Spot the Differential

Martial could make mockery of £7.5m price tag this year

Wish the summer and your weekend afternoons goodbye, as it’s that time of the year again… Fantasy Premier League is back.

As we hurtle towards the Gameweek 1 deadline, Fantasy Football Scout has all the information, advice and tips you need to help you with your team.

Our best XI for the opening weekend comes out later on Friday but for now, we have something for you mavericks out there.

If you want something slightly different to the crowd, here are three players with low ownership that may be worth considering for Gameweek 1…

Anthony Martial

Martial could do well for Manchester United this year if he gets a run in the team

Price: £7.5m

Ownership: 5.0%

GW1 Opponent: Chelsea (H)

There is no denying that Manchester United did not finished the 2018/19 season on a high. As soon as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was offered the manager’s role on a permanent basis things began to take a turn for the worse as the Red Devils agonisingly missed out on a coveted Champions League spot. 

If there’s one person who could help turn things around with a run in the side, it is Anthony Martial

He averaged an attacking return every 115 minutes in the Premier League last season.

Despite being listed as a midfielder he often plays in advanced positions, such as a centre forward on three occasions during pre-season.

His record of scoring 34 goal in 113 Premier League games is very reasonable, especially when considering his FPL price tag (£7.5m) and position. 

Historically, a combination of injuries, rotation and being subbed off often limited his game time. 

With that said, he is one of United’s most experienced attacking players and, fitness permitting, he should start matches regularly and will be relied upon to perform at his best on a consistent basis. 

Manchester United will be up against a transitional Chelsea team on the opening weekend. 

Interestingly, the last time Martial featured against them he scored a brace in a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, Chelsea’s defence has not looked too solid in pre-season and they have just lost David Luiz (£6.0m) to Arsenal.

After last season’s woes, Manchester United will want to get off to a good start and players like Martial will need to make more of a difference with improved motivation.

Kyle Walker-Peters

Kyle Walker-Peters (left) in action for Spurs this summer

Price: £5.0m

Ownership: 3.03%

GW1 Opponent: Aston Villa (H)

Kyle Walker-Peters was far from being one of Tottenham’s firstchoice full-backs last season, but a unique opportunity has presented itself to the youngster.

The departure of Kieran Trippier to La Liga and the injuries to Serge Aurier and Juan Foyth have unexpectedly brought him to the fore. 

Walker-Peters has only featured in nine Premier League games during his entire career and yet averages an assist for every 112 minutes played. 

Moreover, last season, 32% of his touches were in the final third of the pitch. 

Of course, three of Walkers-Peters’ assists came from one game, but it provides an evident glimpse of attacking capabilities.

In fact, you won’t get many other starting £5.0m defenders from last season’s top four, espcially not at wing-back.

The transfer window has now closed and Tottenham’s did not sign any new right-sided defenders. 

Walker-Peters may not be a hugely long-term option and may need transferring/wildcarding out when Foyth or Aurier comes back but we don’t know exactly when that will be yet. 

Tottenham kick start their campaign against newly promoted Aston Villa in Gameweek 1, a favourable fixture.

Walker-Peters has a chance to establish himself in the team and with a few good performances he may prolong his presence as a regular starter.

Ashley Barnes

Burnley’s strike force could enjoy their Gameweek 1 opener against Southampton

Price: £6.5m

Ownership: 0.9%

GW1 Opponent: Southampton

Ashley Barnes was a great differential last season, registering 12 goals and 3 assists. 

This attacking output alone was responsible for 33% of Burnley’s goals, which shows you how important he is to the team. 

There are many other strikers currently priced at £6.5m with similar contributions, such as Josh King, but Barnes has an extra edge. 

For every season that he has played in the Premier League he seems to be progressively scoring more goals:

14/15 Premier League season 5 goals in 35 games
16/17 Premier League season 6 goals in 28 games
17/18 Premier League season 9 goals in 36 games
18/19 Premier League season 12 goals in 37 games

The former Austria Under-20 international’s performance trajectory clearly shows that he is getting better at the top-flight level.

He is at the peak of his powers and there isn’t anything stopping him, even if they’ve signed Jay Rodriguez as an additional forward to add to the mix. 

Sure, Barnes won’t end the season with 20+ goals, but would it be hard to reject him for your third budget striker spot when he could exceed last season’s points tally? 

Burnley start the season with Southampton at Turf Moor. Barnes has scored two league goals in his last two starts against the Saints and he should be more than capable of causing havoc to their backline once again.

