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DREAM TEAM gaffers are constantly being reminded of the value of a busy schedule.The more fixtures a player features in the more chances they have to score points and so assets participating in Europe are particularly appealing.
However, it’s also worth looking at which players are purely the most efficient.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the individuals who have produced the most points-per-game so far this season (among those to have played at least three times).
Joao Cancelo (£7.8m)

Total points: 85
Points-per-game: 6.1

King of defenders
We start with Dream Team’s outright best defender.
Manchester City’s full-back suffered a rare blank at the weekend as Pep Guardiola’s side fell 1-0 at Anfield but still he holds a 20-point lead over the nearest rival in his position, Thiago Silva (£6.2m).
By now everyone knows that Cancelo spends most of his time acting as an additional midfielder/winger and the fact he has four assists and two goals to his name in all competitions this term comes as no surprise.
At £7.8 the Portugal international is eye-wateringly expensive but can you really put a price on an asset who is in a bracket of their own?
Ivan Toney (£4.7m)

Total points: 67
Points-per-game: 6.1

Only Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have more league goals this season
Brentford’s top scorer doesn’t have European fixtures to fulfil but he’s a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League.
A truly elite penalty-taker, Toney’s brace against Brighton on Friday night took him to eight league goals for the campaign.
Add in two assists and he’s averaging a goal involvement every 90 minutes – no wonder his points-per-game average is so impressive right now.
The Bees’ striker deserves a higher ownership than 5.7% – he’s been a reliable performer for a long while now.
Anthony Martial (£3.5m)

Total points: 25
Points-per-game: 6.3

Many Man United fans are hoping Martial will be fit for a long run of starts soonCredit: getty
Manchester United’s No9 has been limited to just 134 minutes of action this season but boy has he been efficient with his playing time.
The Frenchman has scored three goals and provided two assists, filling fans of the Red Devils with hope that he may be capable of substantial run of good form when fully fit and selected.
Martial was a relatively popular selection ahead of Game Week 1 after a promising pre-season and his brutal economy will have kept some Dream Team bosses intrigued.
It will be interesting to see what he produces if he gets a long run of starts once he’s unhindered by his back injury.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (£4.5m)

Total points: 60
Points-per-game: 6.7

Proving his critics wrongCredit: getty
Similarly to Toney, Fulham’s target man has been able to mix it with the premium forward options despite a lack of European commitments to bolster his schedule.
Mitrovic has scored seven goals in nine appearances and is undoubtedly the Cottagers’ talisman.
Those who thought the Serbian wasn’t cut out for the top flight have been made to look foolish in rapid time this season, only one asset averages more points-per-game – no prizes for guessing who…
Erling Haaland (£9.3m)

Total points: 174
Points-per-game: 13.4

Top of the pileCredit: getty
We’ve highlighted the obscenity of the Norwegian cyborg’s stats many times already this season but they truly can’t be underlined enough.
The 22-year-old has scored 20 goals at a rate of one every 52.6 minutes in all competitions – he’s 89 points ahead of his nearest Dream Team rival, the aforementioned Cancelo.
Haaland has achieved 45+ points in a Game Week twice already in his debut Dream Team campaign.
His overall tally was bettered by only seven forwards in 2021/22 – it’s mid-October for crying out loud.

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ARSENAL made it eight wins from nine Premier League games with a 1-0 win at Elland Road on Sunday.The Gunners showed admirable resilience to bag the three points as Leeds piled on the pressure without success.
Mikel Arteta’s side benefited from Patrick Bamford’s (£2.5m) rustiness as the No9 pulled a penalty wide of the post but credit still has to go to the visitors’ defensive unit for their effort in securing a clean sheet.
From a Dream Team perspective, it was a very prosperous weekend for those gaffers with more than one Arsenal defender in their XI.
In fact, with four representatives in the top 15 defenders at the time of writing, block-picking assets from the league leaders at the back looks like a smart option.
Only Newcastle have conceded fewer league goals than Arsenal this seasonCredit: getty
Aaron Ramsdale (£2.8m) produced his first double-digit haul of the campaign on Sunday, an 11-point influx has boosted him up to eighth in the goalkeeper rankings.
Ben White (£3.4m) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (£2.8m) both combined the clean sheet with 7+ ratings to bank eight points each.
The former, who is really playing out of position at right-back this season and doing a tremendous job, now has 38 points overall and is on the cusp of the top ten defenders.
Centre-backs Gabriel (£3.6m) and William Saliba (£3.2m) are ranked sixth and seventh in their position respectively with the former leapfrogging the Frenchman with a 12-point haul in Yorkshire.
It nearly all went wrong for the Brazilian at the death but his red card for a kick out on Bamford was overturned upon VAR review, perhaps fortuitously but that won’t matter to the 10.5% of Dream Team gaffers currently backing him.
In fact, Gabriel was named Star Man when all was said and done.
Arsenal players have every reason to smile right now
Saliba had to make do with four points having given away the penalty with a handball, an infringement that also saw him booked.
Substitute Kieran Tierney (£3.5m) picked up his share of the clean sheet points too and it’s the Scotsman who is the fourth Emirates resident to reside within the top 15 defenders – making Arsenal the most represented team in this field.
And what’s most appealing to Dream Team bosses is the reasonable price tags attached to the players in questions.
Gabriel is the most expensive of the lot and he can be recruited for £3.6m – no fewer than 22 other defenders are more costly currently.
It’s all well and good analysing what has already happened but the key question for Dream Team gaffers is: how likely is it that these players will continue to provide healthy returns?
Block-picking Arsenal defenders is a viable strategyCredit: getty
Arsenal face PSV (twice), Southampton and Nottingham Forest before Halloween and on current form it seems logical to expect more clean sheets from that run of relatively favourable fixtures.
Chelsea and Brighton should provide stiffer competition in November but Arteta’s side also face Zurich and goal-shy Wolves before the World Cup.
Backing any combination of White, Saliba and Gabriel could be a shrewd move – some managers may even be thinking of fitting all three into their XI.

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WHERE Dream Team is concerned, we love to celebrate lowly-selected players who are able to match the big boys point-for-point.Unfortunately, it’s also our duty to highlight popular assets who aren’t pulling their weight.
These are the five most-popular players with fewer than 25 points at this stage…
Oleksandr Zinchenko (£3.6m)

20.5% ownership
17 points

It’s all been downhill since Game Week 1
A common theme here will be injuries which will explain a lack of points but not why so many Dream Team gaffers have stood by the players in question.
The Ukraine international was a smart selection prior to Game Week 1 and he instantly justified his popularity with a 15-point haul in his first outing.
However, Zinchenko has missed seven fixtures since then and has found points hard to come by when fit and involved.
Both Kieran Tierney (£3.5m) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (£2.8m) have fulfilled left-back duties for Arsenal in recent weeks and with the Gunners having taken a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League, the former Man City man may have to wait his turn even when he does regain full fitness.
Zinchenko will probably have an important role to play later in the campaign but Dream Team bosses can’t afford to carry him right now.
Dejan Kulusevski (£3.5m)

10% ownership
22 points

Kulusevski may return to action in midweekCredit: getty
Another asset hindered by injury troubles but one who will possibly return this week as Tottenham take on Man United at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old midfielder has been an excellent Dream Team asset when available since his move to north London.
He’s registered one goal and three assists in 503 minutes of Premier League action so far this season, following up on the 13 goal involvements he achieved in just half a campaign in 2021/22.
With Richarlison (£3.8m) now sidelined, there should be plenty of minutes for Kulusevski going forward, assuming his body holds up.
Kyle Walker (£3.8m)

7.6% ownership
10 points

A World Cup doubt
It’s important to note here that the Manchester City defender’s returns were desperately lacking even before he underwent surgery on his groin.
Walker is averaging just 1.4 points-per-game this season compared to Joao Cancelo’s (£7.8m) 6.1 – that shows the value added by full-backs who offer plenty going forward.
The England international is just the eighth-best player in his position among Man City players!
Every Dream Team manager should make use of several Etihad residents throughout the course of the season but make sure you’re selecting the right ones.
David de Gea (£2.8m)

6.7% ownership
23 points

De Gea hasn’t competed with the top goalkeepers for a few seasons nowCredit: getty
Ten goalkeepers have amassed more points than Manchester United’s No1 at this stage.
In fairness, the outlook has brightened somewhat for De Gea in the last two Game Weeks with clean sheets against Omonia Nicosia and Newcastle but it wasn’t that long ago he incurred minus five points at the hands of Man City.
Dream Team bosses backing the Spaniard would do well to consider a switch to Kepa Arrizabalaga now the latter is Chelsea’s first-choice keeper – the Blues have won five games in a row this month.
Christian Eriksen (£2.6m)

6.6% ownership
11 points

Eriksen is averaging 0.9 points-per-gameCredit: getty
We finish with another of Erik ten Hag’s troops.
The Danish playmaker was a massively popular pick prior to Game Week 1 after a prosperous return to Dream Team in Brentford colours last season.
Eriksen has provided three assists for the Red Devils this term but he’s yet to score, mostly because he’s been deployed in a deeper midfield role than perhaps suits him.
The 30-year-old has blanked in eight of his 12 appearances so far – he simply doesn’t warrant being more popular than James Maddison (£5.3m) and Mason Mount (£4.6m).

