This evening we reveal the finalists of our open to all Fantasy Premier League Cup competition, which takes place in Gameweek 23.
For this contest, there has been more than £1,000 worth of prizes for UK based entrants courtesy of our partner FanDuel, as well a £350 in Amazon vouchers to the top three managers at the end of the competition.
For more information about the prizes up for grabs as the competition reaches its final stage click here.
Competing for the top prize of a £200 Amazon voucher and £100 FanDuel credit will be Moin, who overcame Back on the Horse 57 to 47, and A Manager Has No Name, who defeated Hazardousblue 51- 47 in a more closely fought semi-final.
With an overall rank of 6173 Moin is arguably the favourite to join donnellyc, Jonty, Gribude, Goonerdave, Ninja_Fit_Saints, sleeping master, Mch, Wild Rover, Tdubb05 , CMIFLFC, Mark and last year’s champion Leon Harris in our Cup hall of fame.
Nevertheless, A Manager Has No Name’s rank of 21,711 is still impressive and his eight season’s worth of experience, compared with Moin’s five, means he cannot be underestimated.
Both go into the final with Burnley stopper Tom Heaton, Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso, Arsenal midfielder Alexis Sanchez, Harry Kane of Spurs, Stoke City’s Erik Pieters and Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Our finalists have also made one early transfer, which could mean that Moin has decided to jettison Eden Hazard. With no money left in the bank and few credible options for the same price, it is perhaps more likely that he has made a tweak elsewhere.
As for A Manager Has No Name, he may have had his fill of Liverpool’s Adam Lallana who has returned just a goal and assist in his last six, perhaps deciding to downgrade the Liverpool midfielder. With 1.5m in the bank, he has clearly made a move with an eye for future purchases beyond this competition.
In terms of key differentials, Moin has Clarets striker Andre Gray up against A Manager Has No Name’s Alvaro Negredo, of Middlesbrough.
Both have strong home encounters, against Leicester City and West Brom respectively, with the Burnley striker perhaps enjoying the slightly more favourable encounter.
In midfield, Moin has West Ham’s Michail Antonio and Southampton’s Nathan Redmond alongside Hazard and Sanchez.
A Manager Has No Names’ centre of the park alternatives of Dele Alli, who travels to Sunderland, and Baggies set piece specialist Matt Phillips, looks likely to give him the edge here.
At the back, Moin has Red Devil Phil Jones and perhaps Everton’s Ashley Williams as the likeliest pair to be fielded alongside Alonso. With Jonny Evans still an injury doubt, Pieters would seem most likely to earn a promotion from the bench should he feel that the Potters offer stronger clean sheet prospects than Everton in their head-to-head clash.
The announcement that Middlesbrough defender Callum Chambers has picked up an injury is almost certain to mean Pieters will be moved into A Manager Has No Name’s first XI, while Danny Rose will be expected to overcome a slight injury to join his backline.
Meanwhile, over in the third place play off, where a £50 Amazon Voucher and £30 FanDuel credit is at stake, Back on the Horse’s overall rank of 8,526 gives appears to give him at least a psychological edge over 36,821 placed Hazardous Blue.
FanDuel are kindly sponsoring this season’s FFS Cup Competitions.
You can register for a free account at FanDuel via this link.
When you sign up, enter the promo code “SCOUT” and FanDuel will refund your first paid entry fee, up to £10, as free entry credit if you miss out on a cash prize.
Good luck to those involved in these final contests.
We will bring you details of this season’s follow-up cup competitions very soon.
7 years, 2 months ago"Lallana got a cut, I’m not sure we should try it. We'll see how Clyne is, hopefully he can be a part. Nothing new about Marko Grujic."
So Lallana got a few stitches... should be back for Tuesday, right?