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3,661 Comments Post a Comment
  1. tricpic
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Trossard or Barkley?

    1. Leeds2116
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Same thing for me or Daniel James

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Toss apparently. I took the salesmanship chat last night.

    3. Prince of Persia
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Trossard

  2. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah hattie and Pool cleanie is going to equate to around 500k rank isn't it 😆

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pretty much

    2. Brian Boitano
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Triple captain

      1. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yay 200k 😆

  3. le flem
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    RMT

    Pope

    TAA Robertson Digne

    Salah(c) Sterling(vc) Sigurdsson Perez Robinson

    Wilson King

    Button Rico Lundstram Greenwood

    1. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nice team

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Solid

    3. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      nice

      1. le flem
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers

  4. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    TAA or VVD? Forget money

    1. Adro34
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      VVD for me just

    2. Oooof
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      VVD

    3. Prince of Persia
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      TAA

    4. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have Virgil but still tinkering

    5. le flem
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      TAA

    6. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      TAA all day long

  5. Carcetti
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    RMT ?

    Heaton

    Robertson, Digne, Coleman, Dunk

    Salah, Perez, Mane, KDB

    Jota, Wilson

    Bench: Diop, Dendoncker, Greenwood

    1. le flem
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Good team, maybe you should try to fit Sterling, but what do I know.

    2. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      GK sub?

  6. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best option here? B would rotate.

    A. Zinchenko / 4.0m
    B. Zouma KWP

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sorry A with 4.5

    2. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

  7. Adro34
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best keeper to rotate with Pope first few weeks at least? Cheers

    1. tikka mo'salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Heaton

    2. POGBA & COKE
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Matt Ryan. Think there's one gameweek when they both have tough fixtures (one Liverpool, one City). Alternatively, Heaton and Ryan are a good rotation pair.

  8. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pick 1 (only 3 diffs, but for visualisation here are the full teams):

    Heaton
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko
    Salah sterling Moura Perez
    Wilson King

    Heaton
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko
    Salah Sterling Barkley Robinson
    Auba King

    1. tricpic
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’d go A because I don’t favour Auba

    2. lampsblues
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm on very similiar teams, and can't decide if Auba is worth the money when not captaining him. I've just got the feeling he will score big in his first two matches.

  9. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which 4.5 GK is in your squad?

    1. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      This seems to be one of the hardest decisions to me..

      1. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I wouldnt stress too much about it. Easy to rectify it on wildcard and not many points at risk.

    2. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Heaton

    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Heaton and Pope.. Too good to be true owning both of em of em for 9

    4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Henderson

    5. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      None

    6. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pope.

    7. KingOllie
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Gunn 😀

  10. Pogboom
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    GTG?

    Pope
    Digne • VVD • Robbo • Chilwell
    Salah(C) • Sterling • Trossard • Pérez
    Wilson • Jota

    Button • Montoya • Dendoncker • Wesley

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nice, good bench options also.

    2. Bubi
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have the same midfielders so yes, good to go;)

  11. William.gallant
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pretty happy with this, fingers crossed sterling and Kane don't screw me

    Pope/button
    VVD/Digne/Zinchenko/Rico/Lundstram
    Lucas Moura/Salah/KDB/perez/fraser
    Auba/King/Greenwood

  12. Sebastes
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Gonna have some fun this year and come out guns blazing (hopefully) with BB.

    Which would you prefer, given I have TAA and Digne

    A) Robbo, Barkley
    B) Robbo, James
    C) Coleman, Martial

    Cheers

    1. William.gallant
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  13. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Already got Wilson.

    Who to I choose out of fraser, moura or martial?

    Thanks

    1. Oooof
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      One of the last two

    2. William.gallant
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      fraser Imo

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      All 3 are good options.
      Fraser is the safe pick and most nailed.
      Martial is more of a punt atm.
      Moura isn't nailed long term.

    4. POGBA & COKE
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Fraser, but I'm seriously considering Martial as he could be playing as a centre forward based on pre-season.

    5. ameisin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I really can't decide this.

      Moura for short term gains(?), but it's basically a FT used up in GW2 or 3.

      Don't trust Martial, but he's starting CF.

      Maybe leaning towards Fraser.....

  14. Leeds2116
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    King or Wilson?

    1. POGBA & COKE
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wilson fo sho

    2. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wilson

  15. POGBA & COKE
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    who is the best 7.0 midfielder??

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Anderson.

      1. POGBA & COKE
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Against City first game tho……..

        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          It's a marathon, not a sprint.