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ANY Dream Team gaffer that claims they predicted Philip Billing’s (£2.9m) early season success is a liar.Don’t get us wrong, the Denmark international is a very capable midfielder but considering he scored three goals in his first 77 Premier League appearances for Huddersfield and Bournemouth, he didn’t look like the most viable option prior to 2022/23.
His goal output for the Cherries increased in the Championship but it looked for all the world the south coast club would spend most of the new campaign in a relegation scrap, where returns for the likes of Billing would be few and far between.
However, the 26-year-old has played brilliantly so far this term and has been a key figure in Bournemouth’s recent uplift that has seen them rise into the top half.
Credit where it’s due
Gary O’Neil’s side kept up their unbeaten streak with a 2-2 draw at Fulham on Saturday with Billing providing the assist for Dominic Solanke’s (£3.1m) opening goal.
More than that, he scooped the Star Man award at Craven Cottage to pocket ten points.
Incredibly, Billing has earned three Star Man awards in his last four games!
The 0.3%-owned midfielder came out on top in the match ratings against Leicester and Newcastle as well, two fixtures in which he scored.
Add in another goal against Nottingham Forest and it’s four goal involvements in Billing’s last 427 minutes of playing time.
This fruitful run has yielded 44 points, taking him to 46 overall, a tally only bettered by five other assets in his position.
In fact, the list of midfielders with fewer points at this stage includes: Martin Odegaard (£3m), James Maddison (£5.3m), Luis Diaz (£5.2m), Raheem Sterling (£4.8m) and Bernardo Silva (£4.4m).
Cherry on topCredit: getty
The only midfielders who average more points-per-game in 2022/23 are Phil Foden (£5.9m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£7.5m) – (minimum three appearances).
There’s no doubt Billing is playing well for a team on the up but whether he’ll be able to maintain his healthy returns going forward is another matter.
Right now he averages just 0.6 shots-per-game in the top flight, it’s incredibly difficult to keep the goals flowing at that rate – for comparison, Maddison averages 3.2 shots-per-game.
But let’s not worry about that just yet, Billing deserves all the credit in the world of mixing it with the big boys after ten Game Weeks, especially without European fixture to bolster his schedule.

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THERE was a time when Kepa Arrizabalaga (£2.9m) was not much more than a punchline.Chelsea made the Spaniard the most-expensive goalkeeper in history when they signed him for £71million in 2018 but to date his Stamford Bridge career has largely been defined by two farcical incidents in Carabao Cup finals.
In 2019 he refused to be substituted despite Maurizio Sarri clearly wanting to bring Willy Caballero on, only to then perform miserably in the penalty shootout that followed.
And in 2022, he replaced Edouard Mendy (£3.6m) in the 120th minute with the Blues heading for another shootout against Liverpool at Wembley.
Kepa failed to save 11 consecutive spot-kicks and then blazed his effort over the bar to present the trophy to Jurgen Klopp’s men.
A day to forgetCredit: getty
Naturally, this pair of mishaps hardly endeared him to the Stamford Bridge faithful – his general performances when called upon were disappointing too.
However, the 28-year-old’s current form is helping to build bridges.
This weekend he produced a highly impressive performance, making seven saves to frustrate Aston Villa and help his side to a 2-0 win in the midlands.
Mason Mount (£4.6m) scored a brace but it was Kepa who deservedly claimed the Star Man award, a reflection of arguably his best performance yet on English shores.
The former Athletic Bilbao custodian banked 13 Dream Team points at Villa Park to move his tally onto 37 overall, a total achieved in the space of just three Game Weeks.
Kepa’s a keeper!Credit: getty
His first returns came in the form of a 7+ rating against Crystal Palace in Game Week 8 and since then he’s contributed to clean sheets against Milan (home and away), Wolves and Villa.
Having racked up 37 points in the space of five games, Kepa is Dream Team’s most in-form asset in his position right now – he’s suddenly fifth in the rankings among keepers.
And this is notable because the Spain international currently has an ownership of just 1.7%.
Chelsea’s results have improved dramatically in recent weeks with Graham Potter imprinting his approach on the team to good effect – it’s now five wins in a row this month in all competitions.
There are several factors contributing to the Blues’ uplift and Kepa’s impressive form is undoubtedly included in that.
Potter was thankful for Kepa’s efforts on Sunday
Mendy looked vulnerable at the start of the campaign before he picked up an injury and the Senegal international finds himself as second-choice now he’s regained fitness.
Dream Team gaffers would do well to consider Kepa as he’s very reasonably priced at £2.9m now he’s the starting keeper for a team on a winning streak.
Admittedly, games against Arsenal and Manchester City make November a daunting month for Potter’s troops but there could be plenty more returns to be had before then with Brentford, Man United, Red Bull Salzburg, Brighton and Dinamo Zagreb to play before they welcome the Gunners to west London.
Whisper it quietly but Kepa is finally starting to look like the expensive keeper he was expected to be from the get-go.

