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Sky Sports Focus – Gameweek 39

Next up this Thursday evening, we take our usual look at the Sky Sports game. As always, we assess the recent run of Man of the Match (MoTM) awards, bonus point beneficiaries, the transfer trends and also cast an eye over the Scout team and our future plans.

Gameweek 38 Man of the Match Awards

Listed below are 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).

FixtureMoTM
Man City vs StokeKelechi Iheanacho
Aston Villa vs SouthamptonDusan Tadic
Bournemouth vs ChelseaCesc Fabregas
Liverpool vs NewcastleAlberto Moreno
Sunderland vs ArsenalJan Kirchhoff
Leicester vs SwanseaLeonardo Ulloa
Tottenham vs West BromCraig Gardner

Gameweek 38 Bonus Points

Two goalkeepers picked up bonus this week – former Sky favourites Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone were the men in question. with the latter making six saves and keeping a clean sheet to earn a tasty nine points. With 14 points earned in just 16 outings, the Italian is hot the heels of the leading three keepers Petr Cech, Jack Butland and Heurelho Gomes, who all have 16 points apiece.

In defence, ten players grabbed bonus; six for tackles and five for completed passes. Swansea full-back Angel Rangel was the man to grab both despite his side losing by four goals. Simon Francis is the top scoring defender in terms of bonus with 28 points – nearly the equivalent of six clean sheets.

In midfield there were nine beneficiaries in total: two for tackling and seven for passes. As usual, Cesc Fabregas was one of those and his total of 62 bonus points means he is the fourth highest scoring midfielder in the game, despite registering just four goals all season.

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

NameTeamValue% of Managers
VardyLeicester7.315.2%
LukakuEverton8.85.15%
AgueroMan City104.28%
BarkleyEverton6.73.36%
OzilArsenal8.42.87%

Top Transfers In

NameTeamValue% of Managers
KaneTottenham9.39.09%
SanchezArsenal9.77.04%
AgueroMan City104.3%
AlliTottenham43.99%
EriksenLeicester7.73.77%

Top Five Captains Picked

NameTeamValue% of Managers
AgueroMan City1014.63%
KaneTottenham9.310.29%
SanchezArsenal9.75.97%
VardyLeicester7.35.21%
HazardChelsea95.13%

The average amount of transfers remaining amongst the top 10 Sky managers currently is 1.00, whilst the top 100 average is 1.43, the 1,000 is 1.964 and the top 5,000 is 2.2262.

Watchlist

Here I aim to highlight a few differential players with low ownership that I think could be good options in the coming weeks to help you climb the rankings. These will be looked at in three specific price brackets to cater for our available budget. These names evolve with fixtures and form and offer Fantasy managers a nudge in hopefully the right direction.

BudgetMid-PricePremium
DefenderJan Kirchhoff, 4.5m, 0%Alberto Moreno, 6.2m, 1.2%Laurent Koscielny, 7.8m, 5.3%
MidfielderAlex Iwobi, 4m, 0.4%Willian, 7.5m, 2.9%Roberto Firmino, 8m, 4.6%
ForwardJermain Defoe, 7.5m, 3%Andy Carroll, 7.9m, 0.8%Daniel Sturridge, 9.4m, 2.2%

My Team

Hart
Cathcart Walker Dier
Alli Ozil Mahrez Payet
Aguero Kane Sanchez©

ITB: 0.2m
Transfers remaining: 2/40
Last week’s points: 40
Overall points: 2,108
Rank: 704

Notes
Not a great week but decent enough, with captain Sergio Aguero earning me 14 points, whilst Joe Hart and Riyad Mahrez chipped in with seven points apiece.

I transferred out Craig Dawson for Kyle Walker on Monday night, which backfired instantly as Dawson’s leveller at the Lane cancelled out Tottenham’s clean sheet. Dele Alli is now out for the season after being handed a three-match ban for violent conduct earlier today, though I may just leave him in and focus my transfers on extra captains – one trade this week would allow me to have three armbands and opt for Chelsea coverage for Monday’s match with Spurs.

Captain Plan
I’m locked into Alexis Sanchez as my skipper for Saturday’s home match against Norwich – given the Chilean’s recent good form, I’m hopeful of some decent returns for this clash.

