Gameweek 10 preview: Arsenal v Hull, Haaland at Forest and a Friday deadline
Gameweek 10 starts on Friday night, so the deadline comes a day earlier than usual. It's the last round before the international break. Here's everything you need before you pick.
The deadline
Teams lock at 18:30 on Friday 6 November (UK time), 90 minutes before Everton v Coventry kicks off. All PARs are final.
Fixtures
| When (UK) | Match |
|---|---|
| Fri 20:00 | Everton v Coventry |
| Sat 12:30 | Leeds v Tottenham |
| Sat 15:00 | Arsenal v Hull |
| Sat 15:00 | Fulham v Newcastle |
| Sat 17:30 | Nottingham Forest v Manchester City |
| Sun 14:00 | Brighton v Brentford |
| Sun 14:00 | Crystal Palace v Liverpool |
| Sun 14:00 | Ipswich v Bournemouth |
| Sun 14:00 | Sunderland v Chelsea |
| Sun 16:30 | Manchester United v Aston Villa |
Arsenal at home to Hull is the most one-sided game of the season so far on paper. Liverpool are clear favourites at Palace and Manchester City at Forest, and Everton are strong favourites against Coventry on Friday. Bournemouth and Chelsea are both favoured away from home. Leeds v Tottenham is the closest game of the week.
Fixture of the week: Manchester United v Aston Villa
Sunday's late game is the tightest of the big matches. United are slight favourites, but they are short of players: Lisandro Martínez is suspended, Luke Shaw and Benjamin Šeško are out, and Marcus Rashford and Patrick Dorgu are doubts. Bruno Fernandes has the second-toughest PAR of the week at 7.8. Villa bring two of the most in-form players in the game, keeper Zion Suzuki and striker Nicolas Jackson, and both have PARs of 7.1 or lower.
The toughest PARs
| Player | Fixture | PAR |
|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland (Man City) | Nottingham Forest (A) | 7.9 |
| Bruno Fernandes (Man United) | Aston Villa (H) | 7.8 |
| Gabriel (Arsenal) | Hull (H) | 7.7 |
| David Raya (Arsenal) | Hull (H) | 7.6 |
| Declan Rice (Arsenal) | Hull (H) | 7.6 |
| Rayan Cherki (Man City) | Nottingham Forest (A) | 7.5 |
| Cristhian Mosquera (Arsenal) | Hull (H) | 7.4 |
Haaland is on 7.9 for the second week running. Arsenal have four of the seven toughest PARs because they're such big favourites, and that's the catch with picking from the best team on the weekend. Raya in particular may have little to do against Hull, and a quiet keeper rarely rates highly. Our goalkeeper guide explains why.
The kindest PARs
The lowest PARs this week nearly all belong to Hull players at the Emirates. Keeper Konstantinos Tzolakis and full-back Ryan Giles are on 6.3, and John Egan, Nobel Mendy, Lewie Coyle, Lucas Herrington and Paddy McNair are on 6.4. Coventry keeper Carl Rushworth is also on 6.4 at Goodison. A keeper facing lots of shots can rate well even in defeat, so Tzolakis and Rushworth are worth a thought. Hull's defenders are riskier: a heavy loss usually drags defenders' ratings down.
In form against their PAR
These players started each of the last three Gameweeks and averaged well above this week's PAR:
| Player | Fixture | Last 3 | PAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham) | Leeds (A) | 7.9, 7.7, 9.1 | 7.1 |
| Evanilson (Bournemouth) | Ipswich (A) | 8.8, 8.4, 8.0 | 7.3 |
| Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa) | Man United (A) | 7.8, 8.6, 7.8 | 7.0 |
| Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) | Man United (A) | 7.4, 8.9, 7.9 | 7.1 |
| James Hill (Bournemouth) | Ipswich (A) | 8.1, 8.8, 7.5 | 7.2 |
| Oscar Bobb (Fulham) | Newcastle (H) | 7.7, 8.5, 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham) | Leeds (A) | 8.1, 7.6, 8.0 | 7.1 |
| Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) | Ipswich (A) | 8.3, 8.3, 7.1 | 7.1 |
Bournemouth have three players on the list and go to Ipswich as favourites. Evanilson has rated 8.0 or more in each of his last three games. Van Hecke's 9.1 last week is the highest rating by any defender this season, and he faces Leeds on a PAR of 7.1. Remember you can only take three players from one club, so you can't load up on all of Bournemouth's form players and their keeper too.
Team news that matters
- Arsenal: Bukayo Saka is still out. Eberechi Eze is a doubt and Max Dowman is suspended.
- Manchester United: Lisandro Martínez is suspended. Luke Shaw, Benjamin Šeško and Carlos Baleba are out, and Marcus Rashford and Patrick Dorgu are doubts.
- Crystal Palace: Jean-Philippe Mateta starts a three-match ban, and Ismaïla Sarr is out.
- Chelsea: João Pedro, Reece James, Maxence Lacroix and Jorrel Hato are out, and keeper Emiliano Martínez is a doubt.
- Liverpool: Jeremie Frimpong is out, and Ryan Gravenberch is a doubt with a heel problem.
- Newcastle: Jacob Ramsey is suspended and Tino Livramento is out.
- Sunderland: Omar Alderete is suspended, and Habib Diarra and Dan Ballard are out.
- Tottenham: Sávio and Mykhaylo Mudryk are out. Lucas Bergvall and Tosin Adarabioyo are doubts.
- Man City: Antoine Semenyo is out.
- Bournemouth: Alex Scott and Alex Tóth are still out.
If one of your XI doesn't start, your bench covers him as long as your formation still works. A player your bench can't cover scores +1 if he doesn't play. So a doubtful player is fine in your XI if you have a sensible bench behind him. We'll post our three picks and three to avoid on Thursday evening.
One last thing
The deadline is on Friday at 18:30, not Saturday. After this round there's an international break, so this team sits at the top of your league table for a while. Pick your Gameweek 10 XI and bench before you head out on Friday night.