<p><em>Fantasy Premier League tips each Gameweek from 4-time top 1k finisher Abdul Rehman. Abdul uses the Hub prediction and fixture tools to share the top five best FPL players for Gameweek 2.</em></p>
<p>The first Gameweek of the season is out of the way and it was jubilation for those who had <strong>Mohamed Salah</strong> as captain (who was also highlighted in my ‘<a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-fantasy-premier-league-gameweek-1-team-2020-21/">’Best Gameweek One Team’’</a> (which scored 91 points) article and also my <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/gameweek-1-fpl-salah-team-reveal/">Team Reveal</a>). Scoring an opening day hattrick, his owners could not have asked for anything more. Our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/">Points Prediction Tool</a> also had him top for anytime returns. Moving on to the most popular picks for Gameweek 2 we will this time look at the top five players who I expect to score well this week. Just as a disclaimer these are not in any sort of chronological order but simply the best five players for Gameweek 2.</p>
<div id="attachment_25163" style="width: 363px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25163" class="wp-image-25163 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Prediction-Tool-GW1.jpg" alt="Gameweek 2" width="353" height="279" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Prediction-Tool-GW1.jpg 353w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Prediction-Tool-GW1-300x237.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px" /><p id="caption-attachment-25163" class="wp-caption-text">Salah&#8217;s Gameweek 1 Predicted Returns</p></div>
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<h3><strong>Lucas Digne (£6.0m) – Everton</strong></h3>
<p><strong style="font-size: 16px;">Fixture: West Brom (H)</strong><strong><br />
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<p><strong>Lucas Digne</strong> was another player who was touted in our pre-season guide &#8211;  ‘<a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-premium-fpl-defenders-2020-21-gameweek-1/">’Best Premium Defenders’’</a> article. He <strong>ranked second for most chances created last season</strong> and finished with <strong>eight assist and nine clean sheets</strong>. He clearly has a big assist threat and showed his quality with a pin-point cross from a free-kick which saw <strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.0m)</strong> head home. <strong>Everton</strong> face <strong>West Brom</strong> at Goodison Park which will probably be one of their easiest games (on paper) all season. <strong>The Baggies</strong> conceded three goals to <strong>Leicester City</strong> at home in Gameweek 1 and even more worrying for them is they conceded the <strong>most Big Chances (4), </strong>and <strong>second most Shots in the Box (11</strong>) from all teams in the first Gameweek.</p>
<p>Not only is this a prime fixture for the <strong>Everton</strong> attack but defence also. <strong>West Brom</strong> also come out bottom on the other side of the metrics – they only had <strong>one Shot on Target</strong> against the <strong>Foxes</strong> which again was the worst from all teams in Gameweek 1 and they only managed three Shots in the Box which was only worsened by Fulham (1). If you needed another reason why <strong>Digne</strong> is one of the best picks for Gameweek 2 – he also comes out top in our Points Prediction Tool for <strong>most expected points (4.5)</strong> and also top by quite a margin for <strong>expected assist (0.29)</strong> out of all defenders for this week.</p>
<div id="attachment_25164" style="width: 590px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25164" class="wp-image-25164 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Digne.jpg" alt="FPL GW2" width="580" height="486" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Digne.jpg 580w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Digne-300x251.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" /><p id="caption-attachment-25164" class="wp-caption-text">Digne <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">Stats</a></p></div>
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<h3><strong>Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang (£12.0m) – Arsenal</strong></h3>
<p><strong style="font-size: 16px;">Fixture: West Ham United (H)</strong><strong><br />
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<p>The <strong>Arsenal</strong> talisman will no doubt be the most captained player in Gameweek 2.  He looked a threat against <strong>Fulham</strong> and was unlucky not to score a brace, with a headed clearance off the line. He had<strong> three Shots on Target, and Shots in the Box</strong> and despite getting a yellow card still managed to score a respectable seven points due to him now being a midfielder. <strong>Arsenal</strong> play <strong>West Ham United</strong> at home who were convincingly beaten 2-0 by <strong>Newcastle United</strong> in Gameweek 1.</p>
<p>They conceded <strong>15 shots on goal (3<sup>rd</sup> worst) and 10 Shots in the Box (3<sup>rd</sup> worst)</strong>. The <strong>Hammers</strong> had chances of their own to score but defensively were out of sorts and to concede those types of numbers against <strong>Newcastle</strong> at home is inexcusable. With <strong>13 of Aubameyang’s goals last season coming at home</strong> it would take a brave man to bet against him this Gameweek. He <strong>comes out top in our Prediction Tool for expected points (6.4)</strong> in Gameweek 2 and second for <strong>anytime goalscorer (47%)</strong>. He looks a no brainer for the captain armband this week.</p>
<div id="attachment_25165" style="width: 717px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25165" class="wp-image-25165 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Auba.jpg" alt="top 5 best fpl players" width="707" height="512" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Auba.jpg 707w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Auba-300x217.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Auba-610x442.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px" /><p id="caption-attachment-25165" class="wp-caption-text">Aubameyang <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">Stats</a></p></div>
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<h3><strong>Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) – Manchester United</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Fixture: Crystal Palace (H)</strong></p>
<p>Now feasibly I could have picked <strong>Fernandes</strong><strong> (£10.5m) </strong>or <strong>Anthony Martial (£9.0m)</strong> with justification for my third pick. However, I feel that <strong>Rashford</strong> offers the best value and is also the superior option out of the three. The main reasons being his reclassification to midfield and also the fact he is <strong>£1.0m</strong> cheaper than <strong>Fernandes</strong>. With him being a forward he is going to score more goals than the Portuguese despite him being on penalties. Also, I don’t see <strong>Manchester United</strong> getting anywhere near the ratio of penalties they got last season.</p>
