Bruno Guimaraes & Ezri Konsa lead Dream Team assets for bonus points this season

SMART Dream Team managers should keep an eye on bonus points throughout the season.

Several players currently occupy lofty positions in the overall rankings because of their ability to enhance their returns with helpful bonuses on top of the more noticeable point-scoring methods: goals, assists, clean sheets, etc.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at which players lead the way this campaign in terms of total bonus points…

MOST BONUS POINTS

• 42 – Bruno Guimaraes (£3.8m)
• 37 – Ezri Konsa (£3.1m)
• 36 – Phil Foden (£5.3m), Kieran Trippier (£5m)
• 34 – Bukayo Saka (£5.9m)
• 31 – James Ward-Prowse (£3.9m)
• 29 – Antonee Robinson (£2.9m)
• 27 – Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.7m), Jeremy Doku (£4.1m), Conor Gallagher (£3.2m), Pedro Porro (£3.7m)

Newcastle’s all-action midfielder leads the way and by a notable margin.

The Brazil international ranks highly in his position for blocks, interceptions and successful dribbles – plus, he wins A LOT of free-kicks for the Magpies.

Guimaraes has earned bonus points in 22 of his 30 appearances this term, featuring one maximum (five bonus points) against Fulham in Gameweek 16.

Similarly, Konsa wins an awful lot of fouls for a player in his position and the Aston Villa defender isn’t shy of taking on opponents with the ball at his feet either.

29.6% of the 26-year-old’s total points have come through the bonus system so far this this season.

Two England team-mates share third-place and it’s easy to see why.

Trippier is just as important to Newcastle in attack as he is in defence, as evidenced by the sheer volume of crosses he provides from open play and set-pieces.

The experienced right-back has found a team-mate with 67 crosses in all competitions this season – only one other defender has produced more than 35 accurate crosses.

As for Foden, his exemplary technique means he ticks over nicely with bonus points as the system tends to recognise his contributions to Manchester City’s build-up when he’s not scoring goals himself.

Robinson is an interesting inclusion on this list.

Fulham’s left-back is freakishly good at anticipating the opposition’s next pass and, as a result, he leads the way for interceptions among all Premier League players.

The USA international has picked off 62 interceptions, 17 more than his closest rival.

Robinson also ranks highly in his position for successful dribbles and accurate crosses.

Doku is a player to monitor closely because his off-the-charts dribbling statistics have resulted in 27 bonus points from just over 1,000 minutes on the pitch (equivalent to 11 full games).

The Belgian was close to becoming a must-have asset prior to his injury so Dream Team bosses would do well to keep an eye on him now he’s available again.

In terms of pure form, no player holds a candle to Porro right now.

Spurs’ much-improved right-back has earned the maximum five bonus points in his last two outings!

The Spaniard maxed out as part of his match-winning display against Burnley in the FA Cup and he did the same against Manchester United in the league at the weekend, though his efforts only secured his side a draw.

Porro now has eight assists in 2023/24 and his overall tally of 148 points put him third among defenders – he’s hunting down Trippier and Alexander-Arnold at a rapid rate.

It’s worth checking the most prolific bonus point collectors every so often throughout the season.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk