Gameweek 21: Players to avoid, Players to consider and FPL Tip of the Week | Fantasy Premier League 2018-19

Fantasy Premier League 2018-19: Who to bring in

David Luiz has been solid as a rock in FPL this year.

#1 David Luiz – Defender (£5.8m)

Clean Sheets: 9

Goals / Assists :1 / 1

Season Points: 91

Upcoming fixtures: SOU (H), NEW (H), ARS (A)

Save yourself £1.0m and bring in the Chelsea centre-back instead! He’s only scored 18 points less than Alonso, is cheaper and has 6 bonus points, 1 goal and 1 assist in his last 5! Luiz also has only 1 yellow card for the season compared to 4 from Alonso.

Luiz passing game also improves his chances of bonus points. He’s completed 1512 passes so far this year, which is 5th in the league. Their xG90 and xA90 also are incredibly similar between Luiz (0.10 & 0.06 respectively) and Alonso (0.13 & 0.10 respectively) which says to me you want them more for their clean sheet and bonus potential, another reason to save yourself £1.0m!

Finally, if that’s not enough, there’s been murmurs for a couple weeks now that Emerson should be given a chance at LB.

Guaita has had 1 clean sheet in 4 games for Palace so far.

#2 Vicente Guaita – Goalkeeper (£4.2m)

Clean Sheets: 1

Save points: 3

Season Points: 18

Upcoming fixtures: WOL (A), WAT (H), LIV (A)

Guaita has averaged 3 saves per game in his last 4 compared to 2.5 saves per game for Hennessey this season so far.

Guaita has also picked up 2 bps in his 4 appearances (against Cardiff in GW19) and is £0.3m cheaper than Hennessey so is a great way to pick up some extra cash for your squad. Guiata has also picked up 2 yellow cards so far, the joint-most of any keeper this season (with Etheridge of Cardiff!)