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Our Saturday schedule continues with the weekly Sky Sports Focus article where we take a look back at the weekend action before preparing you for the final Gameweek of the season.

We’ll 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 39 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.

FixtureMoTM
Brighton vs Man UnitedAnthony Knockaert
Stoke vs Crystal PalaceWilfried Zaha
West Brom vs TottenhamCraig Dawson
Watford vs NewcastleRoberto Pereyra
Leicester vs West HamMarko Arnautovic
Bournemouth vs SwanseaJoshua King
Everton vs SouthamptonNathan Redmond
Man City vs HuddersfieldAaron Mooy
Chelsea vs LiverpoolEden Hazard
Arsenal vs BurnleyPierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Swansea vs SouthamptonAlex McCarthy
Chelsea vs HuddersfieldJonas Lossl
Leicester vs ArsenalKelechi Iheanacho
Tottenham vs NewcastleHugo Lloris
Man City vs BrightonLeroy Sane
West Ham vs Man UnitedMark Noble


Eden Hazard (8.1%), Leroy Sane (7.7%), Hugo Lloris (7.3%) and Aaron Mooy (6%) were the only players with over five percent ownership to pick up the award over the Double Gameweek.

However, Wilfried Zaha, Marko Arnautovic and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sit just below five percent and are well owned amongst the top 1,000 managers, so will have been the cause of major rank swings.

A special mention to Alex McCarthy – popular target in the February overhaul due to his cheap price – who up until now had largely failed to offer value.

He churned out 14 points in the Tuesday night match against Swansea City and will have been captained by many of his owners. That was another event to spark a major change in the rankings.

Gameweek 39 Bonus Points

Let’s take a look at any player to earn 50 points or more in bonus for the season

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The Transfer Trends

Top Transfers Out

NameTeamValue% of Managers
LukakuMan United12.413.2%
FirminoLiverpool11.63.7%
De BruyneMan City11.53.3%
KaneSpurs12.93.1%
SalahLiverpool9.43%

Top Transfers In

NameTeamValue% of Managers
JesusMan City12.16.4%
KaneSpurs12.95.7%
SanchezMan United12.74.7%
SterlingMan City9.84.2%
PogbaMan United11.23.9%

Average Transfers Remaining

Top 10 – 0
Top 100 – 0.33
Top 1,000 – 0.69
Top 5,000 – 0.99

Top Five Captains Picked

NameTeamValue% of Managers
KaneSpurs12.928%
LukakuMan United12.415.7%
AgueroMan City12.85.9%
SalahLiverpool9.44.6%
De BruyneMan City11.53.1%

My Team

Karius
Ward van der Hoorn Christensen
Ramsey Sterling Zaha De Bruyne Salah
Kane Sanchez

ITB: 0.6
Transfers remaining: 0/40
Last week’s points: 45
Overall points: 3,038
Rank: 251st

Notes

When I needed them the most, my team let me down. A drop of 150 places in the penultimate Gameweek was certainly not ideal.

The dream of a top 100 finish now looks firmly out of reach, mainly due to a series of captain fails.

Alexis Sanchez failed to feature on Friday, leaving me with no skipper, Harry Kane then did his best Roberto Soldado impression before Raheem Sterling and Man City failed to score at home for the first time in the league this season.

The theme continued with Mike van der Hoorn missing out against Southampton, again leaving me without a captain until finally, Kane picked up one goal on the Wednesday for my first captaincy points.

I then went into Thursday’s game with high hopes after Sanchez started up front, giving me the perfect explosive differential. We all know how that went.

It was a truly disheartening sequence of events just as I was on the cusp of my target for the season.

With little left to play for now, I will likely opt for a differential captain on the final day in the hope of a miracle.

Thankfully, we get to see the teamsheets, which will have a big say on where I hand out the armband. As it stands, the in-form Wilfried Zaha will be my final roll of the dice.

Wish me luck, guys, and thanks for tolerating my ramblings during the season. Here’s to the next one.

