🤩 EOTK FPL Gameweek 5 Review 🤩: The big Salah/Haaland question, Nott. Forest man one to watch? Injuries galore...

Who's topping the EOTK League? Which teams and LFC stars are winning ALL the points! Find out all this and more below!

Welcome to Empire’s Fantasy Premier League review! Let’s see how the league’s shaping up!

So, let’s quickly explain how this all works. Every single gameweek we’ll be reviewing the live leaderboard (below) and sharing the top ten players in the EOTK League and matching it up against our writers’ efforts!

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For those trying out FPL for the first time, GOAL advise players to keep in mind the following ranges when tracking their scores:

“FPL gurus and seasoned managers generally agree that averaging 50-59 points every gameweek is the bare minimum target. A gameweek score between 60-75 points is considered good, and between 76-99 points are excellent. 100 points or more is an outstanding achievement that falls into winner's bracket.

“Using the gameweek's average score as a benchmark is potentially a more effective method since it changes automatically each week and makes it easier to track your progress. By attaining the gameweek's average points throughout the season, you will at least be in the top half by the end of the season.”

You’ll see weekly updates on the Liverpool players bringing in the most points on average, plus the BIG hitters from the other fixtures across the Premier League (watch out for Bernardo Silva, Mo Salah and Andy Robertson this week!).

Bernardo Silva with a superb week but get him out of your team quickly after that unfortunate injury - (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

💬 The greatest question of our time: Will you captain Mo Salah or Erling Haaland for Gameweek 6?

As ever, we’re supplying weekly form rankings, so you can get an idea of the players that are beginning to hit form at the right moment, hopefully, before their transfer fees soar through the roof!

* Top 20 footballers (plus where Liverpool’s active players fall in each) within each ranking *

🟣 = Above 15-point average per game

🟢 = 10-15 points average per game

🟡 = 5-9 points average per game

🔴 = below 5-point average per game

⚔️ You vs Empire’s writers ⚔️

🎖️ Mark and Ronan remain locked in a top two face-off in this week’s FPL table, with Ignacio’s ‘Kloppo’ joining the fray in the podium places! Congrats to Mark!

🥇 378 points - ISimplyAmNotThere FC (Mark O’Rourke)

A strong decision captaining Mo Salah over Erling Haaland as the Egyptian King issues two assists on the day (and it could have been more but for that pesky own goal) - great stuff, Mark!

🥈 364 points - Six and the City (Ronan McDermott)

Speaking of smart decisions - how about dropping the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold (I made a bit of a whoops there!) and bringing on Brighton’s Joao Pedro in attack!

🥉 351 points - Kloppo (Ignacio Garciadiego)

A very strong selection of defenders in Ignacio’s XI and a risky call to whack in Cody Gakpo paid off with the Dutchman’s second-half goal just moments before being subbed off by Jurgen Klopp!

✍️ The Writers ✍️

⬇️ 90th - Farrell Keeling

⬆️ 518th - Liam Togher

⬇️ 565th - Peter Kenny Jones

⬇️ 624th - Max Rudd

🔴 How did Liverpool’s players do? 🔴

11 points - Andy Robertson

10 points - Mo Salah

6 points - Cody Gakpo

3 points - Harvey Elliott

2 points - Alisson Becker, Joe Gomez, Joel Matip, Dominik Szoboszlai, Jarell Quansah

1 point - Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate, Luis Diaz, Ryan Gravenberch

👏 Best of the rest? 👏

Wolves

6 points - Hwang Hee-chan

Aston Villa 3 - 1 Crystal Palace

10 points - Douglas Luiz

8 points - Odsonne Edouard

Fulham 1 - 0 Luton Town

8 points - Tim Ream, Timothy Castagne

2 points - Albert Sambi Lokonga, Marvelous Nakamba, Mads Juel Andersen, Amari'i Bell, Reece Burke, Carlton Morris, Tom Lockyer, Issa Kaboré, Jacob Brown

Manchester United 1 - 3 Brighton

5 points - Hannibal Mejbri

10 points - Pascal Groß

Tottenham 2 - 1 Sheffield United

10 points - Dejan Kulusevski

10 points - Gustavo Hamer

West Ham 1 - 3 Manchester City

7 points - James Ward-Prowse

13 points - Bernardo Silva

Newcastle 1 - 0 Brentford

9 points - Sven Botman

2 points - Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ben Mee, Ethan Pinnock

Bournemouth 0 - 0 Chelsea

10 points - Neto

10 points - Robert Sanchez

Everton 0 - 1 Arsenal

3 points - Jordan Pickford

11 points - Leandro Trossard

Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Burnley

10 points - Callum Hudson-Odoi

8 points - Zeki Amdouni

🌟 TOTW 🌟

⬆️ Gameweek 3 Form Rankings ⬇️

🟣 N/A (yet...)

