The Fantasy Premier League community are scrambling to find a replacement for the suspended Richarlison (£6.7m) for Gameweek 4.
The Everton man was owned by 38 percent of FPL managers ahead of a Gameweek 3 trip to Bournemouth in which he was sent off for violent conduct.
He is set to miss Gameweeks 4 and 5 with a midweek EFL Cup tie able to absorb one of his three-match suspension.
We’ve gone over the numbers to find the best replacement for Richarlison, as we know there is great interest in alternatives.
Fantasy Football Scout members can view the full extent of our research which heavily relies on our Opta data.
We’ve taken a look a whole host of options who largely sit between the £5.0m and £7.1m bracket. While some Fantasy managers may be able to make multiple transfers to replace Richarlison with a more expensive asset, these factors cannot be factored too much into our research. Therefore, this article aims to find the best alternative in a straight-swap, give or take a few decimal point millions.
For example, we have included Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£7.1m) in our comparison, which would be a jump of £0.5m for anyone who bought Richarlison at either his starting season price of £6.5m or £6.6m; £0.4m for any managers who can sell him for £6.7m.
Bernardo Silva (£7.6m) also played a part for anyone holding a little more cash in the bank.
We have also compared the possible candidates against Richarlison’s numbers for the first three Gameweeks, in the hope that we might find an option who can replace him longer term.
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