{"id":214782,"date":"2023-09-26T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214782"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:31:12","slug":"aston-villa-full-backs-offer-dream-team-managers-extra-attacking-verve-at-affordable-prices-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/aston-villa-full-backs-offer-dream-team-managers-extra-attacking-verve-at-affordable-prices-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa full-backs offer Dream Team managers extra attacking verve at affordable prices | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SO far this season, the average Premier League game features just over three goals.<\/p>\n<p>That&#x27;s a notable increase compared to the overall average (2.65) since the top flight was re-imagined in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>With more managers embracing open-ended games and the new directive around time management resulting in long stoppage-time periods, clean sheets are proving ever more elusive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAY <em>HIGHER OR LOWER?<\/em> WITH DREAM TEAM EVERY DAY TO EARN XP POINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HB-DREAMTEAM-CASH-DIGNE.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Consequently, there&#x27;s plenty to be said for Dream Team managers selecting defenders who provide an additional attacking threat rather than those who primarily earn points through clean sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Take Aston Villa&#x27;s full-backs as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#x27;s side have conceded ten league goals this campaign, only the bottom five sides have shipped more at this stage, and they also allowed Legia Warsaw to score three in their first Europa Conference League group game.<\/p>\n<p>The Villains&#x27; high line means they are vulnerable at the back.<\/p>\n<p>And yet Matty Cash (\u00a32.8m) and Lucas Digne (\u00a32.5m) are both among the top five defenders in Dream Team at the time of writing because of what they offer in attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Poland international essentially plays as an auxiliary winger most of the time, as evidenced by the fact he&#x27;s produced seven shots on target already this season.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/jadon-sancho-manchester-united-premier-846966409-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>INSTA WHAM <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sancho DEACTIVATES Instagram after he is &#8216;banned from all Man Utd facilities&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SD-SPORT-JONES.jpg\"><\/picture><span>PHIL YOUR BOOTS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Phil Jones looks like a new man as he begins new career after Man Utd exit<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LB-SPORTS-sancho-tenhag-1-copy.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SANCH-NO GO <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sancho &#8216;banned from all Man Utd facilities including CANTEEN&#8217; 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