FPL GW7 Tips – Palmer, Solanke Planning, Captaincy and More

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FPL GW7 Tips – Key Tips & Questions Answered

1. Cole Palmer Planning

Cole Palmer and his four-goal haul against Brighton is the talk of the FPL landscape. His 25-point haul has rocketed him up to the second-highest points total this season (behind Erling Haaland). 

Palmer was the top points scorer last season so he should be well known to everyone. 

The question this season was regarding the changes in manager and personnel in the Chelsea squad and how Palmer would be affected. 

His season so far has been interesting, 8 of his 10 attacking returns have come in the Wolves and Brighton fixtures. 1 goal against West Ham, 1 assist against Crystal Palace and blanks against Manchester City and Bournemouth in the other fixtures. 

Cole is extremely talented and has the security of penalties and free kicks to help supplement his open play in threat. The above is important context though to keep in mind when viewing his FPL potential this season. 

Chelsea’s upcoming fixtures read as Nottingham Forest (Home), Liverpool (Away), Newcastle (Home), Manchester United (Away), Arsenal (Home).

In terms of fixture runs for attackers, this is one of the harder ones you could have. These teams all have some defensive merit and can stifle any top team in the league as they have already displayed this season. 

Will Palmer still return in some of these fixtures? Of course. 

However, an important note is that in 6 appearances against Forest, Liverpool, Newcastle & Arsenal last season, Palmer returned 2 goals (1 penalty) and 2 assists. Solid returns but not worth tearing your team apart for. 

I would hold Saka at Home to Southampton and keep an eye on making to move to Palmer in the short to medium term. 

2. Tottenham & Dominic Solanke

Spurs and Dominic Solanke appear to be finding their groove in the 24/25 season. 

After some lackluster finishing and injury issues early on, Tottenham have won their last two fixtures in emphatic fashion and scored 6 goals along the way. Solanke himself has scored in 3 matches in a row in all competitions. 

Solanke Stats since his return from injury in GW4:

• Big Chances- 7 (Highest in the league)
• xG- 3.08 (Highest in the league)
• xGI- 3.2 (Highest in the league)

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Son missed the Manchester United fixture but this did not affect the team as Kulusevski and Maddison pulled the strings from midfield. 

On my wildcard in GW6, Solanke was one of the names at the top of my list. The number of chances provided to the striker in Ange Postecoglou’s system can’t be understated. If that wasn’t enough reasoning, FPL Towers appeared to artificially hold Solanke’s price at £7.5m to avoid him falling any lower as his price was already deemed to be too cheap. This is not confirmed though but widely believed. 

Tottenham have created the most big chances this season (26) and are clear 1st in the ‘possession won in the final 3rd’ stat with 8.3 on average per match.  This is important as Solanke leads the press from the front. With many teams now preferring to play out from the back, expect big chances to fall to Dom from turnovers in dangerous positions. 

3. Captaincy Strategy

Gameweek 6 saw a win for non-Haaland managers and any managers who were brave enough to switch the captaincy to another premium asset in their team. 

Haaland permanent captainers were delivered their first blank of the season in what was a poor overall performance from Manchester City. Rodri, De Bruyne & Foden were all absent from the starting lineup and Gundogan had one of his worst performances in a sky blue shirt. 

I am still of the opinion that Haaland can be safely captained in at least 30 of the 38 fixtures in the season. Arsenal, Newcastle & Liverpool are some fixtures that would fall in to the other 8. 

Manchester City have a run of five to six fixtures coming up where you can safely leave the captaincy armband on Haaland and not test your luck with other assets.  

Just to remind you, Haaland scored 10 goals in his opening 5 fixtures, including 2 hattricks.

6.2 xG which is a similar rate to his previous seasons at Manchester City but his finishing has been top notch. 

A summer to rest and recover has done him well. With De Bruyne and Foden returning to full fitness, there shouldn’t be any concerns around him. 

4. Teams to target

Southampton, Leicester & Ipswich still remain teams to target with both your attacking and defensive assets. 

These teams have 0 wins from their opening 18 combined fixtures so far and flounder near the bottom of all the important underlying stats. 

• 20th, 19th & 13th respectively for expected goals. 
• 20th, 18th & 17th for expected goals against. 

Unless a change of manager occurs at any of these teams, I can’t see their situation changing any time soon. 

Further reads from ALLABOUTFPL ahead of FPL GW7

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