PREPARING FOR THE DOUBLE GAMEWEEKS WITH WILDCARD IN MIND

With the announcement of the rescheduled games for gameweeks 36 and 37 and the earlier announcement for dgw34, many managers have gone full ANALYSIS on getting the best way to maximize the dgws by stocking up on the best players for the next 3 weeks then wildcarding in gw36 to prepare for the last 2 dgw..

From experience and study, the best plan is to divide the remaining 6 gameweeks into 2 boxes for managers with wildcard. It’s my advice (and popular choice) to wildcard in gw36 to enjoy the second dgw(36) and plan to bring in max players for dgw37. With benchboost or not, this is a superb plan as you can take advantage of the short term fixtures.

This analysis will take two forms: FIXTURE ANALYSIS (where I look at the fixtures of all teams for the next 3 weeks and PREDICTED POINTS SCORERS (where I use the 3 most popular bot site to get the projected best players for the next 3 weeks)

Finally, I’ll be giving a differential article where we look at players with ownership of less than 10% that are alternatives that can boost you in rankings.

fixture dificulty rankings next 3 gameweeks

NOTE: FIXTURE DIFFICULTY IS THE TOTAL OF THE FDR RATINGS FOR NEXT 3 GAMES

NOTE 2: THE FDR FOR THE DGW TEAMS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO FOR GW34

  NOTE 3: THE RANK FOR 3 WEEKS IS GOTTEN BY:

• 1.       FIXTURE DIFFICULTY TOTAL (NEXT 3 GAMES)
• 2.       NO OF HOME GAMES
• 3.       FIXTURE DIFFICULTY OF NEXT GAME

By virtue of 2 home games in the next 3 and a total FDR of 5, STOKE CITY are a team to take short term punts on especially in defence where they have been superb at home with only with only man utd, spurs, everton and Chelsea having better records. Favourite picks are GRANT(4.4), PIETERS(4.6) while ARNAUTOVIC is a differential pick for your midfields. 

LIVERPOOL are up next with two away games putting them behind stoke. With mane out, cheap forward ORIGI(6.2) has been a popular pick as he battles Sturridge for a spot together with COUTINHO(8.5) whose form and ownership is on the rise. OOP midfielder FIRMNO(8.6) is the differential here. 

Sam Allardici (As he says he would have had more respect if it were his name) has once again taken a relegation threatened outfit to safety with 5 wins and 4 clean sheets in 6. Wins over arsenal and Chelsea at the bridge and a dgw 34 to boot boost both attack and defense prospects. With or without cleansheets, HENNESSEY(4.3) is sure to rack up many save points in the next 4 matches while BPS magnet SAKHO(4.6) would have been included but he will be out of the Liverpool game as he is a loanee. Further forward, ZAHA(5.9) has upped his output with 2 goals and 3 assists in last 4 and is an easy route into squads looking for downgrades to afford the big forwards. BENTEKE(7.6) is worth a pick as only lukaku and Aguero have had more shots than the big forward though it has to be noted that he MAY  not be on pens as milivojevic took the last one.  TOWNSEND(5.8) with 2 goals and 2 assists in 4 is the differential pick.

Sunderland are so devoid of form that my only pick here will be PICKFORD(4.1) for his price and save points (he is second to heaton). For those who still have faith and have held on for so long, you may hold on some more to DEFOE(7.6).

When unbelievable form meets fixtures, you give birth to spurs. Racking goals and clean sheets with 2 home fixtures in the next 3, they provide options from front to back. Before his injury, KANE(11.3) was top of the form rankings and has a 6.75 home ppg ahead of a fixture against Bournemouth. ALLI(9.2) has 12 goals in last 14 games while ERIKSEN(8.8) sits top of the FPL assist rankings. SON(7.1) with 3 goals and 2 assists in last 3 games is the differential pick here. In defence, DAVIES(4.9) has been the revelation since replacing rose with most points than any defender within the time frame. The fact that rose wont be back within the next two weeks boost his appeal likewise him being the cheapest member of the defense.

With Antonio out for the season and andy carroll still not fully fit, we go to LANZINI(6.4) for our westham man though one home game in 3 betrays his potential as he has had his hauls at home but with both players out, he will be the go to man and will take most set pieces.

Finally, man utd with their dgw34. As expected IBRAHIMOVIC(11.4) is the main protagonist. Involved in 48% of the teams total goals and is a top captaincy option for both dgw34 and gw35. DE GEA(5.4) is the only certainty in defence as mourinho has made romero his Europa goal keeper. With fosu Mensah able to deputise in defence, none of the centre backs are safe neither are the full backs. LINGAARD is the differential pick here as he seems to have sealed a starting spot and is a cheap way into a good team.

projected  best performing players next 3 gameweeks

Corresponding with the fixtures, DE GEA and LLORIS feature highly in our predicted teams for the next 3 weeks, dgw keepers VALDES and HENNESSEY also have a chance though with burnley up next, ROBLES is an outside pick for the week.

As highlighted earlier, ALLI and ZAHA are top picks for the midfield while we are also backed for picking ERIKSEN, FIRMINO and COUTINHO. SANCHEZ is one of the most popular sales but the bots advice caution as arsenal are 8^th on the rankings and sanchez is very explosive. Chelsea may not feature high on the FDR but with the title looking to be wrapped ASAP, HAZARD will be pumped no doubt.

Unsurprisingly, IBRAHIMOVIC is the top pick over the next 3 weeks. A fixture against Chelsea might deter buyers this week but he is a top captain contender for the other 2 weeks and should not be ignored. Back from injury KANE is second in the transferred in list and is justified while LUKAKUs home form keeps him ticking over the next few weeks. BENTEKE is an outside choice.