It’s no surprise that a switch to Sergio Aguero is on the cards for Sunday as Man City travel to St Mary’s and given that the Saints leaked two goals against Aston Villa last week I’m again hopeful this will bear fruit.

For Monday, I’ll be transferring out Aguero for a Chelsea asset as they square up to Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. As alluded to above, this works out well as Guus Hiddink’s side play in Matchday one away to Sunderland in Gameweek 40 and helps to give me three skippers for this week.

I’m still not certain on my likely Chelsea target, though Diego Costa, Eden Hazard or Cesc Fabregas look the best options, with the Belgian currently the front runner on the back of his brace at Bournemouth.

The Fantasy Football Scout League

Once again, we’re running our own Fantasy Football Scout League this season and are sitting in first place in the rankings at present. 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 new host Max Rushden and Paul Merson at 18:00 SkySports 1 HD where they will be discussing the upcoming week’s Fantasy Football and running a feature on former England midfielder Joe Cole.

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  1. Pea Soup
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Sakho and Alli out...

    who to bring in?

    1. FPL Puppy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      I'm in the same boat...

      Thinkink Alli -> Lanzini/Antonio/Townsend and Sakho -> PvA/Cresswell

      1. Pea Soup
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 11 months ago

        Yep. Antonio back in midfield?

  2. Pedro's snacks
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Will Alli drop tonight?

    1. Pea Soup
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      No, tomorrow

      1. FPL Puppy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 11 months ago

        Are you sure? Kane rose in price when he was only at 70-80% last GW... Could well be that Alli will drop.

        However, there are a lot of WCs active so you can't trust anything this GW.

        1. Pea Soup
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 11 months ago

          I'm not now, no!

        2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 11 months ago

          FFF -68.2%, -8.80%, Tonight , Our fall accuracy:86.5 %

  3. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Is Sakho going down in price tonight?

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 11 months ago

        how can you be here?

        I'm watching you on the telly right now, you never told us you were doing a guest appearance in the Big Bang Theory

    1. FPL Puppy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      Nope. He has such low ownership and not enough people are selling him. If he was owned by at least 10% he would drop much faster.

  4. FionnMac
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Any love for Fabregas as an Alli replacement? Cheaper alternative is Townsend, but I can just about afford Fab...

    1. Cradders
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      I'm liking Fab, might get him next week for Coutinho

  5. Black Belt Jones
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hey guys, looking for some valued advice please...

    I've been holding onto DeBrune, Pelle and Mitrovic and feel that I need to get rid of all of them this week at a begrudging -8.

    Which of these trios sound best to bring in for the last three weeks (I have no Kane at present):

    (A) Fabregas, Kane, Defoe

    (B) Hazard, Carrol, Defoe

    (C) Something else....

    1. general_franco
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      B looks good .. assuming Hazard can maintain his form for more than 1 game.

      1. Black Belt Jones
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks mate. I got burned by Hazard earlier on in the season and my wife's threatened to leave me if I bring him in again... But he could just win me my ML if he does what we know he's capable of 🙂

  6. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Best move here gents?? 0.0 in the bank

    Migs / Robles
    Toby / Lovren / Bellerin / Gabriel / Simpson
    Alli* / Coutinho* / Payet / Sanchez / Mahrez
    Aguero / Carroll / Kane

    A) Alli -> Townsend
    B) Alli and Coutinho -> Townsend and Fabregas (-4)

    1. general_franco
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 11 months ago

      B

  7. Thunder Warrior
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Is Coutinho injured or what?

  8. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Repost, any other thoughts?

    Migs / Robles
    Toby / Lovren / Bellerin / Gabriel / Simpson
    Alli* / Coutinho* / Payet / Sanchez / Mahrez
    Aguero / Carroll / Kane

    A) Alli -> Townsend
    B) Alli and Coutinho -> Townsend and Fabregas (-4)

  9. Grumpybrat
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 11 months ago

    Repost, Leading my ML by 1 point , need some advice to ensure I keep leading
    1 FT and 0m ITB

    Mign/Robles
    Fosu Mensah/Rose/Bellerin/Kolarov/Sakho*
    lanzini/iwobi/sanchez/Alli*/Coutinho*
    Martial/Aguero/Kane

    A) Alli -> Townsend
    B) Alli and Coutinho -> Townsend and Fabregas (-4)
    C) Alli and Martial -> a low cost mid and Carroll (-4)

    Thanks in advance