      2. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Lanzini + 0.5?

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pedro is the differential here

      1. POGBA & COKE
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        anyone considering Barkley at 6.0??

        1. cuppatea78
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yes definitely worth considering. Had him in my team until a few hours ago but swapped for Jota

  16. bigben10
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A) Donks + Rashford
    B) Martial + Jota

    Please help!!!

    1. Emiliano Sala
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    2. tricpic
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B for sure

      1. bigben10
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks

  17. gooner_112233445566
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Yo

    4.5 defender and Jimenez
    OR
    5.5 defender and jota

    Would appreciate what everyone thinks

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    2. tricpic
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Depends which 5.5

  18. how many hits?!!
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane and Dendonky or Wilson/Moura? Donks would then be on my bench and Soyuncu from Leicester would be my starter with Kane. Can’t help feeling that there might be a couple of penalties in the Spurs match, with Moura flying at a newly promoted defence...

  19. Perthite
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Worth finding 0.5m (eg TAA->VVD) to go Montoya to Walker-Peters?

    Pope Heaton
    Robertson TAA Digne Montoya Lundstram
    Salah Sterling Siggy Perez Dendoncker
    Wilson Jota Greenwood

    1. Sebastes
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes imo as you'll be playing 442. KWP can easily become Zouma/Christensen if he gets rotated/dropped

      1. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks - that is what I am leaning towards.

    2. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Anybody?

  20. cuppatea78
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who would you go with?

    A) Jota with Dendonker as sub (3-4-3)
    B) Barkley with Ayew as sub (3-5-2)

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  21. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Laporte or Ederson?

    1. POGBA & COKE
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Neither. Get a cheaper keeper and Zinchenko. Free up some more funds.

  22. mad_beer ✅
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Dele Alli (hamstring) is reportedly progressing well with rehabilitation but is not available this weekend. Ryan Sessegnon has also been struggling with a hamstring issue which will be assessed.

    Heung-Min Son is suspended while he serves the second of a three-match ban.

    Eric Dier, Ben Davies and Victor Wanyama have returned to training with the squad, while Juan Foyth (ankle) is expected to be back in training in September.

    1. Oooof
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks for this

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Any chance Lamela starts?
      look a nice punt

  23. FPL Ultras
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any comments?

    Pope
    TAA, Robertson, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, Moura, Fraser, Perez
    King, Murray

    A) Stay as it is
    B) Salah, Murray --> KDB, Firmino

    Thanks guys!

    1. FPL Ultras
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      0.5 itb

  24. jlorgill1
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    GTG?
    Pope (Button)
    VVD Digne Walker Rico (Lund)
    Sterling Salah Moura Pérez (Dend)
    Auba Wilson (Greenwood)

    Could go walker -> Dunk and Dendonker -> Barkley?

  25. Tomas_brolin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Help!

    Fraser or Siggy?

    Got King and Digne already. Can’t decide

    1. William.gallant
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Tough I went Fraser but Siggy is a v good choice as well

    2. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I went Fraser->Siggy

  26. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best 5.5 or under striker?

    1. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Locadia, Greenwood as a bench fodder

    2. how many hits?!!
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Scrape another 0.5m from somewhere and get Ings - he will get 10/15 goals this season, if he doesn’t get injured...

  27. Igz08
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Start one:

    A) Zinchenko

    B) Haller

    If B, worth downgrading Zinch to Lundstram?

  28. Carlton_Goal
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is there a best 4.0 defender?

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No they're all a lottery and should not be relied upon

      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        not planning on relying on any. Just want the best chance of someone having minutes. Will be my 2nd sub at best

    2. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No just worst. Rico is the best but he might not start. Daniels already fit according to Howe and A.Smith could also play as LB. Lundstram not going to start according to SHU fans read it from here. Gibson could be the best but he wont play

      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        cheers, that's kind of what I was thinking. Heard Hanley will start the first few for Norwich until Klose or Zimmermann are back but he could end up with negative points against Liverpool

    3. cuppatea78
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Stearman for Sheff Utd I would think

  29. BirthdaYaya Toure
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Think I'm done...

    Pope (Heaton)

    Robbo - TAA - Zin (Lundstram, Cathcart)

    Siggy, Salah(C), KDB, Perez (Dendoncker)

    King, Vardy, Jota

  30. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rate this team please 🙂
    Ryan (Button)
    KWP, Digne, Van Dijk, Zinchenko (Rico)
    Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Wijnaldum (Dendoncker)
    Kane, King, (Greenwood)