{"id":8341,"date":"2024-09-20T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:22:01","slug":"pras-fpl-gw5-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/pras-fpl-gw5-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Pras Offers Up His ‘Head’ and Heart’ FPL Gameweek 5 Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m Pras and welcome to my weekly series for SportsCasting, where I will be providing my thoughts on my FPL GW5 tips.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For context, over the last 12 seasons of FPL<\/a> I have achieved four top 10k finishes, including two top 5k finishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My seasonal average over the last seven seasons is around 21k. Every week, I\u2019ll be talking about the Captaincy, and 2 picks per position. One the sensible pick, the head if you will. <\/span><\/p>\n

The other is the maverick pick, or the heart. The idea is to give you two options per position to either chance it and go different or be safe and sensible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pras\u2019 FPL GW5 Tips\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Captaincy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Head<\/strong> \u2013 For the first time this season, Haaland isn\u2019t the most sensible choice for captaincy as he faces the very strong Arsenal defence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, I have opted for another FPL royalty, Mohammed Salah, as the go-to captain choice this weekend. Backing him at Anfield against Bournemouth, where we had the infamous 9-0 win a couple of seasons ago and Salah blanked!<\/span><\/p>\n

Bournemouth are a much better team these days, but on paper this is still the best fixture to target this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heart<\/strong> \u2013 Ollie Watkins<\/a>, despite paying limited mins, seems to coming back into form. With Carabao Cup games in the midweek, I expect him to get a rest there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He has the joint big chances and the second-highest expected goals amongst all players. Thus, Wolves at home is a prime fixture for a couple of returns and he\u2019d be my maverick choice for captaincy this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Defender<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Head<\/strong> \u2013 Trent Alexander Arnold finishes his great run of strong home fixtures this week. With attacking returns in the champions league midweek and for England earlier, I think they are imminent in FPL as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Backing him at both end of the pitch this week \u2013 clean sheet and hopefully attacking returns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heart<\/strong> \u2013 Despite Spurs\u2019 poor defensive numbers, Porro\u2019s has been the defender with most shots (eight) and has created the second most (10) chances in the league. Nice home fixture could mean attacking returns and maybe a chance of a clean sheet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Midfielder<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Head<\/strong> \u2013 See captaincy section on Salah above.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heart<\/strong> \u2013 Cole Palmer – One goal and four assists in first 3 GWs were followed by a disappointing blank in GW4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Away to West Ham isn\u2019t an easy game, but playing centrally suits Cole and he should be involved in everything Chelsea create.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forwards<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Head<\/strong> \u2013 See captaincy section on Watkins above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heart<\/strong> \u2013 Can Dom Solanke finally get his first goal for Spurs? I don\u2019t see why not. It\u2019s a home game, he is fully fit. <\/span>Think he is a good under the radar shout this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For a detailed review, I co-host a podcast called theFPLWire, and <\/span>you can follow Pras_FPL<\/a> to find full analysis courtesy of one of the best FPL Twitter accounts.<\/a><\/p>\n