Meanwhile, eyes are on Erling Haaland, who went down clutching his knee in Man City’s game against Newcastle. City fan’s prospects will have improved though, thanks to Marmoush’s stellar performance in front of goal. Many fantasy football players could be looking to transfer in the Egyptian.
Game week 26 is a bog-standard week in terms of fixtures with the usual Friday-Sunday schedule back in operation. Highlighting fixtures include a huge clash between Man City and Liverpool, and a European battle between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest rounding off your Super Sunday. David Moyes welcomes Manchester United to Goodison, while Arsenal entertain West Ham in a London derby.
On the bench
Players on the bench won’t earn you points. Who should you consider not putting out on the pitch in Game Week 25?
Joe Willock
Newcastle have some challenging clashes coming up such as Nottingham Forest, who are sitting above them in the table. They also have a Blank Game week in Game Week 29 and Joe Willock, despite having put two in the back of the net against Birmingham in their recent FA Cup tie, got off to a poor start this season. Newcastle are predicted a couple of double game weeks coming up so may be worth a spot on the bench.
Sell
Who should you sell?
Amad Diallo
Ruben Amorim confirmed before United’s match against Spurs on Sunday afternoon that Amad is facing a spell on the sidelines due to a ankle injury the forward has sustained. Amad has been in great form this season, becoming United’s joint-top scorer in all competitions and picking up some important goals along the way. This setback along with United facing some tough games including an in-form Everton mean selling may be the way to go – many of the top UK online bookies are struggling to differentiate between Man United and Everton’s odds, having both teams priced to win around the 13/8 mark means it could be a difficult game to predict for bookies as well as FPL owners.
Cody Gakpo
Similar situation to Amad, Gakpo found himself picking up an injury in the Merseyside derby. Slot never alluded to a timeframe when discussing his fellow Dutchman but did mention the game against Villa will be too early. Couple this with a tough upcoming fixture for Liverpool against Manchester City, Gakpo should be on the sell radar for many FPL players.
Buy
Who is prime and ready to buy?
An Everton duo to choose from?
With injury to Iliman Ndiaye forcing him to be sidelined for a while and Abdoulaye Doucoure’s red card against Liverpool in play, up-stepped new boy Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Harrison. Harrison found himself playing in his preferred position, off the left and Alcaraz picked up the winning goal, an assist and 3 bonus points in his first Premier League start. With the toffees in form, it may be worth a small punt on at least one of this duo.
Alexander Isak
Alexander Isak is expected to have a double game week in both Weeks 32 and 33. However, he will also have blank game weeks in Weeks 29 and 34, which is something to consider. If you have the squad depth to bench him during those blank weeks, his double fixtures could be worth the wait, as he will face Manchester United and Crystal Palace in one week, followed by Aston Villa and Ipswich in the next.
Game Week 26 is as ever, going to be an exciting week for Fantasy Premier League fans. If you bring in the right players and transfer the right ones to maximise your game week potential, you could be the envy of your opponents and see yourself climbing that table.