Here’s our article on the fantasy premier league best budget defenders for GW8. This time we’ve concentrated on the defenders themselves rather than the teams. We’ve put a table together with the key stats and some predictions then put some narrative and then the fixtures next.
fantasy premier league best budget defenders – “ones to watch” GW8
Here’s the table with some stats to help you make a decision. Read the key below the table so you undertsand it as the table has shortened headings. There’s narrative below and the fixtures
| Rank | Name/ Value | Minute per FPL point | Home Clean sheets | Away Clean sheets | Goal/Assts | Pred Home CS | Pred Ovr CS | top 10 FPL own/team |
| 1. | Bertrand(£5.3m) | 17.5 m | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 3/5 |
| 2. | Wilson (£4.5m) | 27.4 m | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1/3 |
| 3. | Dawson (£4.5m) | 23.3 m | 1 | 2 | 1/0 | 2 | 2 | 0/6 |
| 4. | Duff (£4.2m) | 25.2 m | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1/1 |
| 5. | Van Aanholt (£4.5m) | 30.0 m | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | 3/5 |
| 6. | Kelly (£4.5m) | 41.5 m | 2 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 |
Key
Minute per FPL points; How long it takes to earn 1 FPL point. The lower the better obviously
Home Clean sheets: The Team home clean sheets to date
Away Clean sheets: The Team away clean sheets to date
Goals/Assists to date
Pred Home CS: Predicted home clean sheets in the next 6 home games
Pred Ovr CS: Predicted home and away clean sheets in the next 6 games
Top 10 FPL own/team: How many of the top FPL managers I follow who own the player and the team
Bertrand – Southampton
Southampton, apart from maybe the resurgemt 2 consecutive clean sheet Chelsea, are the best performing defensive team at the moment. The choice is between Clyne and Bertrand from an attacking perspective and maybe Alderweireld at £5.0m from a value perspective. Good fixtures and Southampton are good home and away.
Next 6 home fixtures:
Sunderland (H)
Stoke (H)
Leicester (H)
Man City (H)
Man Utd (H)
Everton (H)
Next 6 fixtures:
Sunderland (H)
Stoke (H)
Hull (A)
Leicester (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Man City (H)
Wilson – Stoke
The cheap person in the Stoke defence. Stoke have performed pretty well home and away defensively and Wilson is good value. Not much attacking potential though. Swansea and Neil Taylor could be a home and away rotation partner. 4 good home fixtures to come. Stoke have shown an abilty to defend away with the win at Man City although the away fixtures aren’t easy.
Next 6 home fixtures:
Swansea (H)
West Ham (H)
Burnley (H)
Arsenal (H)
Chelsea (H)
West Brom (H)
Next 6 overall fixtures:
Swansea (H)
Southampton (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Burnley (H)
Liverpool (A)
Dawson – WBA
I’ve chosen Dawson over Wisdom as Gamboa impressed when £4.1m Wisdom was ineligible for the Liverpool game. I’ve gone for Dawson over £4.4m Pocognoli for his attacking ability even though Pocognoli is probably the more secure. However Dawson has played every minute of every round but he has competition from McAuley and Olsson for his place.
Some good defensive results for WBA including the 1-0 win at Spurs and the 0-0 at Southampton in between some poor ones including the 3-0 loss at Swansea. 4 good home fixtures out of the next 6. WBA have also shown the ability to defend away with their 2 clean sheets away. WBA will rotate home and away with Hutton of Aston Villa
Next 6 home fixtures:
Man Utd (H)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (H)
Arsenal (H)
West Ham (H)
Aston Villa (H)
Next 6 overall fixtures:
Man Utd (H)
Crystal Palace (H)
Leicester (A)
Newcastle (H)
Chelsea (A)
Arsenal (H)
Duff – Burnley
One of the few cheapies who started at £4.0m. The Burnley defence has performed well in the main and Duff is definitely the value option. However the 4-0 loss to WBA really showed some problems especially at set pieces. This was followed by the 2-2 draw at Leicester. In the main good home fixtures coming up. Would rotate home and away with Robertson of Hull
Next 6 home fixtures:
West Ham (H)
Everton (H)
Hull (H)
Aston Villa (H)
Newcastle (H)
Southampton (H)
Next 6 overall fixtures:
West Ham (H)
Everton (H)
Arsenal (A)
Hull (H)
Stoke (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Van Aanholt – Sunderland
An excellent attacking LB with good creating chances and shooting stats even though it’s only 1 assist so far from the Chelsea loanee. O’Shea is probably the other option where you’re relying on a CB bonus point advantage. Difficult home fixtures coming up although Sunderland have shown the ability to defend home and away. Would rotate home and away with Newcastle although thats not really much of an advantage given their defensive ability at the moment
Next 6 home fixtures:
Arsenal (H)
Everton (H)
Chelsea (H)
Man City (H)
West Ham (H)
Hull (H)
Next 6 overall fixtures:
Southampton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Everton (H)
Leicester (A)
Chelsea (H)
Kelly – Crystal Palace
The Liverpool loanee is the value option in the Palace defence. 3 of the next 6 home games have good clean sheet potential which is where they have looked the most solid. QPR or West Ham provide home and away rotation. Kelly has some attacking potential although we’ve only seen the 1 assist so far.
Next 6 home fixtures:
Chelsea (H)
Sunderland (H)
Liverpool (H)
Aston Villa (H)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Next 6 overall fixtures:
Chelsea (H)
West Brom (A)
Sunderland (H)
Man Utd (A)
Liverpool (H)
Swansea (A)
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fantasy premier league best budget defenders
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