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A ROUND of applause for Jamie Smith, Dream Team’s best gaffer in Game Week 9.The Norwich supporter racked up 160 points, making full use of the midweek European fixtures to put himself in contention for October’s monthly prize, a brand new PlayStation 5.
Let’s take a closer look at the XI that delivered the goods…

Jamie’s faith in Chelsea’s defence was heartily rewarded as the Blues kept clean sheets against Wolves and Milan.
Kepa Arrizabalaga (£2.9m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£4.6m) and Trevoh Chalobah (£3.8m) all paired the shutouts (to borrow a word Jesse Marsch might use) with a brace of 7+ ratings to pocket 16 points each.
The latter appears in just 0.4% of teams right now so credit to Jamie for spotting a savvy differential option in the wake of Wesley Fofana’s (£3.2m) injury.
Marc Cucurella (£3.2m) couldn’t quite his match his team-mates but a 13-point haul is certainly more than respectable, especially at such an affordable price.
Similarly, Nathan Ake (£3.2m) contributed to Manchester City’s clean sheets against Southampton and Copenhagen, supplemented by a 7+ rating for a 13-point haul.
The Dutchman offers superb value-for-money when selected and with Kyle Walker (£3.8m) injured and Sergio Gomez (£4m) suspended in Europe, the ex-Bournemouth defender should get his fair share of minutes in the coming weeks.
Chelsea defenders produced plenty of points in Game Week 9
Jamie’s midfield was almost undermined by Luis Diaz’s (£5.2m) injury as the Colombian winger was forced off prematurely during Liverpool’s defeat to Arsenal last weekend, not before he provided an assist.
However, barnstorming Game Weeks from Mason Mount (£4.6m) and Bukao Saka (£4.2m) more than made up for that slice of bad luck.
Arsenal’s No7 was his side’s hero in the fixture against Jurgen Klopp’s side at the Emirates, scoring a brace and claiming the Star Man award for an 18-point influx.
And the England international rode his luck to score the Gunners’ only goal against Bodo/Glimt in Norway on Thursday night, though he failed to earn a 7+ rating and took a small hit when he was booked – still, no complaints about a 22-point Game Week, Saka’s best of the campaign.
Chelsea’s playmaker didn’t find the net himself in Game Week 9 but he directly assisted three of his team-mates and also won the penalty that led to Fikayo Tomori’s red card in Milan.
Add in a thoroughly deserved Star Man gong and it was a potentially momentum-shifting few days for Mount, who banked 18 points for his efforts.
Saka is now Dream Team’s third-best midfielder
Jamie was among the 1.2% of Dream Team gaffers who benefited from Diogo Jota’s (£4.7m) 14 points this past week.
The Portuguese forward has been limited to just 287 minutes of playing time this season because of injury and stiff competition for places in the Reds’ forward line but he reminded everyone of his merits with four assists across two fixtures against Arsenal and Rangers.
Mohamed Salah (£8m) looked at risk of a nightmarish Game Week when he was named on the bench in midweek having blanked in north London but the prolific Egyptian tapped into his 2021/22 form to bag a rapid-fire hat-trick ta Ibrox.
Liverpool’s No11 pouched 23 points in the space of six minutes and 12 seconds – will that flurry kickstart his season?
And of course no Team of the Week would be complete without Erling Haaland (£9.3m).
Although it was lean week by the freakishly-good Norwegian’s standard as he had to settle for just the one goal at home to Southampton before taking the night off in midweek.
Eight points would be a good return for most players but when you average 14.5 per game it seems somehow underwhelming – how spoiled Haaland’s made us already.
Great stuff, Jamie! And good luck to everyone ahead of Game Week 10.

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