The important thing Fantasy Premier League (FPL) speaking factors from Manchester Metropolis v Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest are coated on this article, together with one other objective for Erling Haaland (£15.3m).
HAALAND BREAKS RECORD
Erling Haaland is now as much as 63 factors in FPL, probably the most ever by a participant after 5 Gameweeks.
The Norwegian raced onto Savinho’s (£6.5m) by way of ball earlier than slotting residence on Sunday, subsequently securing most bonus for the fourth match in a row.
Haaland is remarkably extra prolific than ever this season:
| Season | Targets | Assists | Bonus | FPL factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 45 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 58 |
Above: Haaland after 5 Gameweeks in his first three seasons at Man Metropolis
With Arsenal all the way down to 10 males (extra on that later), Metropolis racked up 33 pictures in complete.
Most of these efforts, together with 5 from Ruben Dias (£5.5m), have been from outdoors the field, however a brief nook from Metropolis deep into harm time lastly caught Arsenal off guard, with substitute John Stones (£5.4m) scrambling residence the equaliser.
“He wished me to play nearer to Erling, get increased up the pitch so after we received crosses in we may begin to win extra aerial duels. [Has he asked you to do that before?] Probably not, however the workforce is so interchangeable. Everyone seems to be out and in of the pockets, so fluid in actions and recognising if somebody is out of place, it’s important to occupy it.” – John Stones
The absence of Kevin De Bruyne (£9.5m), who missed out after failing to get well from the thigh harm he sustained towards Inter Milan, explains a few of that lack of creativity.
His substitute, Ilkay Gundogan (£6.5m), missed an honest likelihood early on and later hit the bar.
Phil Foden (£9.3m) did not impress from the bench, nevertheless.
As for Rodri (£6.4m), he could possibly be set for a spell on the sidelines after he was compelled off with what gave the impression to be a knee harm.
It’s well-known precisely how vital the Spaniard is to this Metropolis workforce, so if he’s dominated out for any time frame, it’s certain to have an effect on their clear sheet prospects.
On Rodri’s harm standing, Pep Guardiola stated:
“I don’t know, I didn’t converse to the physician. [But] Rodri is robust. He leaves the pitch on this motion as a result of he felt one thing, in any other case Rodri stays there.” – Pep Guardiola on Rodri
SAKA>GABRIEL/RAYA CONCERN
Arsenal will look again and be a bit upset by this end result, however they need to take confidence from their efficiency.
After going behind by way of Haaland, Riccardo Calafiori (£5.8m) scored his first objective for the membership with a wonderful end.
The second objective had a way more acquainted really feel about it, with Gabriel Magalhaes (£6.1m) heading residence a Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) nook.
In doing so, Gabriel has now scored in successive matches, together with his 5 pictures contained in the six yard field probably the most by any participant in Gameweeks 1-5:
As for Saka, he’s now registered an help in all 5 of his matches thus far, with newly-promoted Leicester Metropolis and Southampton up subsequent.
He was unlucky to be sacrificed at half-time, after Leandro Trossard (£6.9m) had been despatched off for 2 bookable offences.
Because of this, the Belgium worldwide will sit out Wednesday’s EFL Cup tie with Bolton Wanderers, moderately than Gameweek 6.
Saka’s substitute, Ben White (£6.5m), was launched regardless of carrying an harm, as Mikel Arteta understandbly opted for a defensive 5-4-0 formation as soon as all the way down to 10 males.
“Yeah. We didn’t need to [play him that long], however we needed to. I spoke to him yesterday and I wished to guard him. He’s not going to ever let you know that he’s not match. He’ll run by way of a brick wall for you. The intention was to not use him immediately. However I’m very grateful as a result of he carried out extraordinarily effectively.” – Mikel Arteta on Ben White
Lastly, David Raya (£5.6m) was noticed limping out of the Etihad Stadium after the conflict, a scenario to watch forward of Gameweek 6.
GIBBS-WHITE BAN/“JOAO TOOK A NASTY HIT”
Nottingham Forest skipper Morgan Gibbs-White (£6.4m) was despatched off on Sunday, after accumulating his second yellow card for a foul on Joao Pedro (£5.6m).
He’ll now miss the journey to Fulham in Gameweek 6.
Pedro, who was “very shut” to beginning in response to Fabian Hurzeler, accomplished the match however was strolling gingerly after the problem, with Brighton coach Andrew Crofts discussing the Brazilian after full-time:
“The sort out on Joao [Pedro] appeared prefer it wasn’t an important sort out. We have been upset with it. The response is to see what the referee does. I didn’t see it as a result of I used to be speaking with a participant. Subsequent factor I noticed the crimson playing cards to the managers. Joao took a nasty hit. Hopefully he’s OK.” – Brighton coach Andrew Crofts
This positively felt like two factors dropped for Brighton, however there have been positives to take.
With Yasin Ayari (£5.0m) sick, Jack Hinshelwood (£5.0m) stepped into central midfield and his towering header drew the hosts degree, earlier than Danny Welbeck’s (£5.8m) glorious 25-yard free-kick put them forward.
Welbeck is now as much as third within the Fantasy ahead standings, however Brighton face a frightening run within the subsequent six, together with matches towards Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis.
WOOD ON PENS
Chris Wooden (£6.1m) tucked away his early penalty on Sunday, as Nottingham Forest maintained their unbeaten league report.
Many had anticipated Gibbs-White to step up from 12 yards, however this newest improvement considerably raises Wooden’s attraction, with some first rate forthcoming fixtures to faucet into:
Like final week, Nottingham Forest’s substitutes got here on and impacted the sport, with Roman Sosa (£5.5m) levelling it up towards the run of play halfway by way of the second half.
They have been notably harmful on the counter-attack all through, with Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.4m) a powerful outlet on the wing. He’s now delivered a objective and an help prior to now two Gameweeks.
Elsewhere, Alex Moreno (£4.5m) was surprisingly hooked at half-time, with no point out of a knock in any of Forest’s post-match interviews.
