Headliner - Erling Haaland (NFO)

Haaland's hattrick has catapulted him to top of the scoring charts with six strikes to his name, the Norwegian international is top amongst forwards for shots in he box (SiB) (17) and 'big chances' (10). Only Mitrović (10) has landed more shots on target (SoT) than his nine. As the below image shows, he is the most ‘transferred in‘ player this week as per our Transfer Analytics feature. Man. City are top of all the attacking metrics - goals scored (13), shots (72), SoT (24) and 'big chances' (17). Their visitors Forest have conceded only five goals so far but have been quite fortunate not to ship more. The promoted side are bottom of the league for shots conceded (79) and SoT conceded (27). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 7.9 for Haaland.

Mohamed Salah (NEW)

Salah failed to register any attacking returns last weekend and will be desperate to put that right midweek. As the Stats Sandbox image below shows, the Egyptian international is still posting strong underlying numbers, he is second only to Rodrigo (15) for SiB (11) amongst midfielders while only Zaha (five) has been afforded more 'big chances' (four). No midfielder has created more 'big chances' than the 30-year-old. Liverpool are joint-top of the goalscoring charts (13) while only Man. City (17) have created more 'big chances' than their 14. No team has taken more SiB than the Merseyside outfit (56). Their visitors Newcastle have conceded just four goals but their underlying numbers are quite poor. The Magpies are ranked 16th for SoT conceded (19) while only Leicester (13) have allowed opponents more 'big chances' than their 12. Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 7.4 for Salah.

Rodrigo Moreno (EVE)

Despite blanking against Brighton, Rodrigo still averages 9.3 points per game as shown by our Fix Heatmaps feature and is still top for goals scored (four) amongst midfielders while the Spanish international is also top amongst midfielders for both shots (18) and SiB (15). Only Salah (four) and Zaha (five) have been afforded more 'big chances' than his three while only Gordon (11) has landed more SoT than his seven. Leeds are ranked sixth for goals scored (seven) despite blanking last weekend and are ranked ninth for 'big chances' (nine). Their visitors Everton are yet to keep a clean sheet this season, the Toffees are ranked 16th for SoT conceded (19) and 13th for 'big chances' conceded (nine). Our Fix Algorithm currently projects a point score of 4.2 for Rodrigo.