Fantasy Premier League

With the Gameweek 18 and 19 deadlines in quick proximity here is your guide to the next two FPL rounds, and which Hammer might be able to pick you up a few ...

A look at the fixture shows it might be a good time to add Benrahma too. So now I try to play my own style of football as it comes, without worrying about it.” Two Gameweeks means two transfers and two quick deadlines.

Two players with less than 1 per cent ownership feature in this week's FPL tips ahead of the New Year's weekend fixtures. Martin Odegaard, Mason Mount and ...

Mitrovic was a doubt to start in Gameweek 17 and then scored the most points of any player. Although Mitrovic is only one yellow card away from a one-match suspension, he is still an almost essential option for Gameweek 18. Liverpool now host a Leicester side who capitulated 3-0 to Newcastle on Boxing Day and who look shaky throughout. However, since returning to fitness, Benrahma has three goals in five starts and is on penalties for the Hammers. On most set-pieces and with two goals and four assists this season already, Pereira is the cheapest attacking pick which still guarantees a steady stream of points. But having been benched for Gameweek 17, there’s as good a chance as any that Foden will start against relegation-threatened Everton on New Year’s Eve. With Kieran Trippier currently owned by 66.5 per cent of players, finding a different way into the Newcastle defence can be hard. Budget midfielders Miguel Almiron and Gabriel Martinelli both scored, as did [Harry Kane](https://inews.co.uk/topic/Harry-Kane?ico=in-line_link), Ivan Toney and Aleksandar Mitrovic. He is helped by a favourable fixture list for Liverpool, especially the clash against a woeful Leicester side this weekend, with Brentford to come next gameweek. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://inews.co.uk/topic/cristiano-ronaldo?ico=in-line_link), Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie all cost 14m, making them the most expensive players ever. The Scot bagged two assists in the last game before the World Cup and then set up Mo Salah’s opener against Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Chelsea have three solid fixtures against Nottingham Forest, Fulham and Crystal Palace in their next five games, but also face Man City and Liverpool.

Gameweek 18 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) kicked off on Friday evening, as Liverpool edged past Leicester City and Brentford beat West Ham United.

As a result, Toney is now up to 12 league goals for the season – only Erling Haaland (£12.2m) and Harry Kane (£11.6m) have scored more. Raya, meanwhile, is up to second in the goalkeeper rankings, with his record of 75 saves first among Premier League shot-stoppers. Since the former returned from injury in Gameweek 16, Brentford have taken seven points from Manchester City (a), Tottenham Hotspur (h) and West Ham (a). Hopefully it’s a minor injury, a minor thing, there’s a good chance for that, but of course it could be worse. He could play but then at one point the muscle closed and he couldn’t play on. At this stage, both players are early doubts for Monday’s trip to Brentford, given the tight turnaround. As a result, the Reds have kept just four clean sheets in their 16 Premier League games this season, with only five sides keeping fewer. But you feel bad when you lose one, never mind two, never mind five. We have to take the result momentum but play better.” – Jurgen Klopp The early goal wasn’t helpful, we lost balls at the wrong moments when we were too open but we had good spells and scored the two goals, or we forced them to score own goals, and we were much better in the second half, though they still had their moments. As for Darwin, he hasn’t scored since returning from the World Cup, despite racking up 1.83 xG across his two league outings. They were carved open a number of times and lost their clean sheet after just four minutes when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£4.9m) finished past Alisson (£5.5m).

We already picked him out as one to include in your wildcard, but now, Marcus Rashford is a must have in your FPL teams. He returned from the World Cup with a ...

Patrick Bamford is another who could return to action in January as Leeds’ main man and at £7.2m and 0.4% ownership he could be a key differential. Rodrigo at £6.3m caught the eye earlier in the season and could hit top form when he returns to fitness. Leeds United have some great fixtures coming up now they have navigated that Man City game, with West Ham, Aston Villa, Brentford and Nottingham Forest all to come over the next month. They look far better now Cristiano Ronaldo has left the building and although Bruno Fernandes is a tempting option, Rashford is the main man. We already picked him out as one to include in your wildcard, but now, Marcus Rashford is a must have in your FPL teams. The Boxing Day fixtures provided great drama, and there is no rest for the wicked as the top flight returns with two Premier League matches on Friday night.