The final match of Gameweek 9 sees QPR attempt to haul themselves off the foot of the Premier League table as Aston Villa roll up to Loftus Road this evening. Both sides are in dire form right now, though – the hosts have picked up a single point from their last five fixtures, whilst Paul Lambert’s side have lost each of their last four without scoring a single goal in the process.
From a Fantasy perspective, only Steven Caulker has caught our attentions for the hosts – the centre-half is one of only three R’s players with an ownership above 3% in the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game and sits in 7% of sides. Despite the R’s having conceded 17 goals in the last seven, Caulker’s owners will be cautiously optimistic over a clean sheet, though – the visitors have now failed to score in each of their last four league matches.
Up top, the R’s will be buoyed by their late rally at home to Liverpool last time around, though, where Eduardo Vargas emerged from the bench to notch twice in a 3-2 loss.
Paul Lambert will be pinning his hopes on Christian Benteke to make a difference for the visitors. The big Belgian returned to the starting XI last time around and whilst there’s still some doubts over his match sharpness after months on the sidelines, he’s proven time and again he’s more than capable of dishing out punishment to obliging top-flight backlines.
