It’s Tuesday, there’s no football on, and rather than actually doing your job at work, it’s time to get your players in a row for game week 13. What better way to get the edge over your mates than to have a look at Statr’s Team of the Week for game week 12? A high-scoring average this week, thanks in no small part to a certain someone stomping on Spurs hopes on Sunday. Midfielders were the order of the day, and while there are plenty of familiar stars in this week’s starting XI, we also have some new entries and a couple of huge surprises. Read on, my lovelies….
GOALKEEPER
Pickford (Everton): 24
The Siege of Stretford ended with a 10-man Everton winning 1-0 over a constantly attacking United last night, and Pickford – in usual form – was the main line of defence in a hemmed-in box. Saves, clearances, smothers, aerials…he’s back to his lunatic winning ways. An all-time fantasy legend showing us just who he is.
DEFENDERS
Chalobah (Chelsea): 25
Back on form, with yet another away clean sheet and a bucket of defensive actions, it’s Chelsea’s best defender this year Trevoh Chalobah. And that’s not saying nothing – Reece James provides competition in one of the most balanced fantasy squads in the league this year. Next week it’s time for the Arsenal match, and while nobody’s safe against Arteta’s men this year, having an absolute monster out back that ‘s able to get up and forward as well is certainly a boost. Chalobah’s only risk? Suspension.
Munoz (Crystal Palace): 35
Another week, another Palace defender makes the starting XI for our team of the week. Sure, away to Wolves is sort of an easy mode fixture, but Palace are tighter than anyone else at the back when they’re at home, so away clean sheets only add to the value. If you need a defender, Palace or Arsenal are the way to go, and Munoz is already becoming a regular fixture in our team of the year, with attacking contributions as well as the all-too-rare clean sheets.
Savona (Nottingham Forest): 29
I’ll hold my hands up – there wasn’t a single person at Statr HQ that expected to see Savona scoring at Anfield this week, but if anyone knows how to get counterattacking flair and defensive concrete out of their players, it’s Sean Dyche. Forest’s dissection of the increasingly wayward Liverpool earned them two places in our team of the week (more below), and while we’re not expect Savona to feature regularly (cough cough Gibbs-White cough Williams cough), he certainly helped bring home the win in GW12.
MIDFIELDERS
Szoboszlai (Liverpool) : 27
If you look up the words “fixture-proof” in the dictionary, you won’t find them, because the dictionary doesn’t speak fantasy draft. You will, however, find a picture of Dominik Szoboszlai under the word “indispensable” if you’ve got the scouse edition. Win, lose, draw, get hammered at home by Forest, it doesn’t matter. Szoboszlai is everywhere on the pitch. His heat map is just a big red rectangle, and he’s contributing everywhere which means he earns points everywhere. Probably the best all-rounder in Premier League football this year, even if (we couldn’t resist) his international team can’t even beat Ireland.
Eze (Arsenal) : 43
A new transfer, slow to find rhythm, in one of the best squads we’ve ever seen at the Emirates. A young man with all the hype, playing for his home club. Colossal scrutiny because of a whopping price tag. Add all this together, and wait for a north london derby, and what does he do? He only goes and hammers home a hat-trick to absolutely delight the Gunner faithful. All season we’ve been saying the firepower up front was the missing piece of the puzzle for Arsenal, but this week end, Eze made scoring look…no, no I’m not going to say it. The highest score for any player this week – take a bow, young man.
Murilo (Nottingham Forest): 31
We. Told. You. So. Our Jon said to draft Murilo and I hope you listened because his work in midfield was a major factor in securing the evisceration at Anfield this week for Sean Dyche. He – alongside Milenkovic – is exactly the sort of player that benefits from Dyche tactics and not only that, like all forst players he’s gone off the radar in terms of YTD points. So what does this mean? Nobody’s paying attention, that’s what. If you’re drafting late this year, forest assets now are what everton assets were in August. Get on it.
Wharton (Crystal Palace): 29
I’ve been hearing nothing but English media hype about this lad for 18 months. This week he showed up and helped beat the worst team in the history of the Premier League. Clap clap. Long term? Don’t bother. All fart, no shite.
Barnes (Newcastle): 30
With Anthony Gordon having a remarkably quiet season, Barnes’ return from injury may be coming at exactly the right time for a Newcastle team that seem incapable of winning away from home . Alongside Mount and someone else we’ll see further down, Statr loves an attacking player returning from a litany of injuries. Barnes and Maddison both play that role at Newcastle, and once both are options without worry of their legs falling off, Eddie How’s men will be looking like quite the threat….at home.
FORWARDS
Wilson (West Ham): 24
Harvey Barnes in midfield and Callum Wilson out front? What year is this again? West Ham’s season has been abysmal, but every now and again a journeyman veteran like Callum Wilson delivers the goods, this week with not one but two goals in the first half. Bournemouth clawed it back to a draw (and keep eyes on Marcus Tavernier) but Wilson is in that Welbeck space at West Ham : there’s literally no option other than the auld fella so let’s hope he can leverage experience and avoid injury.
Rogers (Aston Villa): 27
Sixty percent shot accuracy and all the attacking feed a goal-hound could hope for. All that was in the way was Villa’s insistence on giving the ball to the wrong man, which this week’s away comeback against Leeds tells us isn’t a problem anymore. Rogers might not end up as a contender for the golden boot, but he’s absolutely going to be involved in every attacking move Villa make for the next month as we hit silly season. Wolves are next, so if you’re looking for a one-week captain, this is the time!
Jimi Kavanagh, November 2025
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