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13 December 2017 5292 comments
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After Eden Hazard failed to deliver in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Huddersfield, eight of the top ten captains in Fantasy Premier League are set to feature over this evening’s seven matches.

All eyes are on Harry Kane as Spurs welcome Brighton to Wembley Stadium – after a weekend home brace against Stoke, he’s the top armband pick for Gameweek 17, with 25.2% of managers handing him the captaincy – his biggest majority of the season so far.

Mohamed Salah is second only to Kane, with 17.8% backing after serving up seven sets of double-digits. Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino are also back on the Liverpool team-sheet, though, after featuring as subs against Everton.

The latter was second only to Kane for transfers in ahead of Tuesday’s deadline – over 197,000 acquired Firmino in the rush to replaced the stricken Alvaro Morata.

Romelu Lukaku, Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez will be hoping that history repeats itself this evening.

Lukaku is toiling for form right now, with a single goal in nine Gameweeks, but scored four at home to tonight’s visitors Bournemouth while at Everton last season.

Aguero, meanwhile, netted twice in Man City’s win at Swansea in 2016/17 – he returns to Pep Guardiola’s XI as Gabriel Jesus takes up bench-warming duties.

Sanchez heads to West Ham, where he ran riot on his way to three goals and an assist in the previous campaign.

Elsewhere, Charlie Austin and Dominic Calvert-Lewin were both subject to significant transfers in ahead of Gameweek 17, with 156,00+ and 172,000+ new owners respectively.

Both have the fixtures to strengthen their claims as budget third strikers.

Austin – with four goals in three starts – hosts a Leicester defence with one away shutout to their name.

Ranked top for points per million, Calvert-Lewin has a goal and three assists in the last four Gameweeks and visits a Newcastle defence that’s conceded an average of three goals per game over their previous five league fixtures.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    TomCarroll is really one of the worst players in the league. No wonder he's priced so low.

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Stop making new pages FFS.

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      But, but, he was the chosen one.

    3. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Rondon says Hi

    4. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      His 8 points coming in for Bavies will never be forgotten, don't care about anything else!

    5. JJO
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      He is 4,5
      He is playing DM,CM
      And he will get 2 points probably,more then 6+ of my players combined

  2. Sharkytect
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Trippier, mee, young, morata, clark, groß all out for one reason or another.

    And I thought I had a strong squad

    1. zag
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      It’s december, rotation will happen. You need a strong bench too.

      1. Sharkytect
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        I thought I HAD a strong bench! I have a little rotation risk in trippier and young but didn't see mee, morata and groß all not playing.

  3. Kevin Malone
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Might have already been mentioned amongst all this EO talk, but is a Salah goal good or bad for non-cappers?

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      If you are low rank it will help. If you are top 100k it may drop you

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Bad in the high echelons of rank.

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Ever point, even a CS one is bad.

    4. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      BAD but not that bad if your captain outscores him by a decent margin.

    5. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Bad. You’re up against two Salahs.

  4. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Guesses on total goals for these 7 games?

    1. mir
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      22

    2. tm245
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      30 would be quite nice.

    3. Licky
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      22

    4. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      16

    5. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      19

    6. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      18

    7. JJO
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      15

    8. Own Goal
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      17

    9. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      74

    10. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      19

    11. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      17

    12. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      13

    13. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      17

    14. STEP rOVERS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      20

    15. TOPCAT1960
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      13 as its 13th

    16. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      16

    17. Ballistics
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      21

    18. GreenArrows
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      21

    19. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      14

    20. the snazzy viking
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      44 - 22 of them from Kane

    21. VFORVANDETA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      26

    22. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      15 max

  5. the snazzy viking
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    can we have a 1-0 Swansea win in this game?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Abraham goal

    2. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Zero chance

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Only if Fabianski scores.

    4. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      No

    5. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      I swear on Pep's beautiful tresses, that's not gonna happen.

    6. Own Goal
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Never mind, "In this game."
      Not even this millennium, will Swansea beat City.

  6. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Looking forward to my Ben Foster haul from off the bench tonight

    1. mir
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Me too. I'll be happy with a point to be honest

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        Haha you know it

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Same. 3 save points incoming

  7. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Whoa...
    What's happened to Kola?

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Rest

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      On the bench

    3. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Nothing

    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Ugh. Kenny will come in at least.

  8. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez is getting hard to ignore ......

    1. Here's Tom with the We…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      I know just hard to fit him in

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        That is the issue. He's competing with sterling, Sane, Pogba etc.....

    2. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      TRUE
      I went for Vardy instead of him... only if

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        Just seems like he's hitting that form again....

    3. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Its the hair

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        Bad isn't it 😆

  9. French Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    RIYAD MAHREZ

  10. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    1st goalscorer?

    Siggy for me.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez

    2. Maddi Son
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Ill go Mahrez

    3. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez for me

    4. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      😀

    5. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Meant Mahrez. 😳

    6. Neevesy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez

    7. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Timing guys, timing. 😆

    8. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Mahr.... ah no forget it

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        😉

    9. JJO
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Maybe Mahrez
      In good form

    10. VFORVANDETA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrezz

  11. HamezMace
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Blimey, rotation hitting me hard this GW.

    No Mee, Gomez, Jesus, Sane, Morata, Elliot...at least Salah made it

  12. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez wow

  13. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    1-0 Leic

  14. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Eh mehrez

  15. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Any danger of Vardy ever getting involved

  16. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Imagine if you were just reading the Comments bar and all these numbers kept flying past.

  17. Who Am I?
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez my boy!!!

  18. makaveli123
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Triple Saints defence fail

  19. Ayew Holding Mee Cork
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    I guess Mahrez really wants a move in January.

  20. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    WTF Mahrez, stop scoring already

    1. Fresh_From_Desh
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Becoming a serious option!

      1. jam
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        Getting hard to ignore

  21. Taking the Mkhitaryan
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Roma are you watching

  22. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    okazaki Assist

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Essential!

  24. the snazzy viking
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    That goal puts Mahrez into the overall dream team..

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      wtf

    2. Fuchs Mane Kante
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Obvs pick aswel.

      Non owner in all games.

  25. Fuchs Mane Kante
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Gol.

    Bird shite head.

  26. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez just cant stop scoring

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez essential.... how to get him.. Sell Sterling maybe

  28. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Such a good start by Saints and then Mahrez...

    I felt really good about this game as well. Getting ard to ignore Mahrez as he hits form.

  29. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    People will buy Mahrez then he leaves in January window

  30. Epic Fail
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    2nd goalscorer?

    Siggy for me.

    1. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Son

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Aye, ok.
      Siggy for me too.