As a goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain and formerly the England women’s team, Mary Earps knows a thing or two about keeping clean sheets. So, can you beat her in an FPL Challenge where players score DOUBLE points for a shutout?
That will be easier said than done because Mary has picked a formidable line-up. Her 6-a-side team, using an unlimited budget with a limit of one player per club, features three premium-priced defenders who have each got three clean sheets already from their six matches this season.
Notably, she is handing the captaincy to her fellow goalkeeper David Raya, of Arsenal, who will earn FOUR times his points total with the armband.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, managers will be able to go head-to-head with Mary by scanning the QR code on any bottle or can of Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and be in with a chance to win prizes.
Managers outside the UK will still be able to take part in the weekly challenges as usual, but will not be eligible to enter the head-to-head element and win prizes.
Here, The Scout explains why Mary's picks could score well this weekend.
Goalkeeper: David Raya (Arsenal)
Arsenal are the best team in the league this season for Expected Goals Conceded - which means they have been expected to concede the fewest goals. The Gunners have also kept three clean sheets - only Newcastle have managed more.
It all makes Raya a great pick in goal. But because FPL managers can only choose one player per club in this challenge, selecting the Spaniard blocks Mary from having Gabriel, who is Arsenal's highest points-scoring defender in Fantasy and has the potential to score goals, as he did last weekend against Newcastle.
Will you go for Gabriel instead?
Defender: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Liverpool's captain has registered two clean sheets in the opening six matches of the season. Liverpool have an away fixture against Chelsea, who look set to be without Cole Palmer and have Trevoh Chalobah suspended after his red card in Gameweek 6.
Van Dijk has good potential for getting defensive contribution points in addition to a clean sheet. The Reds' centre-back has earned eight points from clean sheets this season - only three defenders have more. He's also made 71 defensive contributions in total, second only to AFC Bournemouth's Marcos Senesi, so he's been unfortunate to only reach the threshold of 10 needed in a match in only four out of six games so far.
See: How players get points for defensive contributions
Defender: Marcos Senesi (AFC Bournemouth)
Like Raya at Arsenal, Senesi and his Bournemouth team-mates have also kept three clean sheets this season. They face a Fulham side whose two main forwards, Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Muniz, are both injury doubts.
Alongside his potential for a fourth clean sheet of the season, Senesi is the only defender in Fantasy to get the two FPL points for defensive contributions in EVERY match so far this season. He has also provided two assists this campaign, so his potential returns far exceed just the double points for clean sheets.
Defender: Pedro Porro (Spurs)
Porro was rested from Spurs' starting XI last weekend but is expected to be back in the starting line-up for Gameweek 7. Spurs, like Bournemouth and Arsenal, have kept three clean sheets so far this season.
Porro has also had four attempts on goal, more than any other Spurs defender, and he's created 10 chances for his team-mates, more than any other defender in Fantasy. He set up a goal for Micky van de Ven on Tuesday against Bodo/Glimt in the UEFA Champions League.
Midfielder: Jack Grealish (Everton)
Since arriving at Everton, Grealish has created 17 chances in the Premier League - more than any other midfielder in Fantasy - while his four assists put him joint-top alongside Manchester City's Jeremy Doku and Spurs' Mohammed Kudus.
Mary will mainly be hoping for attacking returns, given Grealish has a tough fixture against a Crystal Palace side who are unbeaten in 18 matches in all competitions, meaning it might be tricky to get a clean-sheet point - which would be doubled to two in this week's challenge.
Forward: Erling Haaland (Man City)
There are no clean-sheet points on offer for forwards so Haaland looks the best bet. Haaland has registered three goals and an assist across his last four Premier League meetings with this weekend's opponents Brentford. He is the highest-scoring forward in the game, with eight goals and an assist in the league so far this season.