Antoine Semenyo, Manchester City, £8.3m – West Ham (a)
FPL managers will have some tough decisions to make next week when Arsenal and City blank – it is likely a lot of teams have Semenyo, Erling Haaland and a couple of Gunners, at least.
Semenyo is City’s most productive player at the moment, especially as Haaland’s goals have dried up.
Pick him with confidence every week.
Bruno Fernandes (captain), Manchester United, £10.1m – Aston Villa (h)
Ditto.
Fernandes is United’s best player (and FPL asset). He picked up another assist and more bonus points at Newcastle last time out, even in a defeat.
I’ve already talked before about most of his incredible stats since returning from injury in gameweek 21. Now a new one – 14 bonus points in that time which is, you guessed it, the most of any player.
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, £14m – Tottenham (h)
Watching Salah as an FPL owner isn’t a great experience at the moment – he just doesn’t look like his old self or seem to carry a huge threat.
But, he has scored in consecutive games now in all competitions, so could he be rolling into a patch of form? He had a big chance and an xG of 0.28 against Wolves last time out, which isn’t too bad.
And, Spurs are in dire straits at the moment. Missing their two main centre-backs, losing five in a row – it feels like Liverpool could run wild here.
Salah got three goals and two assists in two league meetings against Tottenham last season.
Ismaila Sarr, Crystal Palace, £6.3m – Leeds (h)
FPL managers who kept faith in Sarr were rewarded last time out with a two-goal haul – and it was coming.
Sarr is an underlying stats king. Since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations in gameweek 23, he has the most big chances – tied with Cole Palmer – of any midfielder (7).
And those numbers have been consistent all season.
He has 0.68 big chances per appearance – only Bryan Mbeumo has a higher number.
And the Senegal midfielder’s xG of 0.42 per appearance is bettered only by Palmer (0.46).
Marcus Tavernier, Bournemouth, £5.3m – Burnley (a)
Tavernier was in this team for the previous gameweek and hit the post twice, recording an xG of 1.37.
Unlucky, but all signs of what a bargain gem he could be for the rest of the season, especially as he is likely on penalties for Bournemouth.
Burnley let in four in their last home game, and visitors to Turf Moor in the league have scored at least twice in every game since a goalless draw with Everton at the end of December.
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