Bundle-of-joy Matheus Cunha excels again ahead of favourable Gameweek 13 fixtures
MATHEUS CUNHA (£4.8m) is a popular man here at Dream Team HQ.
We’re forever singing the Wolves forward’s praises and tipping him as a smart differential option when appropriate.
And it’s time to beat that drum again after a thoroughly deserved 20-point haul on Saturday.
Cunha stole the show at Fulham with an assist and two goals as Gary O’Neil’s side won 4-1 at Craven Cottage.
The hosts took the lead in West London but struggled to contain Cunha’s brilliance as the game progressed.
The former Atletico Madrid player displayed a Bergkamp-esque first touch to facilitate the visitors’ equaliser while his second goal came in the form of a sumptuous curled effort from 20 yards out.
In between those two efforts, he found Joao Gomes (£2.8m) with a neat pass into the box for his third assist of the campaign.
Truth be told, Cunha has deserved considerably more assists this season as he’s created nine big chances for his team-mates in total, a tally only bettered by four players.
For comparison, Manchester City’s Savinho (£4.1m) has created the same number of big chances but has twice as many assists (six).
After his brace against the Cottagers, Cunha has seven goals to his name this term, putting him level with Kai Havertz (£4.5m) and Nicolas Jackson (£4m) among strikers.
The 25-year-old is undoubtedly his side’s talisman and his all-round contribution to Wolves’ attacking play is reflected in his tally of eight bonus points – Son Heung-min (£5.3m) is the only player in his position above him in the metric.
In fact, Cunha ranks among the top three forwards for successful dribbles, accurate crosses, interceptions, fouls won and goals scored from outside the area among – he does it all!
When discussing Wolves’ brilliant No10 we are usually forced to state the caveat that his viability is limited by the schedule.
He doesn’t have European commitments to bulk out his fixture list and O’Neil’s troops were eliminated from the Carabao Cup in the third round, meaning he’s confined to just league games until the top flight clubs enter the FA Cup in the new year.
Generally speaking, it’s wise to target as many fixtures as possible and so it’s understandable why so many Dream Team bosses are hesitant to select Cunha over the likes of Dominic Solanke (£4.3m), Ollie Watkins (£5.3m) and Havertz.
However, Gameweek 13 is a double Gameweek for all 20 Premier League clubs with Wolves set to take on Bournemouth and Everton.
Given that Mohamed Salah (£7.4m) and Erling Haaland (£8.6m) are the only forwards with more points than Cunha right now, the latter surely has to be considered a fantastic option ahead of two games against bottom-half opposition.
A lack of European fixtures may limit him in the long run but he’s well placed to deliver plentiful returns in Gameweek 13.
Cunha’s current ownership? A mere 2.4%…
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