Tottenham Top Picks for FPL 2024/25
Fantasy Premier League has launched for another season. For that reason we continue to cover each team in the build up to the start of the new campaign. In this article we take a look at the Tottenham top picks for FPL 2024/25.
Picking out the Tottenham top picks for FPL 2024/25 could be really helpful for managers. The London club could be one of several teams with the potential to offer some great value for money assets this season, so let’s see what we can find.
Tottenham were brilliant last season and they became one of the most exciting teams to watch in the league. New manager Ange Postecoglu instilled his style of play and Tottenham claimed fifth place and Europa League football for the 24/25 campaign.
Fixtures
Below we can see the Fantasy Football Scout Fixture ticker based on the first six Gameweeks. 16th on the ticker suggests Tottenham have a rough start to the new season. In their first six games they face Leicester, Everton, Newcastle, Arsenal, Brentford and Manchester United.
Tottenham Defence
Tottenham maintained some mixed defensive metrics this season, ranking (best):
- 9th – Goals conceded
- 14th – Expected goals conceded
- 13th – Clean sheets kept
- 12th – Total attempts in the box conceded
- 7th – Total attempts on goal conceded
- 8th – Total shots on target conceded
- 13th – Big chances conceded
Comparing the Tottenham Defensive Assets
When comparing the Tottenham defensive assets we can see that nobody played more minutes than goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario (£5m) with a huge 3420 minutes.
Pedro Porro (£5.5m) was the only other player to exceed the 3000 minute mark. Behind him in third was centre-back Cristian Romero (£5m) who played 2784 minutes.
Left-back Destiny Udogie (£5m) played 2387 minutes and centre-back Micky van de Ven (£4.5m) played 2330 minutes. Both players were hampered by injuries during the 23/24 campaign.
Pedro Porro was well clear of every other defensive teammate when it came to attacking returns. Porro banked a huge 11 goal contributions due to three goals and eight assists.
Interestingly, although well short of Romero for minutes due to injury Udogie still racked up the same amount of goal contributions with five. Micky van de Ven bagged the least returns of the four with three.
Conclusion
Taking into account the lack of clean sheets and poor defensive data for Tottenham last season the standout defensive option could well be Pedro Porro. Porro is more expensive than his teammates but he offers a significant amount of attacking threat and that’s evident from the above.
Destiny Udogie also created a great amount of attacking returns considering his minutes were less than his teammates. £0.5m cheaper than Porro and back to full fitness could mean Udogie becomes very appealing as an asset this season.
Tottenham Attack
Although inconsistent defensively Tottenham did impress offensively, ranking (best):
- 7th – Goals scored
- 6th – Expected goals scored
- 4th – Total attempts on goal
- 4th – Total shots in the box
- 7th – Big chances total
- 4th – Total shots on target
Comparing the Tottenham Attackers
It isn’t a surprise that Son Heung-Min (£10m) played more minutes than any other attacker with 2992. Interestingly, not far behind Son was midfielder Dejan Kulusevski (£6.5m) after playing 2784 minutes.
One of two other players to play more than 2000 minutes was midfielder Brennan Johnson (£6.5m). The other was midfielder James Maddison (£7.5m). Maddison missed a considerable amount of time due to injury so his tally could have been much higher.
Completing the top five for gametime was forward Richarlison (£7m) after playing 1561 minutes.
Son Heung-Min remains at the top of the pile when it comes to attacking returns after banking a huge 27. 10 short of Son but still managing an impressive tally was Brennan Johnson who scored five goals and created 12 assists.
James Maddison sits joint third on the list with Richarlison after hitting 15 goal contributions.
Kulusevski played the second most minutes but only produced 11 attacking returns.
Conclusion
The standout attacking option for Tottenham is penalty taker and Talisman Son Heung-Min. Not only is Son their most reliable attacker in terms of gametime but he is also their most dangerous attacker.
Taking into account his price, position change and how effective he was last season with his minutes Brennan Johnson should also be a serious consideration.
James Maddison has also proven crucial for the Tottenham frontline so he could be an interesting differential.
Tottenham Top Picks
After comparing all players for both minutes and attacking potential the Tottenham Top Picks for FPL 2024/25 are:
- Son Heung-Min
- Pedro Porro
- Brennan Johnson
- Destiny Udogie
- James Maddison
We also picked out the best Newcastle assets for the season ahead here!
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