FPL best goalkeeper picks: Budget, differential and premium tips for Gameweek 10
Who should you be your pick in goal this week? We’ve got all the info you need ahead of Gameweek 10.
One of the underrated assets of a successful fantasy football team is a safe pair of hands behind your defence churning out consistent points hauls.
Using our brand new rating system, the Squawka Score, we look at the best goalkeeping options for Gameweek 10. Our tool judges a player’s output per 90 minutes for a group of selected stats and spits out a percentage based on their potential to score FPL points.
What is the Squawka Score? You can learn more about how we devised our fantasy football ranking system here.
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Best FPL goalkeepers
Top goalkeeper pick for Gameweek 10
Best cheap goalkeepers for Gameweek 10
Best goalkeepers with easy fixtures
Vicario tops our goalkeeper charts
Here are the top 10 Premier League goalkeepers based on their FPL Squawka Score from the 2023 calendar year.
| Player | FPL Squawka Score | 23/24 Team | 23/24 FPL Price |
| Guglielmo Vicario | 67% | Spurs | 5.2 |
| David Raya | 63% | Arsenal | 4.8 |
| Nick Pope | 61% | Newcastle | 5.5 |
| Bernd Leno | 60% | Fulham | 4.7 |
| Alisson Becker | 59% | Liverpool | 5.5 |
| Sam Johnstone | 56% | Crystal Palace | 4.5 |
| Ederson | 54% | Man City | 5.6 |
| Emiliano Martinez | 53% | Aston Villa | 4.9 |
| Alphonse Areola | 53% | West Ham | 4.2 |
| Andre Onana | 51% | Man United | 4.8 |
Is Steele the best budget option?
As part of our FPL coverage, we are going to pick out a Differential Duel ahead of every Gameweek.
The idea is to pit two comparable assets against each other — one who isn’t necessarily being selected by most FPL managers, and one who is proving popular.
We will then give you the stats and it is your call as to who gets the final nod.
This week, we look for an alternative to Nottingham Forest keeper, Matt Turner (16.6%).
The American stopper has been the budget favourite this season, with his price of 4.1m enticing players into selecting Turner. With tricky fixtures against Liverpool, Aston Villa and West Ham coming up, it could be the time to look for another option between the sticks.
Looking for an alternative might be a wise move but who should you turn to?
We believe the answer lies with Jason Steele (2.6%) of Aston Villa. Brighton have some favourable fixtures in the next few weeks, taking on Fulham, Everton and Sheffield United.
Priced at 4.3m you’d need to spend a tiny amount more to make the switch but the points on offer from Steele could be worth the outlay.
Here is a closer look at how their 2023/24 stats compare on our Comparison Matrix.
Johnstone the best cheap option available
It is fair to say that goalkeepers at the bottom end of the price scale might not start you many games, but that does not mean they should be completely ruled out when it comes to FPL.
For genuine starters, you might want to focus on our 4.5 picks, although Sam Johnstone looks like keeping the gloves for Crystal Palace as things stand. The below selections have been produced after running this year’s numbers through our Squawka Score super computer ahead of Gameweek 10.
The best 4.5 picks for 23/24 FPL
- Sam Johnstone, Crystal Palace (56%)
- Alphonse Areola, West Ham (53%)
- Mark Flekken, Brentford (51%)
Raya to shut out the Cherries
Giving you further food for thought, we have crunched the numbers using both the FPL’s official Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR) and our Squawka Score tool to determine the best player to pick from each club facing an ‘easy’ fixture this weekend.
| Team | Top pick | FPL Squawka Score | 23/24 FPL Price |
| Arsenal | David Raya | 63% | 4.8 |
| Aston Villa | Emiliano Martinez | 53% | 4.9 |
| Bournemouth | Neto | 45% | 4.5 |
| Brighton | Jason Steele | 46% | 4.3 |
| Burnley | James Trafford | 44% | 4.5 |
| Liverpool | Allison Becker | 59% | 5.5 |
| Newcastle | Nick Pope | 61% | 5.5 |
| Spurs | Guglielmo Vicario | 67% | 5.2 |
| West Ham | Alphonse Areola | 53% | 4.2 |