<p><strong>Marcus’s</strong> tally last term of <strong>17 goals and 10 assists</strong> are elite-level numbers for an FPL asset and with <strong>12 of those goals coming at home</strong> he clearly likes playing at <strong>Old Trafford</strong>. If we compare the four main United attackers via our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/">OPTA Stats</a> for last season we can clearly see the England forwards <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> come out on top. Due to <strong>Fernandes</strong> only playing 14 games I have filtered on ‘per appearances’ to make the comparison fair. We can see per game <strong>Rashford</strong> has the most <strong>Shots on Target (1.42), Shots in the Box (1.81), Big Chances (0.94), </strong>and <strong>xG (0.60).</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_25166" style="width: 1236px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25166" class="wp-image-25166 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison.jpg" alt="FPL Gameweek 2" width="1226" height="583" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison.jpg 1226w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison-300x143.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison-768x365.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison-610x290.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/United-Players-Comparison-1080x514.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px" /><p id="caption-attachment-25166" class="wp-caption-text">Man United Attackers Comparison</p></div>
<p>With a home game against <strong>Crystal Palace</strong> in their first fixture, I think he will be the likely one to score most points unless they get a penalty of course!</p>
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<h3><strong>Richarlison (£8.0m) – Everton</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Fixture: West Brom (H)</strong></p>
<p>Another <strong>Everton</strong> player and as I explained earlier the <strong>Toffees</strong> have one of the most winnable games they will have all season. From my <strong>Digne</strong> pick, I explained <strong>West Bromwich Albion’s</strong> frailties both offensively and defensively. <strong>Richarlison</strong> really should have scored against <strong>Spurs</strong> when he rounded <strong>Hugo Lloris (£5.5m)</strong> but failed to hit the target and he had another clear cut header which really should have nestled into the back of the net too. On another day he would have had a brace and we would all be scrambling to get him into our teams. What we have to remember is FPL is about getting next week’s points, not last week&#8217;s. The <strong>Brazilian</strong> forward had a very lively game with <strong>seven Shots (2<sup>nd</sup>), five Shots in the Box (2<sup>nd</sup>), </strong>and <strong>two Big Chances (1<sup>st</sup>)</strong>. Bearing in mind this was against a <strong>Jose Mourinho</strong> <strong>Spurs</strong> side away from home. It wasn’t only <strong>Richarlison</strong> who was impressive but <strong>Everton</strong> as a unit look a different side this season with <strong>Carlo Ancelotti</strong> at the helm and his new signings <strong>James Rodriguez (£7.5m), Allan (£5.5m), </strong>and<strong> Abdoulaye Doucouré (£5.5m)</strong> dictating the midfield. No doubt they will supply both the <strong>Everton</strong> forwards with plenty of chances this season to score more goals. It may have been <strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.0m)</strong> who came away with the most points but the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> tell a different story.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Richarlison vs Dominic Calvert-Lewin:</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_25167" style="width: 1240px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25167" class="wp-image-25167 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL.jpg" alt="top 5 best fpl players" width="1230" height="848" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL.jpg 1230w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL-300x207.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL-768x529.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL-610x421.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richy-vs-DCL-1080x745.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px" /><p id="caption-attachment-25167" class="wp-caption-text">Richarlison. v Calvert-Lewin Comparison</p></div>
<p>The Brazilian international had a higher <strong>xG (0.83 to 0.32), xPts (7.19 to 4.44), more Shots in the Box (5 to 2), </strong>and <strong>more Touches in the Box (9 to 2)</strong> to name only a few.</p>
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<h3><strong>Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) – Leicester City</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Fixture: Burnley (H)</strong></p>
<p>My final pick is last season’s golden boot winner. With a home game against <strong>Burnley,</strong> it was hard not to pick him. Now even though he scored a brace against <strong>West Brom</strong> in Gameweek 1, we all know both his goals were penalties. What you will probably know as well is that he didn’t have a single outfield shot on goal the in the whole game and had a <strong>NPxG (Non-penalty expected goal) of 0</strong>. Of course, this won’t fill <strong>Vardy</strong> owners with confidence or you the readers in my picking abilities but let’s be honest he is a proven goal machine and will get plenty of chances throughout the season. <strong>98 goals, and 51 assists in his last five seasons</strong> is all we need to know and with him coming in at <strong>46% (3<sup>rd</sup> highest) to score anytime</strong> according to the Points Prediction Tool, the last games anomaly is unlikely to stop him. If we take a bigger sample size and looks at last seasons <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> he had the<strong> most Big Chances (36)</strong> out of any player in the league and was<strong> top six for Shots on Target (43) </strong>and <strong>Shots in the Box (80)</strong> and he actually <strong>created the second most Big Chances (12)</strong> out of all the strikers.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-25168 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Vardy.jpg" alt="FPL Tips Gameweek 2" width="578" height="478" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Vardy.jpg 578w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Best-Gameweek-2-Picks-Vardy-300x248.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px" /></p>
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