Our review of Gameweek 7 in the Sky Sports Fantasy Football game brings you the usual info this afternoon. As always, we cast an eye over the Man of the Match (MoTM) awards, bonus point beneficiaries and the current market trends before taking a look at the Scout team and our plans for Gameweek 8.
Gameweek 7 Man of the Match Awards
These were the players that caught the eye of the Sky Sports reporters from last weekend’s fixtures achieving the Man of the Match award (worth an additional five points).
| Fixture | MoTM |
| Liverpool vs Everton | Adam Lallana |
| Chelsea vs Aston Villa | Cesc Fabregas |
| Crystal Palace vs Leicester | Mile Jedinak |
| Hull vs Man City | Edin Dzeko |
| Man United vs West Ham | Paddy McNair |
| Southampton vs QPR | Sadio Mane |
| Sunderland vs Swansea | Will Buckley |
| Arsenal vs Tottenham | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
| West Brom vs Burnley | Saido Berahino |
| Stoke vs Newcastle | Peter Crouch |
Cesc Fabregas, Edin Dzeko and Peter Crouch all picked up their second MoTM award this week and join Lee Cattermole, Raheem Sterling and Diego Costa on two overall. The majority of the other winners here are differentials, to say the least, with Paddy McNair not even available for selection until now. Sadio Mane presents probably the most interesting option – priced at just 5.8m, the Southampton new boy has some excellent upcoming fixtures to take advantage of.
Gameweek 7 Bonus Points
Three goalkeepers achieved bonus points from collecting five or more saves. Hugo Lloris, Tim Howard and Robert Green were the men in question, with Green now leading the way for keepers with six additional points.
In defence, seven players grabbed bonus, four for tackles and three for passes completed – budget option Calum Chambers came closest to getting both missing out by just three completed passes. Liverpool’s Javier Manquillo currently sets the precedent with eight bonus points so far.
In midfield, there were 14 beneficiaries in total: six for tackling and eight for passes. Battler Cheick Tiote picked up passing bonus on his return to the Newcastle first team and was unlucky not to grab tackling too as he missed out by a single challenge. Morgan Schneiderlin leads the way overall with 14 additional points.
Fantasy Football Scout members can access all information regarding bonus points using player stats and clicking the Sky Sports tab.
The Transfer Trends
Top Transfers Out
| Name | Team | Value | % of Managers |
| Rooney | Man United | 9.4 | 9.75% |
| Ramsey | Arsenal | 8.6 | 7.20% |
| Noble | West Ham | 5.4 | 1.99% |
| Mirallas | Everton | 7.1 | 1.86% |
| Debuchy | Arsenal | 6.1 | 1.82% |
Injuries and suspensions have forced the hand of many Fantasy managers with all of the above set to miss out this weekend. Similar to FPL, many owners of Wayne Rooney and Aaron Ramsey will be scouring the stats in a search for a worthwhile replacement.
Top Transfers In
| Name | Team | Value | % of Managers |
| Costa | Chelsea | 9.5 | 5.49% |
| Bertrand | Southampton | 5.1 | 4.92% |
| Pelle | Southampton | 7.4 | 4.85% |
| Dzeko | Man City | 8.6 | 3.85% |
| Schneiderlin | Southampton | 6.6 | 3.75% |
Southampton’s assets continue to attract suitors with a trio of Ronald Koeman’s players listed in the top five in. Ryan Bertrand, Graziano Pelle and Morgan Schneiderlin all look exceptional value and are in good form ahead of a kind fixture schedule – it’s hard to argue against owning any of them. Joining them are Edin Dzeko and Diego Costa, both forwards delivered the goods last week and again look smart acquisitions for the matches ahead.
My Team
Fabianski
Moore Hutton Van Aanholt
Hazard Ramsey Sterling Mirallas Eriksen
Rooney Aguero ©
ITB: 0.3m
Transfers remaining: 32/40
Last week’s points: 36
Overall points: 355
Rank: 5,957
Notes
A shocker from my team this week, picking up just 36 points and suffering injuries to Aaron Ramsey, Kevin Mirallas and a suspension for Wayne Rooney . Only last week I said I didn’t want to make any more subs for a while in an effort to pace myself but it looks as though I’m going to have to make wholesale changes or continue to drop down the rankings – the plan is to take all three out for Dusan Tadic, Angel di Maria and Diego Costa.
An Eden Hazard captain fail may well have spelled the end for him as well – with Cesc Fabregas rubbing salt in the wound by bagging passing bonus and MoTM, that’s one transfer I will have to do but I’m going to give the Belgian last shot this week ahead of the international break. Christian Eriksen is also on borrowed time after his lackluster performances but I just can’t justify using another swap ahead of a home tie – I’ll likely swap him out for Danny Welbeck, going 3-4-3 next week, or wait a little longer and opt for Theo Walcott if he can get back to fitness soon.
Captain plan
For Saturday, it’s one of Sergio Aguero or Raheem Sterling. I have the luxury of waiting until Friday to do that swap after banking my change from last week – always wise when you’re considering the injury-prone Aguero as your skipper.
On Sunday, I’ll give the armband to one of Di Maria or Costa, with the latter probably the smarter choice for a home clash with Arsenal.
Remember that with the international break next, you can skipper whoever you want on Sunday, safe in the knowledge you can use next week’s ‘blank’ Gameweek to then move the armband onto any player featuring in Saturday’s matches in Gameweek 10.
The Fantasy Football Scout League
Once again, we’re running our own Fantasy Football Scout League this season and were currently toping the Private League rankings as per usual. With a £1000 prize to the winner, you’d be mad not to get involved. To join, visit Sky Sports Fantasy Football and key in League Name: FFScout, League Code: 8009000.
The Fantasy Football Club
This Friday The Fantasy Football Club show, where you can catch Fenners and Merse at 18:30 SkySports One HD where they will be discussing the upcoming week’s Fantasy Football, quizzing former Leeds and Chelsea defender Michael Duberry and asking him for his #One2Eleven.
