Who are the best FPL Challenge GW24 picks? All players will be awarded four additional points for each headed attempt on goal this week. We use Opta data to find the top players to target in the Premier League.
Gameweek 24 of FPL Challenge marks the fourth and final week of the stats-based Archetypes theme, and it concludes with what is arguably the toughest challenge of the four-week event.
The Aerial Threat provides players with an additional four points for each headed shot on target – a sharp rise in comparison to the points awarded for achieving specific metrics in previous Gameweeks.
Why so high? Well, even with set-pieces playing a greater role this season, headed shots are still surprisingly scarce in the Premier League, with accurate attempts on goal particularly uncommon.
Among players with at least 500 minutes played this season, only six average more than one headed attempt per 90 minutes, while Benjamin Sesko leads all players for headed shots on target per 90 minutes, with 0.51.
The five players with the most headed shots on target per 90 minutes this season combine for 2.3 per 90 minutes; if you manage to locate even two headed shots on target across your five outfield players this week, you should be pleased with yourself.
We’ll be lining up with a 1-1-2-2 formation.
Goalkeeper
Matz Sels: Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace (H)
Look, we’re not getting carried away and thinking any Premier League goalkeeper is going to nod in a goal this weekend like Benfica’s Anatoliy Trubin. Therefore, we’re basing this pick based purely on goalkeeping reasons.
We’re targeting Crystal Palace’s poor attack this week by selecting Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels.
Palace have scored only four times across their last eight games in the Premier League, and their top scorer, Jean Philippe-Mateta, continues to be linked with a move away from the club this window – ironically to opponents Forest.
After four consecutive league defeats, Forest have since accrued seven points from their last three games, with clean sheets in their last two outings, against Arsenal and Brentford.
Sels has the feel of a sensible choice at the back.
Defender
Dan Ballard: Sunderland vs Burnley (H)
Sunderland have slid slowly down the Premier League table in recent weeks, but they nonetheless remain the only side yet to lose at home this season, while only Arsenal and Manchester City (eight each) have conceded fewer goals on home soil than the Black Cats (nine).
They have an opportunity this week to boost their confidence with a match at home to fellow promoted side Burnley, who have not won a league game since October.
Our choice at the back is Dan Ballard, who leads all defenders this season for headed shots per 90 (0.90) and headed shots on target per 90 (0.38).
It’s also useful that Burnley have faced the second-most headed shots in the Premier League this season (79), behind West Ham (90).
Indeed, the Clarets faced four headed shots last week against Tottenham, including Cristian Romero’s last-minute equaliser.
Midfielders
Enzo Fernández: Chelsea vs West Ham (H)
One player who perhaps doesn’t get enough credit for his attacking output is Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández, who has contributed 19 goals and 21 assists in all competitions since the start of last season while being utilised in various midfield roles.
His new head coach, Liam Rosenior, is making sure he gets the credit he deserves.
“You can play him as a deep six, who can get on the ball and make 100 passes a game.
“You could play him as an eight – as a box-to-box – and he can [arrive] in the box and score goals, but also defend his own box.
“And you can play him as a 10 because he can connect. He can create assists and score goals. He’s just a magnificent footballer.”
Cole Palmer’s recurrent injury issues have enabled Fernández to be used as a number 10 in recent matches, and it’s in this role that he is particularly useful for FPL managers.
He has a respectable nine headed attempts in the Premier League this season, which you may be surprised to hear is the joint-fourth-most of any midfielder in FPL.
Opponents West Ham have improved in recent weeks, but they remain the team with the most headed shots and headed shots on target faced this season, and that serves only to make Fernández all the more enticing.
Bryan Mbeumo: Arsenal vs Manchester United (H)
Bryan Mbeumo’s return from AFCON 2025 has coincided with Manchester United’s sensational turnaround under Michael Carrick, who has used the Cameroonian as a centre forward in two goal-scoring outings against Manchester City and Arsenal.
Mbeumo’s form stretches back further, though. He was one of the few players who could hold their heads high during the club’s meagre performances under Ruben Amorim.
Indeed, Mbeumo has scored seven goals across his last 11 appearances in the Premier League, and he can stake a claim as one of the league’s best attacking players this term.
Man Utd won’t have it easy this week – they face a Fulham side who have quietly risen to seventh place in the table on the back of multiple points-earning goals from Harry Wilson.
Nonetheless, the instant impact Carrick has had on the team means we simply have to pick one of the club’s attackers in Gameweek 24.
Forwards
Erling Haaland: Manchester City vs Tottenham (A)
Yes, Erling Haaland has struggled in the Premier League of late, but 105 goals from 120 appearances in the competition means we have enough evidence to expect the goals to flow again sooner rather than later.
Spurs may just be the team that helps resuscitate his season. Thomas Frank is placed firmly on the hot seat, and there have been few signs of improvement.
His team have won one of their last eight games in the Premier League, while they have conceded multiple goals in each of their last three games, against Bournemouth, West Ham and Burnley.
It’s at home that they are particularly poor, with only Wolves (five) earning fewer points on home soil than Frank’s side (nine).
Despite his height, Haaland isn’t known for his aerial ability, but he nonetheless leads all players in the Premier League this season for headed shots (25) and headed shots on target (nine).
Evanilson: Bournemouth vs Wolves (A)
One forward who isn’t struggling for goals at the moment is Bournemouth’s Evanilson, who has proven that the Cherries remain a dangerous attacking side despite losing star player Antoine Semenyo earlier this month.
The Brazilian has netted in three of his last four league outings, having only scored twice this season prior.
Bournemouth as a club have scored 11 goals across their last five league games, the most of any side in the division, and they have done so despite a tough run of fixtures: Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Brighton and Liverpool.
Next up are Wolves, who, despite remaining bottom of the league, have conceded a joint-league-low four goals across their last five games.
Nonetheless, Bournemouth are a side who force opponents to adhere to the Cherries’ own style of play, and they are capable of scoring against any opponent.
Evanilson isn’t known to be a huge aerial threat, but he does have a respectable 14 headed attempts this season, which ranks him joint-eighth in the division.
GW24 Honourable Mentions
Dango Ouattara leads all FPL midfielders for headed shots per 90 minutes this season, with 0.95. If you are intent on targeting headed shots above all else, he could be a shrewd selection.
Bruno Fernandes is an easy pick ahead of Bryan Mbeumo if you aren’t bothered about headed shots at all. The Man Utd captain is arguably the most in-form player in the league right now, with a league-high 54 points across the last six Gameweeks in FPL.
Tolu Arokodare’s 1.7 headed shots per 90 ranks him number one for the metric this season in the Premier League, although with just one goal to his name in league action, it hasn’t quite translated into genuine output for Wolves’ target man just yet.
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