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<h2><strong>Best FPL mid-priced defenders 2024/25</strong></h2>
<p>The mid-priced Fantasy Premier League defenders present us with some great options every season, and the key is to identify them early.</p>
<p>Over the last few years, the emergence of wing-backs has given more importance to the defender slot in FPL.</p>
<p>The best defenders in the game are those with not only clean sheet potential, but also a plethora of attacking threat.</p>
<p>Almost every Premier League team utilises overlapping full-backs and these defenders are generally much more involved in the attacking play and final third - although centre-backs can offer goal threat too.</p>
<p>Here are our top selections:</p>
<h3><strong>Pedro Porro (£5.5m) - Spurs</strong></h3>
<p>Porro had a great season with Spurs and he was the highest-scoring mid-priced defender from last season (136 points).</p>
<p>He scored three goals, created the second most assists (eight) from all defenders and also had the second best xA (6.18).</p>
<p>The 24-year-old has 23 goals and 34 assists in 207 games, so is clearly a very attacking wing-back, and he seems to have nailed down that spot for Spurs.</p>
<p>Spurs are not great defensively - they conceded 61 goals (sixth-best) with an xGC of 63.6 (13th) and kept seven clean sheets.</p>
<p>This wasn't surprising given Ange Postecoglou 's attack-first style of football and I don't see the Australian changing for the new season.</p>
<p>Porro might not be as good an option this season given the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-bonus-points">new bonus points system</a> penalising defenders more for conceding goals. I do however still think he is worth his price, given his attacking output and his freedom to bomb forward.</p>
<p>Spurs' opening two fixtures are great as they play Leicester (a) and Everton (H) but then they have two tough games against Newcastle (a) and Arsenal (H).</p>
<p>From Gameweek 5, they have a fantastic run until Gameweek 16. The Spaniard is still a good set-and-forget option.</p>
<div id="attachment_65148" style="width: 1666px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65148" class="size-full wp-image-65148" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Spurs-Fixtures-Gameweek-5-16.jpg" alt="Spurs Fixtures Gameweek 5 - 16" width="1656" height="135" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65148" class="wp-caption-text">Spurs Fixtures Gameweek 5 - 16</p>
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<p>Porro will get plenty of attacking returns and he is nailed to start, so despite Spurs' frailty at the back you also have to look at their fixtures from an attacking point of view too with a player like him.</p>
<p>I see plenty of goals for Spurs this season in the first 16 gameweekss.</p>
<div id="attachment_65149" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65149" class="size-full wp-image-65149" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-11.jpg" alt="Pedro Porro" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65149" class="wp-caption-text">Pedro Porro</p>
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<h3><strong>Daniel Munoz (£5.0m) - Crystal Palace</strong></h3>
<p>Munoz signed for Palace in the January transfer window last season and made an instant impact.</p>
<p>The Columbian started every game since his arrival and completed 90 minutes, so looks absolutely nailed. He made four assists in only 16 starts for Palace and although he is a right-back by trade, played the majority of games on the wing.</p>
<p>I don't see why Oliver Glasner would change that seeing how well he and the team were playing since he took the job.</p>
<p>Palace had the fifth best defence last season in terms of goals conceded (58) and xGC (53.7) so are a solid side at the back. Munoz has the bonus of being extremely attacking too.</p>
<p>His attacking stats over the course of his career speaks volumes too, with 30 goals and 35 assists in 291 games.</p>
<p>Palace have nice fixtures in the first 10, playing West Ham (H), Leicester (H), Everton (a), Nottingham Forest (a) and Wolves (a) - and they also rotate well with Everton and Newcastle.</p>
<p>Munoz should at the very least be high on our shopping list.</p>
<div id="attachment_65150" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65150" class="size-full wp-image-65150" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-12.jpg" alt="Daniel Munoz " width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65150" class="wp-caption-text">Daniel Munoz</p>
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<h3><strong>Luke Shaw (£5.0m) - Manchester United</strong></h3>
<p>Shaw is nailed as United's number-one left-back. He had an injury plagued season but if he can stay fit then he could be a steal at £5.0m.</p>
<p>United recorded their worst ever finish to a season in more than 30 years in 2023/24.</p>
