from set-pieces – at least nine more than any other side – and Collins boasts a huge aerial threat at home to Sunderland on Saturday. His total of five headed shots from set-pieces is three more than any other defender in Fantasy.
Listed as a defender in Fantasy, Brighton & Hove Albion's Belgian has profited from a recent role as a winger, producing a goal and an assist against Aston Villa in Gameweek 1. The Seagulls host a Leeds United side who have had just one big chance, which is a situation where a player is expected to score, over the opening two Gameweeks. Only Villa – with zero – have a worse record, suggesting Brighton can collect a clean sheet.
As evidenced by his converted penalty at Liverpool last weekend, Nottingham Forest’s talisman now looks to be on spot-kick duties. Forest host a Tottenham Hotspur side who have conceded at least twice in both their opening matches and have allowed their opponents 27 shots, the most in the league.
Managers have made Man City's Frenchman their top priority for Gameweek 3, with Cherki incredibly earning over 1.3million transfers in. Having outscored Haaland in Fantasy in each of the first two Gameweeks, he offers a strong alternative for the armband.
If you’re playing a Free Hit chip this week, Foden’s ability to deliver huge hauls – added to the uncertainty surrounding Enzo Maresca’s first-choice defence – suggests he can be a great pick to go alongside Haaland and Cherki. Foden has had two big chances and created three more of them, which means he’s been involved in a total of five big chances – that’s two more than the three of both Haaland and Cherki.
The Hungarian has dominated dead-ball duties for Liverpool, taking all nine of their corners and scoring their only penalty. Szoboszlai now faces an Ipswich side who have conceded a league-high 11 big chances in just two matches.
An ownership of 70 per cent means Haaland will be the runaway captain favourite for Gameweek 3, with some of those backers likely to use their Triple Captain chip on the Man City star. The numbers show why he’s by far their most likely player to score against Coventry. Haaland's 10 shots and nine shots in the box are two and three times the respective totals of any team-mate.
The Swede scored his first goal of the season against Forest last weekend to collect eight points. Isak’s seven shots in the box and three big chances are both more than any other Liverpool player, suggesting he can get more goals against Ipswich’s struggling defence.
Although he’s failed to score, Thiago has been among the most threatening forwards – his three big chances are joint-top in his position, while his seven shots in the box are bettered only by Haaland and Joao Pedro (£7.6m), with nine and eight respectively. Thiago also has a great record against Sunderland – he scored three goals in their two meetings last season, with two of them coming in a 3-0 home win.
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