Coventry City Vs Brighton & Hove Albion FPL: Who Hauled And What It Means

Coventry 0–5 Brighton: Groß takes 17, the budget picks blank

Pascal Groß scored, assisted twice and took all three bonus points at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 13 September. Ninety minutes, 17 points. He costs £5.6m. Fewer than 2 in 10 managers own him.

Brighton scored five and kept the sheet. The points went everywhere. Dunk (£4.5m, owned by almost nobody) scored for 12. De Cuyper (£4.8m, about 2 in 10) assisted and banked 11 with two bonus. Kostoulas (£5.5m, fewer than 1 in 10) scored, assisted and returned 10 in 83 minutes. Verbruggen (£4.5m, about 2 in 10) made six saves behind the clean sheet for 8. Ayari and Yalcouyé also scored — 8 points each, and hardly anyone owns either.

Now the line most readers came for. Coventry's £4.0m defenders blanked. Van Ewijk (about 1 in 10) and Thomas (about 1 in 10) both played 90 minutes and returned zero. Their side conceded five. Both were bought as bench fodder that starts. They started. That is what they delivered here.

Worse for Coventry: Awoniyi was sent off after 52 minutes. Minus 2 points. A red card means a ban, so he sits out next. Hardly anyone owns him. If you do, he cannot play for you anyway.

One Brighton note. Andrés assisted inside 25 minutes and came off. The club has said nothing we can pass on. He is owned by nobody. No action required.

The decisions. De Cuyper and Verbruggen owners hold — 11 and 8 points, clean sheet, £4.8m and £4.5m. Van Ewijk and Thomas owners can keep them as bench cover at £4.0m; that is what they are, nothing more. Kostoulas at £5.5m and 0.6 owned in every 100 teams returned 10 — one match, one return, watch him.

Groß is the transfer. £5.6m, a goal, two assists, three bonus, 90 minutes, and fewer than 2 in 10 managers on him. The numbers force the call: buy Groß.