Alphonse Areola, West Ham, keeper, £4.3m – Burnley (h)

This crew wants a few finances choices and Frenchman Areola is an honest selection in web.

Nuno Espirito Santo bought his first dwelling win as Hammers boss final week and his plan was all the time to repair the defence first, so you must hope they maintain it tight in opposition to Burnley.

Gabriel, £6.6m, and Jurrien Timber, £6.1m, each Arsenal – Sunderland (a)

We need not say a lot right here actually. The Gunners saved their eighth straight clear sheet within the Champions League on Tuesday. A ninth could be an outright membership file.

In the event you can solely afford one from their defence, go for Gabriel, who appears on for an help or a objective from a nook in each match.

The primary query is whether or not it’s price tripling up on Arsenal’s defence – our knowledgeable Holly Shand will debate that time in Friday’s Speaking Level article.

Reece James, Chelsea, £5.5m – Wolves (h)

James is rising as an fascinating defensive choice – particularly as Enzo Maresca is utilizing him typically as a midfielder.

This recreation in opposition to woeful Wolves is a house banker and you do not should be a stats individual to know James likes an help and is a fan of a long-range objective.

However here is a stat anyway – James has began his previous six video games and in that point no different defender has created greater than his 9 possibilities.

Brentford’s Michael Kayode (11) has, however I feel Opta is counting lengthy throws amongst that quantity.

James Tarkowski, Everton, £5.5m – Fulham (h)

Tarkowski has defensive contribution factors (defcon) in seven of 10 video games this season, and was pretty shut within the different three.

This ought to be a decent aggressive recreation, conducive to defcon, and Fulham have solely scored 4 on the highway this season, incomes one level in 5 video games.