<p>They conceded 58 goals (fifth) but had an xGC of 69.6 (16th) which was not far off Burnley (69.8). They had <strong>Andre Onana ( £5.0m)</strong> to thank that they did not concede a lot more.</p>
<p>Shaw is the best United defender as he provides both defensive and attacking returns and is nailed to start.</p>
<p>He also takes some corners for his side, so has set-piece threat too.</p>
<p>Erik ten Hag’s side have a few good fixtures early on but their real good run starts from Gameweek 8, therefore there is time to scout him if you don't want to commit from the start.</p>
<div id="attachment_65152" style="width: 1659px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65152" class="size-full wp-image-65152" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Man-United-Fixtures-Gameweek-8-15.jpg" alt="Man United Fixtures Gameweek 8 - 15" width="1649" height="118" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65152" class="wp-caption-text">Manchester United's fixtures between Gameweek 8 and 15</p>
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<p>If Shaw can stay fit, I think he will provide great value. The England international played almost 180 minutes at the Euros so the signs regarding his fitness are good.</p>
<div id="attachment_65151" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65151" class="size-full wp-image-65151" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-13.jpg" alt="Luke Shaw" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65151" class="wp-caption-text">Luke Shaw</p>
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<h3><strong>Kyle Walker (£5.5m) - Manchester City</strong></h3>
<p>Walker started 30 games in the league last season, playing 2,766 minutes - the highest in both metrics among the City defenders.</p>
<p>Although he will not play every game, including Gameweek 1 after England reached the Euro 2024 final, I think he will otherwise be fine until the Champions League starts.</p>
<p>City are in the top two defences in the league and their consistency over the years has proven that. Last season, they conceded the second least goals (34), had the second best expected goals conceded (xGC) of 34.6 and kept the second most clean sheets (13).</p>
<p>I have no doubt they will finish first or second this season for these metrics again.</p>
<p>The thing with City players in general is that they are pretty much fixture-proof and you can play them in any game.</p>
<p>I can see a lot of clean sheets in their first 10 fixtures:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-65145" class="wp-caption-text">Manchester City's fixtures</p>
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<p>Although they play Chelsea (a), Arsenal (H) and Newcastle (a) during this run, the other fixtures are great.</p>
<p>Ipswich (H), West Ham (a), Brentford (H), Fulham (H), Wolves (H), Southampton (H) and Bournemouth (a) are all prime games for clean sheets.</p>
<p>Walker also has some attacking threat. He registered five assists last season with an expected assists (xA) tally of 3.20 and at £5.5m there are not many better options.</p>
<p>He was one of the many England players who have only recently returned to training, however so may be a doubt to start Gameweek 1.</p>
<div id="attachment_65144" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65144" class="size-full wp-image-65144" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-10.jpg" alt="Kyle Walker" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65144" class="wp-caption-text">Kyle Walker</p>
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<h3><strong>Fabian Schar (£5.5m) - Newcastle</strong></h3>
<p>Schar has come in at a reasonable price for Newcastle. He is nailed to start for the Magpies and has quite a bit of attacking threat too.</p>
<p>He scored four goals and managed four assists last season and finished as the third highest scoring mid-priced defender (123 points) in the game.</p>
<p>Newcastle conceded 62 goals (13th) with an xGC of 62.7 (12th), however in the 2022/23 season they conceded the joint-fewest goals (33), with an xGC of 41.9 (second)</p>
<p><strong>Nick Pope</strong> and <strong>Joelinton's</strong> return should make a difference to their defensive displays.</p>
<p>In the first 10 games, Newcastle play Southampton (H), Bournemouth (a), Wolves (a), Fulham (a), Everton (a), so have decent fixtures in there for clean sheet prospects.</p>
<p>Newcastle rotate well with Aston Villa, which means you don't need to play Schar in every game.</p>
<div id="attachment_65153" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65153" class="size-full wp-image-65153" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-14.jpg" alt="Fabian Schar" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65153" class="wp-caption-text">Fabian Schar</p>
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