Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 19 Preview – Captain Picks, “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not?” and Ones To Watch

We’ve 15 video games to sit up for over the subsequent eight days, all of which rely in direction of the identical gameweek.

Eleven groups have two video games, eight have one sport and Everton don’t have any sport in any respect. With so many video games to sit up for, it might be price activating your bench enhance or triple captain chip, relying on how your crew is about up.

One phrase of recommendation although; do your transfers on Saturday morning as you by no means know which sport may be postponed subsequent! Switch deadline – Saturday sixteenth January at 11am.

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Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) vs Crystal Palace (H) & Aston Villa (H)

On paper, Man Metropolis have essentially the most beneficial fixtures this week.

The Sky Blues are on a seven-game profitable streak and face an out-of-form Crystal Palace aspect, who’ve solely gained one in every of their final eight video games earlier than dealing with a coronavirus-struck Aston Villa crew who haven’t kicked a ball since New 12 months’s Day.

Over the past 4 gameweeks, De Bruyne has taken extra pictures, and created extra probabilities than some other Metropolis participant, securing his standing as an impressive Man Metropolis asset.

Mo Salah (£12.5m) vs Man United (H) & Burnley (H)

With two house fixtures to sit up for, Salah is prone to be a preferred captaincy alternative as soon as once more.

His kind and fixtures is probably not pretty much as good as De Bruyne’s however you may by no means rule the Egyptian out. He scored the final time he performed Man United and has one objective and two assists throughout the 4 occasions he’s confronted Burnley. Having blanked in his final three video games, Salah is due some luck.

Differential: Ollie Watkins (£6.1m) v Man Metropolis (A) & Newcastle (H)

Having not performed since New 12 months’s Day and assuming he has no ongoing coronavirus signs, Watkins must be contemporary and able to face Man Metropolis earlier than internet hosting Newcastle three days later.

Previous to Villa’s break in play, no participant within the league had taken extra pictures within the field over the earlier 4 gameweeks and having created seven probabilities in the identical timeframe, he has the underrated menace to help.

Though Man Metropolis away is a tricky sport, Newcastle at house is a beneficial fixture in itself.

The Type Information – Who’s Scorching?

Phil Foden (Man Metropolis, £6.3m)

Much like De Bruyne, Foden has nice fixtures to sit up for and is in nice kind.

After beginning simply one of many earlier eleven, Foden has began Metropolis’s final two league video games and extra importantly, he’s introduced targets and assists in addition.

With two targets and one help throughout these two video games he seems more and more undroppable and gives nice worth consequently.

Aaron Cresswell (West Ham, £5.4m)

With two nice fixtures to sit up for, Cresswell can achieve factors from each clear sheets and objective involvement.

With six assists already this season, during the last six gameweeks no West Ham defender has taken extra pictures or had extra probabilities from open play than Cresswell, in addition to averaging 5 crosses per sport.

On corners too, a double digit haul for Cresswell this gameweek appears seemingly.

The Type Information – Who’s Not?

Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, £7.4m)

With only one objective in his final seven video games, Zaha’s poor kind seems set to proceed as he faces Man Metropolis (the league’s finest defence) this week.

With just one sport this week, it’s logical to promote Zaha for a participant in higher kind with a double gameweek. Phil Foden, El Ghazi and Jack Grealish all come to thoughts.

Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton, £4.8m)

Once more, with only one powerful sport this gameweek (Leicester away), adopted by fixtures towards Arsenal, Aston Villa and Man United, it may be time to promote Southampton belongings forward of this difficult run.

Clear sheets look unlikely on this stretch and KWP has no targets and solely two assists up to now this season, proving that he’s not a lot of an attacking menace.

Ones to Watch (Lower than 5% possession)

Michail Antonio (West Ham, £6.2m, 4.6%)

Having performed 90 minutes within the FA Cup final weekend, Antonio’s return to health is completely timed forward of house video games towards Burnley and West Brom this gameweek.

Though he hasn’t began a league sport since November, following the current sale of Sebastien Haller, Moyes will depend on Antonio to guide the West Ham line because the membership’s solely recognised striker. Antonio began the season effectively with three targets throughout the primary 5 league video games.

Edinson Cavani (Man United, £7.8m, 2.0%)

Anthony Martial limping off vs Burnley creates a gap within the Man United assault and though we don’t know the extent of the Frenchman’s harm, Cavani could be very a lot anticipated to begin vs Liverpool and probably towards Fulham too.

Going through Sheffield United subsequent week is an added bonus.

After selecting your preliminary squad, you obtain 1 free switch every Gameweek. Every further switch you make in the identical Gameweek will deduct 4 factors out of your rating.

If you don’t use your free switch, you’ll be able to make a further free switch the next Gameweek. If you don’t use this saved free switch within the following Gameweek, it will likely be carried over till you do. You’ll be able to by no means have greater than 1 saved switch.

For instance, because you get 1 free switch per gameweek, in the event you make no transfers between gameweeks, you should have 2 free transfers in preparation for the subsequent gameweek. You’ll incur a 4 level hit per switch over your free switch allowance.

Through the season, your fantasy soccer gamers will likely be allotted factors primarily based on their efficiency within the Premier League. Keep in mind, each week your captain scores double factors, so choose them correctly!

1 For enjoying as much as 60 minutes

2 For enjoying 60 minutes or extra (excluding stoppage time)

6 For every objective scored by a goalkeeper or defender

5 For every objective scored by a midfielder

4 For every objective scored by a ahead

4 For a clear sheet by a goalkeeper or defender

1 For a clear sheet by a midfielder

1 For each 3 shot saves by a goalkeeper

1 to three Bonus factors for the perfect gamers in a match

-1 For each 2 targets conceded by a goalkeeper or defender

For extra info on the foundations of the sport, go to https://fantasy.premierleague.com/assist/guidelines

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