Time to buy Man Utd assets? Best Joao Pedro replacements

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31 Oct 2025 — 4 min read

Chelsea, still on a mission to break a record for the most red cards!

⏰ Deadline: Saturday, 1st November, 16:30 EAT

📑 Table of Contents

🩺 News & Injury Updates
🔁 Keep – Buy – Sell – Avoid
🎯 Low-Owned Differentials
👑 Best GW10 Captain Picks?
🃏Man Utd assets | Pedro replacements
🎲 Player Form (Last 6)
📝 My GW10 Team

News & Injury Updates

Crystal Palace’s win against Liverpool keeps the possibility of a Double/Blank Gameweek alive.

William Saliba is a doubt for Gameweek 10 - Arteta.

Alexander Isak is out for Gameweek 10 - Romano.

Liam Delap is suspended for Gameweek 10.

Chelsea, still on a mission to break a record for the most red cards acquired by a team in a single season.

Erling Haaland remains the only player to score against Arsenal in open play this season.

By the time the deadline reaches, Bryan Mbeumo will have over 1m transfers in.

🔁 Keep – Buy – Sell – Avoid

✅ KEEP
- Gyokeres (£9.1m) — He plays Burnley (A), Sunderland (A) in 2 of his next 3 fixtures. He was fully rested midweek and Havertz is still not fit.
- Bruno Fernandes (£8.9m) — United's recent uptick in form and their upcoming good fixtures are enough reasons to stick with him for the longterm. He's been getting in better open-play positions in recent matches.
🛒 BUY/MONITOR
- Danny Welbeck (£6.4m)— Welbeck, who has started each of Brighton's last three matches, has scored five goals in the last five Gameweeks.

Mateta (£7.7m)— Is the most-popular recruit among forwards. His 21 shots and 12 big chances in the last five Gameweeks are both more than Haaland's, and the pair are tied on 18 shots in the box each.

❌ SELL
- Joao Pedro (£7.4m)— He has had just one shot in the box over the last 5 matches and had no big chances, which are situations where the player is expected to score.

Reijnders (£5.6m) — Tough fixtures ahead, (Bou, Liv). Early subs, deep positioning due to injuries in the team, all make him a bad pick.

⛔ AVOID
- Marc Guiu — Though Delap is suspended; the uncertainty around his position in Maresca's squad make him a wait-and-see right now.
- Ekitike — Wait for a proper update on Isak's injury and assess then, after their fixture against Villa & City. That is when their fixtures become appealing.

🎯 Low-Owned Differentials

💎 Trossard 0.5% * Next 2 = (BUR, SUN); Martinelli = injured.
⚡ Thiago (BRE) 7.4% * He & team are both in good form.
🛡️ Mosquera 0.2% * Likely to start as Saliba is injured. Plays BUR.
🔥 Sarr 10.1% * In form and scored 2 against Liv. Great fixture run ahead.
🎩 Ndiaye 11.1% * Talismanic for Everton. On pens. Plays SUN.
⚙️ Henderson 7.5% * Good route into the Palace defence.
⚽ Cunha 4.2% * Both player and club in good form. Plays Nottingham Forest.

👑 Best GW10 Captaincy Pick

Erling Haaland’s blank away at Aston Villa was disappointing, but it won’t be enough to stop wisemanagers from captaining him again. He’s back at the Etihad this Sunday.

His opponents, Bournemouth, in their four away games, they’ve conceded nine goals (including a hat-trick for Jean-Philippe Mateta in their last away game).

Bold Differential captain picks. I would go = Saka; then Gabriel; then Mateta.

⚖️ Verdict: Captain = Haaland

🃏 Time to buy Man Utd assets?

Man Utd have had 3 wins in their last 3 matches, including a win against the reigning EPL champions. In those games, they have won by 2 or more goals. They are clearly clicking now as an attack that is now finishing their chances. They are also a team that is in the top 5 teams in the league with the best attacking data and highest XG created. They therefore have not been lucky with the goals they have scored but are actually starting to match their creative and XG data.

They are playing NFO, Spurs, Everton, & West Ham in 4 of their next 5 matches. These defences are not so good and are among the worst in the league. I would pivot now to a Man Utd player for these fixtures and also while they are on hot form. On who to pick, it is literally a coin toss between their 2 best picks (Bruno and Mbeumo). Mbeumo has had more points, goals and better attacking data(shots, XG, XGI) while Bruno is a safer pick due to his more routes to points which include pens and DEFCON capability. Yes, It is time to Buy them.

Best Joao Pedro replacements?

Joao Pedro is by far the most-sold player for Gameweek 10 ahead of Saturday's 13:30 GMT deadline, with more than 540,000 transfers out taking his sales past 1.1million over Gameweeks 9-10.

Who are the form forwards in Fantasy?

There are eight forwards who have produced at least twice the total of Joao Pedro's lowly 10 points over the last 5 Gameweeks.

Haaland has amassed 48 points in those last 5 Gameweeks thanks to six goals, an assist and 11 bonus points.

Danny Welbeck (£6.4m) and Brentford's Thiago (£6.2m) lead the chasing pack, with 32 and 30 points respectively in that same period.

Thiago has blanked only twice in that spell, with his four goals matching the tally of Mateta (£7.7m), who is the most-bought forward in the Gameweeek, with more than 310,000 transfers in.

West Ham's Jarrod Bowen (£7.8m), Newcastle's Nick Woltemade (£7.5m) and Bournemoth's Junior Kroupi (£4.6m) also catch the eye.

Mateta's hugely impressive player statistics show just why he is the top target for managers in Gameweek 10. He is outperforming Haaland for goal threat, and his involvement in Palace's big chances shows that their attack is all about providing him with high quality opportunities: