We now turn to focus on the Sky Sports game, looking back at the previous round of action before preparing you for the Gameweek that gets underway with tonight’s three kick-offs.
We will examine the recent run of Man of the Match (MoTM) awards, the bonus point beneficiaries, transfer trends and Watchlist, before moving on to the Scout team and our future plans.
Gameweek 24 Man of the Match Awards
These were the players who caught the eye of the Sky Sports reporters and earned an extra five points as a result.
| Fixture | MoTM |
| Brighton vs Chelsea | Eden Hazard |
| Arsenal vs Crystal Palace | Mesut Ozil |
| West Ham vs Bournemouth | Mark Noble |
| Burnley vs Man United | Phil Jones |
| Everton vs West Brom | Salomon Rondon |
| Stoke vs Huddersfield | Moritz Bauer |
| Leicester vs Watford | Jamie Vardy |
| Man City vs Newcastle | Sergio Aguero |
| Southampton vs Tottenham | James Ward-Prowse |
| Swansea vs Liverpool | Alfie Mawson |
Sergio Aguero, Alfie Mawson and Solomon Rondon all move on to three MoTM awards for the season.
The Man City striker has hit compelling form ahead of a trio of favourable fixtures (WBA bur LEI) and looks a smart acquisition considering our overhaul comes into play after those matches.
Mesut Ozil, meanwhile, seems to have almost “stealthed” his way up to five gongs for the season and the German could be a great differential post-Gameweek 28.
Lastly, Eden Hazard earned his seventh accolade and is now tied second with Mohamed Salah, just one behind Kevin De Bruyne.
Gameweek 24 Bonus Points
Let’s take a look at the players who have earned 35 points or more in bonus for the 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
| Name | Team | Value | % of Managers |
| Morata | Chelsea | 12.2 | 6.4% |
| Lukaku | Man United | 12.4 | 5.6% |
| Eriksen | Spurs | 10.8 | 5.2% |
| Hegazi | West Brom | 6.2 | 4.6% |
| Richarlison | Watford | 7.6 | 3.2% |
Top Transfers In
| Name | Team | Value | % of Managers |
| Firmino | Liverpool | 11.6 | 8.4% |
| Kane | Spurs | 12.9 | 6.5% |
| Salah | Liverpool | 9.4 | 5.3% |
| Aguero | Man City | 12.8 | 4.3% |
| Gomez | Liverpool | 6.5 | 3.7% |
Average Transfers Remaining
Top 10 – 10.70
Top 100 – 11.31
Top 1,000 – 11.38
Top 5,000 – 11.16
Top Five Captains Picked
| Name | Team | Value | % of Managers |
| Kane | Spurs | 12.9 | 26% |
| Salah | Liverpool | 9.4 | 17.5% |
| Lukaku | Man United | 12.4 | 15.8% |
| Aguero | Man City | 12.8 | 5.7% |
| Firmino | Liverpool | 11.6 | 3.5% |
Watchlist
Here I aim to highlight a few differential players with low ownership who I think could prove worthy targets until the Overhaul in three weeks time (Gameweek 28).
Three specific price brackets will be used to cater for our available budgets.
The players will evolve with fixtures and form, and offer Fantasy managers a nudge in the right direction.
| Budget | Mid-Price | Premium | |
| Defender | Andreas Christensen 6.4 4.1% | Chris Smalling 8.3 1.6% | John Stones 8.9 3.2% |
| Midfielder | Eric Choupo-Moting 8.2 1.1% | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 8.9 1.9% | Pedro 9.5 1.4% |
| Forward | Mame Diouf 8.5 0.7% | Cenk Tosun 11.1 0% | Christian Benteke 11.3 1.1% |
My Team
Pope
Jones Otamendi Christensen Kenny
Hazard Sterling De Bruyne Salah
Kane Firmino
ITB: 0.7
Transfers remaining: 12/40
Last week’s points: 86
Overall points: 2014
Rank: 197th
Notes
A drop of seven places for me despite a decent tally of 86 points – it’s getting tough to make a significant move near the top, largely due to most people having very similar teams.
It’s why I’m actually looking forward to the overhaul in three weeks.
I may go differential-crazy in a desperate bid to crack the top 50, but it will be very difficult to omit the likes of Nicolas Otamendi and Salah given their ridiculously consistent points scoring.
A scattering of calculated differentials is probably the wiser strategy and the route I will take.
Before that, I may look at one more swap, with Firmino out for David Silva or a Chelsea player on Wednesday evening, to get the extra match and avoid Liverpool’s tougher fixtures to come.
That would give me 11 transfers for 11 more Gameweeks and a team perfectly set up to cope with them.
Captain Plan
Tues 30th – Salah (hud)
Weds 31st – De Bruyne (WBA)
Weekly Articles and Podcast
As well as the weekly Focus article, I’ll be talking through the week’s action and upcoming plans with Fantasy Football Scout posters Buffrey and Lewis on our regular podcast – the latest episode can be found here.
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