FPL tips and team of gameweek 21: Bruno Fernandes captain, Anthony Gordon and Amad Diallo come in

Bruno Fernandes (captain), Manchester United, £8.3m – home to Southampton

Fernandes has four goals and seven assists this season (along with two red cards) and he is chugging along as the 10th best midfielder this season.

Seasoned FPL players know the Portuguese has many avenues to points – his xGI is always high and he’s on penalties.

Look at what he did against strugglers Leicester and Everton at home – 17 points and nine points.

Southampton are worse, he should haul.

Amad Diallo, Manchester United, £5.4m – home to Southampton

The budget Ivorian is being paired with Fernandes for double United attack this week.

Of midfielders under £5.5m, only Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers (88) has more points than Diallo’s 80.

He is first-choice, was rested in the cup and his price facilitates big-money players elsewhere.

Anthony Gordon, Newcastle United, £7.5m – home to Wolves

Newcastle are on fire, with five straight wins, and Gordon has returned in all of those games.

The one defence that has conceded more goals than Southampton? Wolves.

Any more explanation needed?

Mohamed Salah (vice captain), Liverpool, £13.7m – away at Nottingham Forest

Considering he hasn’t blanked since gameweek seven, it is impossible to leave Salah out but he’s not captain this week.

I’m backing Forest’s stingy defence to keep him relatively quiet.

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £11.4m – home to Bournemouth

Mr Dependable’s longest run of games without a return is three this season. At the halfway point he is on course to better his 22 goals and 13 assists from 2023-24.

If you put him in your side and stick with him, you’ll get rewards.