DREAM TEAM gaffers are constantly being reminded of the value of a busy schedule.
The more fixtures a player features in the more chances they have to score points and so assets participating in Europe are particularly appealing.
However, it’s also worth looking at which players are purely the most efficient.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the individuals who have produced the most points-per-game so far this season (among those to have played at least three times).
Joao Cancelo (£7.8m)
We start with Dream Team’s outright best defender.
Manchester City’s full-back suffered a rare blank at the weekend as Pep Guardiola’s side fell 1-0 at Anfield but still he holds a 20-point lead over the nearest rival in his position, Thiago Silva (£6.2m).
By now everyone knows that Cancelo spends most of his time acting as an additional midfielder/winger and the fact he has four assists and two goals to his name in all competitions this term comes as no surprise.
At £7.8 the Portugal international is eye-wateringly expensive but can you really put a price on an asset who is in a bracket of their own?
Ivan Toney (£4.7m)
Brentford’s top scorer doesn’t have European fixtures to fulfil but he’s a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League.
A truly elite penalty-taker, Toney’s brace against Brighton on Friday night took him to eight league goals for the campaign.
Add in two assists and he’s averaging a goal involvement every 90 minutes – no wonder his points-per-game average is so impressive right now.
The Bees’ striker deserves a higher ownership than 5.7% – he’s been a reliable performer for a long while now.
Anthony Martial (£3.5m)
Manchester United’s No9 has been limited to just 134 minutes of action this season but boy has he been efficient with his playing time.
The Frenchman has scored three goals and provided two assists, filling fans of the Red Devils with hope that he may be capable of substantial run of good form when fully fit and selected.
Martial was a relatively popular selection ahead of Game Week 1 after a promising pre-season and his brutal economy will have kept some Dream Team bosses intrigued.
It will be interesting to see what he produces if he gets a long run of starts once he’s unhindered by his back injury.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (£4.5m)
Similarly to Toney, Fulham’s target man has been able to mix it with the premium forward options despite a lack of European commitments to bolster his schedule.
Mitrovic has scored seven goals in nine appearances and is undoubtedly the Cottagers’ talisman.
Those who thought the Serbian wasn’t cut out for the top flight have been made to look foolish in rapid time this season, only one asset averages more points-per-game – no prizes for guessing who…
Erling Haaland (£9.3m)
We’ve highlighted the obscenity of the Norwegian cyborg’s stats many times already this season but they truly can’t be underlined enough.
The 22-year-old has scored 20 goals at a rate of one every 52.6 minutes in all competitions – he’s 89 points ahead of his nearest Dream Team rival, the aforementioned Cancelo.
Haaland has achieved 45+ points in a Game Week twice already in his debut Dream Team campaign.
His overall tally was bettered by only seven forwards in 2021/22 – it’s mid-October for crying out loud.
