No player has earned more Dream Team bonus points than Savinho this season

MANY Dream Team managers would person been expecting Manchester City to registry a much convincing triumph implicit Southampton astatine the Etihad connected Saturday.

When Erling Haaland (£8.9m) opened the scoring wrong 5 minutes it seemed arsenic if the points would travel freely each day but the hosts failed to person immoderate of their different 21 shots.

A 1-0 effect meant much cleanable expanse points for the likes of Rico Lewis (£4m) and Josko Gvardiol (£4.8m) but Savinho (£4m) was the lone subordinate different than Haaland to registry a double-digit haul.

The 20-year-old banked 10 points erstwhile each was said and done, acknowledgment chiefly to 5 bonus points, the maximum disposable for a azygous fixture.

Savinho is simply a winger successful the truest consciousness successful that helium loves to instrumentality defenders connected and seeks retired team-mates successful the last third.

He ranks 3rd for palmy dribbles among each players, conscionable down Morgan Rogers (£3.3m) and Mohammed Kudus (£5.1m), and 4th for close crosses.

Add successful a respectable walk completion complaint of 87% and a fistful of fouls won and it's nary wonderment Savinho is starring the mode for full bonus points astatine the clip of writing.

The Brazil planetary is level with James Maddison (£4.6m) connected 21 bonus points midway done Gameweek 9.

MOST BONUS POINTS THIS SEASON

• Savinho - 21 pts
• James Maddison - 21 pts
• Youri Tielemans - 18 pts
• Ryan Gravenberch - 17 pts
• Eberechi Eze - 16 pts
• Bruno Guimaraes - 16 pts
• Dwight McNeil - 15 pts
• Anthony Gordon - 14 pts

Savinho is yet to people for his caller nine but his postulation of bonus points, positive 5 assists, has resulted successful an wide full of 68 points astatine an mean of 6.2 per game.

Furthermore, lone 3 midfielders - Bryan Mbeumo (£4.4m), Facundo Buonanotte (£3.4m) and Matheus Nunes (£3.6m) - person taken much points from their past 3 outings.

With injuries to Kevin De Bruyne (£6.3m), Jeremy Doku (£4.5m) and Jack Grealish (£3.4m), the erstwhile Girona wide antheral has taken vantage of his accrued playing clip with an influx of 26 points since the commencement of Gameweek 8.

He whitethorn good widen his bully signifier if fixed different quality against Tottenham successful the Carabao Cup past 16 connected Wednesday night.

Looking further ahead, Pep Guardiola's broadside volition look Bournemouth and Sporting CP successful Gameweek 10 earlier a travel to Brighton successful Gameweek 11 sees successful the November planetary break.

At the clip of writing, Savinho features successful conscionable 4.2% of teams and truthful has to beryllium considered a perchance astute differential enactment successful midfield.

He's surely a subordinate to show closely.