🟢 Hudson-Odoi

🟡 [Mo Salah] Haaland, Raya, Alvarez, March, Ward-Prowse, Mbeumo, Vinicius, Bogle, Edouard, Bowen, Saka, Awoniyi, Maddison, Son, Diaby, Romero, Rodrigo, Doku, Sterling, Bailey

🔴 [Andy Robertson, Darwin Nunez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, Cody Gakpo, Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas, Ben Doak, Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Virgil van Dijk] Gusto, Disasi, Andersen, Isak, Vicario, Kulusevski, Areola, Viera, Solanke, Robertson, Foden, Castagne, Ake, Bernardo, Botman, Boly, Porro, Saliba, Nketiah, Cash

👀 Keep an eye on… 👀

xG leaders

🥇 7.10 - Haaland ➖

🥈 4.10 - Mbeumo ➖

🥉 3.16 - Jackson ➖

xA leaders

🥇 2.23 - Fernandes ⬆️

🥈 2.10 - Neto ⬆️

🥉 2.08 - Salah ⬆️

🤕 Injury Watch 🤕

We’re five games into the season and already there are a few doubts across the Premier League that are worth bearing in mind when preparing your teams for Gameweek 6… we’ve collated a few of the big names and how likely they are to play a part:

🔫ARSENAL: Gabriel Martinelli: Muscle injury (50% chance of playing), Mohamed Elneny: Knee injury (unknown return date).

🗣️Mikel Arteta: “He [Martinelli] felt something in his hamstring and we need to do some further tests to assess if there is any big damage or not… but he will be out for tomorrow’s game [Champions League], that’s for sure…. He’s [Elneny] in a good place, obviously it’s been a while and it’s been a very significant injury, but I think he’s in the latter stages of that rehab process. He’s been training for almost two weeks with the team and he is in a good place.”

🟣ASTON VILLA: Jacob Ramsey: Foot injury (50% chance of playing), Diego Carlos: Hamstring injury (unknown return date)

🔵BRIGHTON: Solly March: Muscle injury (75% chance of playing)

🗣️ Roberto De Zerbi: “I don't decide yet but yes they [Ferguson and Fati] can start they are in good condition – they are like Joao Pedro and Welbeck. I am lucky because I have good solutions… Solly plays tomorrow.”

🐝BRENTFORD: Rico Henry: Knee injury (expected back 1 June), Kristoffer Ajer: Knock (75% chance of playing), Ben Mee: Knock (75% chance of playing), Mikkel Damsgaard: Muscle injury (50% chance of playing)

🦁 CHELSEA: Moises Caicedo: Knee injury (75% chance of playing), Noni Madueke: Muscle injury (75% chance of playing), Marc Cucurella: Ilness (75% chance of playing)

💎CRYSTAL PALACE: Jordan Ayew: Dead leg (75% chance of playing)

🍬EVERTON: Jack Harrison: Lack of match fitness (unknown availability)

🗣️ Sean Dyche: “It’s the early stages of true fitness, he tests well and he looks free - with injuries sometimes they don’t look free but he does. He looks clear and ready to go but it’s about getting him up to speed.”

⚪️ FULHAM: Antonee Robinson: Muscle injury (75% chance of playing)

🔴LIVERPOOL: Trent Alexander-Arnold: Hamstring injury (50% chance of playing)

🗣️ Jurgen Klopp: “He didn’t train with the team once yet and will take a little bit. It is not the worst hamstring injury you can have but it’s a hamstring injury and they barely heal in two weeks — and this one didn’t, either.”

🟠 LUTON: Ross Barkley: Hamstring injury (50% chance of playing)

🔵 MANCHESTER CITY: Mateo Kovacic: Back injury (50% chance of playing), John Stones: Muscle injury (50% chance of playing), Kevin De Bruyne: Hamstring injury (Expected back 16 Dec), Jack Grealish: Thigh injury (Expected back 30 Sep)

🗣️ Pep Guardiola: “We are in trouble but I am not going to say ‘oh, we have a lot of injuries’. It is what it is… we have five really important players injured and to sustain that for a long time would be difficult… unfortunately it is a long time for Kevin. John didn’t play, it’s a little bit long. Maybe Kova is coming back. Jack maybe in a week or 10 days, but after he needs his condition.”

👹 MANCHESTER UNITED: Raphael Varane: Knock (50% chance of playing), Mason Mount: Knock (50% chance of playing), Harry Maguire: Muscle injury (75% chance of playing)

⚫️ NEWCASTLE: Alex Murphy: Knock (75% chance of playing), Joe Willock: Achilles injury (Expected back 21 Oct)

🗣️ Eddie Howe: “He’s [Willock] been away in Spain for the last week. Change of environment and focus for him. There’s been a disappointment there because he’s suffered setbacks. He’s such a key player for us. Our aim is to get him back as soon as possible and back to his best form.”

🌲 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Willy Boly: Illness (75% chance of playing), Serge Aurier: Knock (75% chance of playing)

⚔️ SHEFFIELD UNITED: John Egan: Knock (50% chance of playing), William Osula: (50% chance of playing)

🐔 TOTTENHAM: Giovani Lo Celso: Thigh injury (50% chance of playing)

⚒️ WEST HAM: Edson Alvarez: Knock (75% chance of playing)

🐺 WOLVES: Rayan Ait-Nouri: Fatigue (75% chance of playing), Joe Hodge: Hamstring injury (50% chance of playing)

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