We are back with Gameweek 18 edition of best FPL Defenders for this week. GW18 promises to be an excellent one from a Fantasy Premier League perspective for defenders, as some of the strongest sides in the League have easy fixtures. While that doesn't guarantee great returns, it at least means the scope is high for you to end the weekend with a solid total. Let's not delay any further then, scroll down to find out the best defenders to pick this week in FPL.
Best Fantasy Premier League Defenders - Gameweek 18 (GW18)
Daniel Ballard (Sunderland, £4.7m)
Daniel Ballard is arguably the best cheap defender you can pick in Fantasy Premier League for Gameweek 18. Sunderland are in great form at the moment, and they'll be facing one of the weakest Premier League teams in Leeds United at home. Ballard is also a bargain at £4.7m for a starter, and you can even comfortably bench him whenever you need. He also possesses a decent goal threat, Having already scored 2 goals this Premier League season.
Jurrien Timber (Arsenal, £6.5m)
Arsenal will face Brighton at home in GW18, which is a game where they are heavy favourites to win. With Gabriel still being out injured, Jurrien Timber continues to be our number 1 pick as best Arsenal to select for this Gameweek. He's not just a regular player in a solid Arsenal defense that almost guarantees clean sheet points, but also quite dangerous in attack as well and thus could get you huge points in certain games.
Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool, £5.9m)
Liverpool's defense has been quite shaky this EPL season, but they'll be facing the worst Premier League team of the season in Wolves at Anfield. If there's any game where you can pick Van Dijk without any worries and 99% guarantee of at least earning clean sheet points, then it is this fixture. With Wolves having such a horrible defense, it is even possible for Virgil to get a goal or assist during corners. We see Van Dijk ending this Gameweek with a solid double digit total in Fantasy Premier League.
James Tarkowski (Everton, £5.5m)
James Tarkowski is known as the Defensive contributions beast in FPL, and Everton will finally have an easy fixture against Burnley after consecutive games against top sides Chelsea and Arsenal. He is one of the best low-risk Defender picks in FPL for this Gameweek, and we suggest you should definitely be picking him, especially when his price is a decent £5.5m. Additionally, there's even scope for bonus points if this is a tight game where Everton end up winning narrowly.
Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City, £5.3m)
Manchester City are on a whole other level right now, and at a price of £5.3m, Nico O'Reilly is a must-have at the moment in Fantasy Premier League according to us. City face Forest away, which is considered to be an easy fixture. Considering the difficulty of the fixture and O'Reilly playing brilliantly at the moment, he is undoubtedly one of the best FPL defender picks for this weekend.
These are our picks of Best FPL defenders for this week (Gameweek 18). That's it from our side for now, we will be back with our choice of the best FPL defenders for GW19 next week. Goodbye!