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  1. Sadio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    What is your bold call of the week?

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Arsenal to finally win an away game.

    2. soup natsi
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Jesus > Firmino

  2. Futile Tinkering
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Son and Bavies are a big non-show risk for your main rival, i'd say get Salah in and cap him to prevent your rivals from pulling further away.Hopefully your differentials will come through for you.

    1. Futile Tinkering
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Reply fail.

    2. PompeyUpNorth!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      This looks like an answer to my question 7 mins ago.. thanks and if it wasn't thanks anyway..ha!

  3. SomeoneKnows
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Best cheap midfielder to be worth a -4 points hit in order to bring Salah?

    A) McArthur
    B) Milivojevic
    C) Gudmundsson

    1. PompeyUpNorth!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      B or C... narrows it down a bit for you...

  4. jonasloc
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    a) Smalling + Bavies > Alonso + TAA
    b) Smalling + Son > Zaha + TAA

  5. jonasloc
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Zaha vs Martial?

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Zaha

      Martial not nailed

    2. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Zaha

  6. FlashG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Sell for -4 hit?

    A) Pog
    B) Dilva
    C) Son

    Going to bring Zaha or Arnu in!

  7. Rash
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    So it seems David silva flew back yesterday via Ryanair. Think I'll risk keeping him

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Ryanair! Sell.

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Oooof those economy seats cramping his leg room probably makes him rusty.

        Sell.

    2. FlashG
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Source?

  8. jonasloc
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Captain Kane or Salah? Quiiiiickk

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Passed the deadline, too late

      Unlucky

    2. Big Sum
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      You have 24 hours to decide

  9. balint84
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Zaha or Gudmundsson?

    1. Jet5605
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Zaha

  10. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Chasing a 15 point lead. Leader has Salah but neither Kane nor Sterling. Should I take a -4 hit to get Kane (c) or just captain Sterling and use my 1 FT in option A?

    A - Wilian > Zaha
    B - Jesus & Willian > Kane & Zaha for -4 hit
    C - Vardy & Willian > Kane & Milo for -4 hit
    Other?

    Ryan
    Alonso - Lowton - Naughton - Long
    Eriksen - Son - Sterling - Willian
    Jesus - Vardy

  11. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Haven't seen much of Spurs lately but is Kane really not in form? I'm chasing and was thinking about taking a hit to get him in the hope that he'll haul big.

  12. George James
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Who scores more

    A) Hennessy + Blind

    B) Romero + Tarkowski

  13. balint84
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Will Sterling start?

  14. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hey guys, chasing a 15 point lead. Leader has Salah but neither Kane nor Sterling. Should I take a -4 hit to get Kane (c) or just captain Sterling and use my 1 FT in option A?

    A - Wilian > Zaha
    B - Jesus & Willian > Kane & Zaha for -4 hit
    C - Vardy & Willian > Kane & Milo for -4 hit
    D - Willian & GroB > Zaha and Arnie for -4 hit

    Ryan
    Alonso - Lowton - Naughton - Long
    Eriksen - Son - Sterling - Willian
    Jesus - Vardy

  15. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Chasing a 15 point lead. Leader has Salah but neither Kane nor Sterling. Should I take a -4 hit to get Kane (c) or just captain Sterling and use my 1 FT in option A?

    A - Wilian > Zaha
    B - Jesus & Willian > Kane & Zaha for -4 hit
    C - Vardy & Willian > Kane & Milo for -4 hit
    D - Willian & GroB > Zaha and Arnie for -4 hit

    Ryan
    Alonso - Lowton - Naughton - Long
    Eriksen - Son - Sterling - Willian
    Jesus - Vardy

  16. Gasthmatic
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I shall also take the differential route, few transfers to play with, so hit and hope plan it is.

    For anyone after a differential, I have six players who look likely to score over on my blog: https://checkthestatistics.wordpress.com/2018/05/12/game-week-40-six-gems-for-final-games/

    Thanks for the sky articles Luke.

    Best of luck everyone!