FantasyBet have their biggest pot of the season so far arriving in Gameweek 27, so this is the last round of Premier League fixtures in which it’s possible to qualify for an entry into the £2000 contest.
It’s also possible to receive a free entry into the league by inviting a friend, and if that person wins, you can receive £100. Click here for more details.
Looking at the fixtures, it may be the week to roll out those mid-table differentials you’ve had your eye on – all the top four face each other on Sunday, as Arsenal welcome Leicester and Spurs travel to Manchester City.
On Saturday, Bournemouth host a Stoke side that have lost 3-0 in three successive matches. West Ham travel to out-of-sorts Norwich, while Chelsea host a Newcastle outfit that have lost four matches in a row away from St James’.
If you are unfamiliar with FantasyBet it is particularly accessible for those who play Fantasy Premier League, as it uses a similar scoring system.
The players’ prices were originally identical to those of the official game but have now been updated, with players such as Riyad Mahrez and Mesut Ozil now costing 1m more to include in our squads.
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MY TEAM
Fraser Forster (4.5m)
Charlie Daniels (4.5m)
Phil Jagielka (5m)
Branislav Ivanovic (6.5m)
Jesse Lingard (4.5m)
Ross Barkley (7m)
Dimitri Payet (7.5m)
Roberto Firmino (8m)
Romelu Lukaku (9m)
Diego Costa (10.5m)
Sergio Aguero (13m)
KEY PICKS
Fraser Forster: The Southampton keeper’s long-term injury at the start of the season means he’s priced at just 4.5 in FantasyBet. Forster’s return to the starting XI has coincided with a run of five consecutive clean sheets ahead of a trip to the Liberty, where Swansea have failed to score in five of eight matches against top-half opposition.
Phil Jagielka: The Toffees captain was sidelined for two months over the festive period but has since recovered his spot to help secure three shut-outs in four appearances. A visit from a West Brom side that have blanked in three of their last four away trips bodes well for Jagielka’s chance of picking up another clean sheet.
Roberto Firmino: The Liverpool midfielder seems to have finally become accustomed to the Premier League, bagging five goals and a pair of assists over his last five outings. The potential return of Philippe Coutinho could bring even more returns from the in-form Firmino as the Merseysiders make their way to Aston Villa.
Diego Costa: Chelsea’s lone striker has recently rediscovered the sort of form that delivered 20 goals last season. Costa has bagged six goals and two assists in seven league appearances and now faces a travel-sick Newcastle outfit that has mustered a single clean sheet in ten matches on the road, conceding an average of over 2.6 goals per game in the other nine.
THIS WEEK’S GAME PICKS
As always the best place to start if you’re new to FantasyBet are the free-rolls. There is a £50 pot available for this Gameweek in both the standard and Flash Mode.
For the six Saturday fixtures from 3pm onwards, there’s a Double-Up game for £3.30 entry with a guaranteed prize pool of £120 and also FantasyBet’s biggest weekly game, the Grand Saturday where your compete for a £1000 guaranteed prize pool on a £5.50 buy in. Multiple entries are available in both.
There’s also a couple of opportunities to pick up qualifier tickets for the £2000 pot coming up in Gameweek 27. One contest has an entry fee of just £0.55, while the other has three tickets up for grabs for a £3.30 stake.
LAST WEEK
I regained most of my stake with a win in the double-up but failed to land in the winning spots elsewhere to leave me on a total of £167. Batista took top place in the Grand weekend game – captaining Firmino paid off, while big hauls from Joleon Lescott (15 points), Toby Alderweireld (eight points) and Scott Dann (eight points) paid off his decision to invest at the back. Read an interview with the winner here.
THIS WEEK’S STAKE
I’m entering the Saturday Double-Up and Grand Saturday, the free-rolls, the FFScout Picks League and will also have a go at both the qualifiers to try and win entry into the double grand pot for a total outlay of £13.75.
In addition, I’ll be going up against Eden Hazardous, the Community champion in this week’s Scout Picks. He will be taking me on in a specially set up head to head game for a chance to win free entry into a £500 Guaranteed ‘Big Weekly’ game worth £22. Also the eligible Community Champion who beats the Scout Picks by the highest margin every month will win a free entry into the £600 guaranteed ‘Boss’ game worth £55.
FFSCOUT PICKS LEAGUE
Geodam89 topped the Scout Picks League with a score of 105 points. Seven points apiece off the bench from Mark Bunn and Kevin Wimmer, who replaced Tim Howard and Danny Rose, shows the value of strong auto-subs.
Once again, FantasyBet have provided a £100 pot for the FFScout Picks League, with a £1.10 stake for entry, it is now possible to enter two teams into this contest. I will enter our Scout Picks as closely as possible, given a 15-man squad is required with the 100m budget and a captain also needs to be selected.
Feel free to go up against them this week and pick your own squad on FantasyBet.
