1 – Khadija \u2018Bunny\u2019 Shaw<\/p>\n
At Liverpool | \u00a312.5m<\/p>\n
Our first pick comes at no surprise to players, with Shaw the most expensive attacker in the\u00a0game who certainly rewards those users who give her the armband.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jamaican scored and gained an assist against Aston Villa last weekend landing her 13 points and the most points in the league so far with 27 points.<\/p>\n
While her price tag does turn some players away, she secured the most amount of points by any\u00a0player last season (199). She has earned her place in most players’ teams, with 62% of fantasy\u00a0participants including her in their squad.<\/p>\n
City host Liverpool on Friday evening, with the defending Champions having won their last eight\u00a0games against the Reds. As the only team to have won their first two matches, City will be\u00a0hoping for another three points, with Shaw likely to play a huge part in achieving it.<\/p>\n
2 – Katy Watson<\/p>\n
At Southampton | \u00a36.5m<\/p>\n
A second clear pick from us is Katy Watson from Sunderland, who currently ranks second for\u00a0the most points achieved with 25 points. While she is only owned by 4% of managers, who may\u00a0be overlooking the BWSL2, Watson only costs \u00a36.5m making her a reasonably priced\u00a0midfielder.<\/p>\n
The forward started every one of Sunderland\u2019s games in the 2025\/26 season and hit the ground\u00a0running this season, scoring twice and landing an assist in their opening game against Bristol\u00a0City which landed her 20 points.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, Watson could have another successful weekend as the Black Cats host\u00a0Southampton in a game that is likely to be tight with high pressure as both teams look to\u00a0compete for promotion this season.<\/p>\n
3 – Ellie Carpenter<\/p>\n
At Birmingham City | \u00a37m<\/p>\n
After Chelsea\u2019s disappointing first game of the season they made a statement comeback in their\u00a05-0 victory over Manchester United. Carpenter was a big part of this, scoring the fourth goal and\u00a0assisting the Chelsea back line in keeping their clean sheet.Her performance earned her 16 points taking her total so far in the season to 23. The\u00a026-year-old\u2019s potential for points is widely recognised, as she features in 21% of teams.<\/p>\n
Chelsea will host newly promoted Birmingham City, who have recorded one loss and one draw\u00a0so far in their return to the BWSL. While the newly promoted teams are not to be overlooked,\u00a0Chelsea could continue their momentum into the weekend against a lesser established side and\u00a0achieve another high goal scoring record.<\/p>\n
Carpenter is likely to play a huge role in the game, as her defensive and attacking contributions\u00a0play a huge part in Sonia Bompastor\u2019s system.<\/p>\n
4 – Pauline Peyraud-Magnin<\/p>\n
Vs Tottenham | \u00a34.5m<\/p>\n
Here is our more rouge option of the week, choosing Crystal Palace\u2019s goalkeeper as a\u00a0potentially out there choice for captain since she is only selected by 1% of players.<\/p>\n
Palace have exceeded expectations in their first two return games in the BWSL, with two clean\u00a0sheets in their victory over Everton and an incredible draw to Arsenal. Peyraud-Magnin was a\u00a0huge part of both games, after only being brought in on loan a few months earlier to take the\u00a0place of Shae Yanez against tough competition.<\/p>\n
She made 8 saves at the Emirates to keep Arsenal\u2019s attack at bay, earning her 11 points and\u00a0the most for BWSL goalkeepers. The 34-year-old only costs \u00a34.5m which is a perfect budget\u00a0option for players.<\/p>\n
The Eagles host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 20 at Selhurst Park, which will be another tough\u00a0game for Palace based on Spurs recent form, although if Jo Potter could replicate the defensive\u00a0minded game plan from Arsenal on home turf we could see Palace land another huge result.<\/p>\n
5 – Rachel McLauchlan<\/p>\n
Vs Sheffield United | \u00a35m<\/p>\n
Our second choice from the BWSL2, and our second defender, might be a hear me out kind of\u00a0pick. McLauchlan has earned 17 points so far, but holds a huge amount of potential which is yet\u00a0to be recognised by fantasy players as she is only selected by 1%.<\/p>\n
Newcastle\u2019s defence and start to the season has been strong, with two victories and two clean\u00a0sheets. They host newly promoted Sheffiled United who are yet to secure a point in the league\u00a0and have only scored one goal.<\/p>\n
This match could see the potential for a strong Newcastle victory with their third clean sheet\u00a0also on the cards, which would see McLauchlan rewarded strongly for the clean sheet and her\u00a0defensive contributions.Even if you don\u2019t want to take the gamble this week, Newcastle enter a strong run of fixtures\u00a0next hosting Lecister and then travelling to Durham, so McLauchlan could be one to monitor for\u00a0the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 – Khadija \u2018Bunny\u2019 Shaw At Liverpool | \u00a312.5m Our first pick comes at no surprise to players,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-895106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}