{"id":930386,"date":"2026-05-01T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:10:34","slug":"fpl-gameweek-35-scout-picks-all-in-on-arsenal-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930386\/","title":{"rendered":"FPL Gameweek 35 Scout Picks: All-in on Arsenal + Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/04\/30\/the-scout-squad-our-top-picks-for-fpl-gameweek-35-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scout Squad submissions<\/a>, it\u2019s time to nail down our Scout Picks for Gameweek 35 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).<\/p>\n<p>As ever, there are certain restrictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An \u00a383.0m budget for our starting XI<\/li>\n<li>An overall squad limit of \u00a3100.0m<\/li>\n<li>No more than three players per team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should any unexpected injury news crop up in Friday\u2019s press conferences, we\u2019ll adjust these picks accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>GAMEWEEK 35 SCOUT PICKS<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165741 webpexpress-processed\"  \/>GOALKEEPER<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3pm-team-news-raya-starts-1024x502.jpg\" alt=\"3pm team news: Raya starts 2\" class=\"wp-image-124539\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:500px;height:200px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The best team in the division for clean sheets, goals conceded and expected goals conceded (xGC), Arsenal entertain a Fulham side that has scored only 16 away goals all season:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-30-at-15.57.45-1024x491.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165705 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:500px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Above: Teams sorted by fewest goals scored (away matches only)<\/p>\n<p>With Fulham also devoid of the creativity of Alex Iwobi (\u00a36.2m), we back <strong>David Raya<\/strong> (\u00a36.0m) this week.<\/p>\n<p>DEFENDERS<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senesi-v-hill-who-is-the-better-fpl-defender-to-pick-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"Senesi v Hill: Who is the better FPL defender to pick?\" class=\"wp-image-160250\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:500px;height:200px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriel Magalhaes<\/strong> (\u00a37.2m) joins Raya to form an Arsenal defensive double-up. A menace at set-plays, the Brazilian has eight attacking returns to his name this season, the fourth-most of any defender. Given that Fulham have failed to score in four of their last five away matches, Gabriel\u2019s owners will be hopeful of points at both ends of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nico O\u2019Reilly<\/strong> (\u00a35.2m) is drafted in as our Manchester City defender of choice. Everton are 16th for expected goals (xG) on home turf, while O\u2019Reilly\u2019s attacking intent further up the pitch has delivered four goals and one assist in his last seven matches. In that time, O\u2019Reilly has had six shots from inside the opposition\u2019s six-yard box:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-30-at-16.55.28-1024x346.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165706 webpexpress-processed\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Above: Players sorted by shots from inside the opposition\u2019s six-yard box in Gameweeks 28-34<\/p>\n<p>With defensive contributions (DefCon) potentially in short supply against Burnley (the hosts should have far more of the ball than usual), it could be a decent week to consider Leeds United\u2019s flying wing-back <strong>Jayden Bogle<\/strong> (\u00a34.4m). Only two defenders have a higher expected goal involvement (xGI) tally since Gameweek 28, while Championship-bound Burnley have allowed more chances to be created from their left flank than any other club in the same timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth have kept five clean sheets on home turf this season, all against teams that are currently ranked eighth or below in the table. Fortunately for them, it\u2019s Crystal Palace up next, one of the division\u2019s lowest scorers, who could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/04\/21\/fpl-notes-glasner-discusses-palace-rotation-in-gameweeks-34-35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rotate in Gameweek 35<\/a>. <strong>James Hill<\/strong> (\u00a34.2m) subsequently gets the nod \u2013 he\u2019s joint-top among all defenders for DefCon points across the last six matches (10).<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\" 1\" class=\"wp-image-74091 webpexpress-processed\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"512\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-125286 webpexpress-processed\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ffs-banner.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\" 1\" class=\"wp-image-74091 webpexpress-processed\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250820-WA0000-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"price change predictions\" class=\"wp-image-144736 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:600px\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Scout Squad submissions, it\u2019s time to nail down our Scout Picks for Gameweek 35 of Fantasy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[260378,260379,260380,8265,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-930386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gameweek-35-best-picks","tag-gameweek-35-best-players","tag-gameweek-35-scout-picks","tag-scout-picks","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116498545978381041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}