The final match of Gameweek 13 takes place this evening between Burnley and Newcastle United, with kick-off at Turf Moor delayed by half an hour to 20:30 GMT because of a “medical emergency” at the ground.
This fixture will be of limited interest to many Fantasy managers, with not a single player on show owned by more than 10% of us.
Joe Hart (£4.5m) boasts the highest ownership of the Fantasy Premier League assets featuring this evening, sitting in 9.0% of squads.
The former Manchester City goalkeeper comes into this match off the back of a 10-point haul against Leicester City in Gameweek 13, having kept a clean sheet at the King Power Stadium and topped up his returns with save and bonus points.
No Premier League goalkeeper has made more saves than Hart this season.
Both of Burnley’s most-owned outfielders, James Tarkowski (£4.8m) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£6.0m) miss out through injury tonight.
Only three FPL midfielders have registered more assists than Gudmundsson this season, with the Iceland international a particular menace at set plays – so Robbie Brady (£5.4m) would seem likely to play a more prominent role at free-kicks and corners tonight.
That could be significant given that Newcastle have conceded more attempts from dead-ball situations than any other side in 2018/19.
The Magpies come into this fixture off the back of a three-match unbeaten run and successive wins over top-half opposition in Watford and Bournemouth.
Three of the four clean sheets that Rafael Benitez’s side has registered this season have come away from home.
Newcastle are without regular left-back Paul Dummett (£4.4m), however, who misses out with a hamstring problem. Ciaran Clark (£4.5m) fills in for the sidelined Wales international in Benitez’s only change.
Jonjo Shelvey (£5.3m) is back among the substitutes after recovering from injury, though Jamaal Lascelles (£4.7m) and Yoshinori Muto (£5.7m) miss out.
Salomon Rondon (£5.7m), fresh from a brace against Bournemouth, leads the line for the Magpies once more.
Chris Wood (£6.2m) and Sam Vokes (£5.3m) are paired up front again by Sean Dyche, who has Steven Defour (£5.4m) fit and available to start in central midfield.
Burnley XI: Hart; Lowton, Mee, Long, Taylor; Lennon, Defour, Cork, Brady; Vokes, Wood.
Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Schar, Fernandez, Clark; Diame, Ki; Ritchie, Perez, Kenedy; Rondon.
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