We have chosen our best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players for Gameweek 17 ahead of Friday’s 18:15 GMT deadline.
It’s a 4-5-1 formation this week and, as ever, we are limited to an £83.0m budget for our starting XI.
Our four substitutes, meanwhile, are chosen from the budget/mid-price crop of players to give some potentially cost-effective alternatives to the big hitters who invariably make the initial cut.
It’s a tricky selection this week with Covid-19, postponements and the traditional seasonal rotation all factors to consider.
GOALKEEPER
A last-minute Liverpool goal and a contentious penalty award in favour of Manchester City were all that separated Wolverhampton Wanderers from clean sheets against the top two Premier League teams over the last couple of Gameweeks. Bruno Lage’s rearguard were in great form leading up to those two ‘big six’ encounters, with three consecutive clean sheets, and only the division’s top three sides have shipped fewer goals over the course of the campaign. Jose Sa (£5.1m) is now FPL’s second-highest-scoring goalkeeper and this week he’ll be up against a Brighton side not only hit badly by injury and illness but also struggling for goals: their tally of seven strikes in the last 10 Gameweeks is the joint-worst in the league.
DEFENDERS
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2 years, 4 months ago1) Play D. Luiz (Save FT)
2) Ronaldo -> Watkins (FT)
3) Ronaldo + D Luiz -> Watkins + Foden (-4 - bench Antonio)