New season, usual issues? With week considered one of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) within the books, consideration turns to this weekend’s fixtures, beginning with Friday’s London derby between West Ham United and Chelsea.
Whether or not you might be off to a flier or excited about ripping up your workforce by utilizing your wildcard chip, Telegraph Sport’s FPL knowledgeable has you coated with ideas and recommendation earlier than gameweek two begins.
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Captaincy
Liverpool journey to Newcastle on Monday night and plenty of will probably be excited about taking the armband off Mohamed Salah with St James’ Park a historically powerful place to go to. Nonetheless, with two targets and an help there final season he stays the most secure guess.
Chelsea’s journey to West Ham appears promising contemplating how Graham Potter’s aspect carried out towards Sunderland, so Cole Palmer might be an choice, too.
Mohamed Salah stays indispensable having scored on opening weekend – PA/Peter Byrne
Erling Haaland appeared again to his finest on the opening weekend however, with solely 4 targets towards Tottenham in his Manchester Metropolis profession, there’s a small threat in selecting him with Spurs extra defensively strong below new supervisor Thomas Frank.
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Gamers to signal
If you don’t personal them already, managers must be excited about tips on how to get Mohammed Kudus, Hugo Ekitike and Chris Wooden into their squads. All three look set to play a key function for his or her respective groups this season after spectacular outings final weekend.
Though Sunderland defender Daniel Ballard is unlikely to attain each week, at £4.5m, he might be differential to have if the newly-promoted aspect can preserve the degrees they reached on their top-flight return at residence to West Ham.
Antoine Semenyo will intention so as to add to his opening-weekend brace when Bournemouth welcome Wolves on Saturday – Getty Pictures/Robin Jones
Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo has elevated in worth to £7.1m after his two targets towards Liverpool however he must be in your radar with Wolves the guests to the Vitality Stadium this weekend.
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Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins faces a Brentford aspect who look huge open so has the proper alternative to open his account after failing to attain towards Newcastle.
Gamers to drop
After his pink card towards Newcastle, Villa’s Ezri Konsa will serve a one-match suspension making him a smart choice to switch out.
With Frank placing religion in Richarlison as his No 9, Dominic Solanke appears set to stay on the bench – as does Chelsea’s Liam Delap. Neither striker must be in your workforce.
Liverpool defenders face off towards Newcastle and Arsenal of their subsequent two video games and, whereas they are going to rating targets, the defeat to Crystal Palace within the Neighborhood Defend and their mini wobble at residence to Bournemouth proved they’re liable to leaking targets.
Ezri Konsa will serve a one-match ban after his pink card towards Newcastle United – Reuters /David Klein
Groups to focus on
Aston Villa now have a beneficial run of fixtures with Brentford, Crystal Palace, Everton, Sunderland, Fulham and Burnley of their subsequent six video games. Stacking your workforce with Villa gamers early may show worthwhile in the long term.
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Sunderland additionally don’t face a member of the standard “massive six” till October and, if their efficiency towards West Ham is something to go by, they’ve just a few low cost differentials to ponder, together with Simon Adingra (£5.5m) and Eliezer Mayenda (£5.5m).
Our consultants’ picksFPL Hints
Paolo Maldini as soon as mentioned: “If I’ve to make a deal with then I’ve already made a mistake.” The identical goes for Fantasy Premier League: plan forward and keep away from firefighting.
One unhealthy gameweek doesn’t outline your season. Many seasoned managers had rocky begins. You aren’t going to win your mini-league after 10 video games.
Spurs appeared sharp of their opener, with Richarlison catching my eye – however be cautious, he may lose minutes as soon as Solanke is again. As for the brand new signings, Viktor Gyokeres and Florian Wirtz nonetheless have rather a lot to show.
Waiting for gameweek two, Salah and Haaland stay the standout captaincy picks. Secure, dependable, and unlikely to allow you to down.
And should you really feel there’s no hope along with your workforce then hit the wildcard button!
Viktor Gyokeres was amongst a number of new signings to make a sluggish begin to life within the Premier League – Getty Pictures/Robbie Jay Barratt
FPL Mate
The important thing to gameweek two is to not panic. Ask your self, what made you choose a participant final weekend and have these causes modified? Should you picked a star striker and new data exhibits that his new function will probably be taking part in at left-back, that’s most likely motive to promote. But when he merely failed to attain in a single paltry week, why not give him one other probability?
Sadly, except you’ve got by some means managed to fill your squad with 15 Salah’s, not each participant will rating week-in, week-out.
Going into gameweek two final season, Josko Gvardiol and Alexander Isak have been two of the most-sold gamers in FPL. and each ended the season because the top-scoring gamers of their positions.
Have extra religion within the workforce you picked. Give your self some credit score. It’s most likely rather a lot stronger than you assume it’s, and your endurance pays massive rewards.
That mentioned, if I have been to purchase a brand new participant for gameweek two, Semenyo can be proper on the high of that record.
Telegraph Sport’s workforce for gameweek two