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FPL title race: Sterling can hurt world No 1 manager

By The Scout 4 May 2019
Raheem Sterling and Pep Guardiola, Man City

The Fantasy leader has a big gap at the top but a lack of Man City attackers could blow the race wide open

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The current front-runner of Fantasy Premier League has pulled further ahead with two Gameweeks to go in the race to be the world No 1.

New Zealander Adam Levy has a 68-point lead after a powerful performance last weekend.

His #TheyAreUs team scored 109 points, with 62 of them coming from a triple-up on Liverpool stars, including his captain Mohamed Salah (£13.3m).

Not over yet

But he will be wary of the lack of Manchester City players in his squad as he seeks to maintain his lead through the final two Gameweeks.

Adam currently owns only defender Aymeric Laporte (£6.2m) from the reigning champions.

That gives hope to his three closest rivals, who all own a Man City attacker.

Jay Lovejoy and Falah Allawati are tied on 2,480 points in second and third respectively.

Interestingly, Oman-based Falah is the only manager in the top five who owns City winger Raheem Sterling (£11.6m).

FPL's top five
Team Manager Country Points
#TheyAreUs Adam Levy New Zealand 2548
Square Wheels FC Jay Lovejoy United States 2480
Gullit Falah Allawati Oman 2480
Nacho Nacho Man Matthew Shannon England 2474
Salt & Vinegar Thomas Edoy Norway 2467

See: Full FPL standings

Crucially, Falah is also the only top-five manager with an FPL chip remaining: the Triple Captain.

Playing that chip on Sterling against Leicester City this weekend could give Falah a big advantage on his rivals and help him cut Adam’s lead.

Sterling has shown he is capable of huge hauls at home, recording six double-figure returns at the Etihad Stadium.

Late US contender

Jay, from the United States, burst into the top five with 123 points in Gameweek 36.

Along with fourth-placed Matthew Shannon, he owns Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) for Monday’s meeting with Leicester.

Both will be hoping the Argentinian can overshadow Sterling and repeat his display from last season's corresponding fixture.

Aguero scored four goals, and Sterling the other, in a 5-1 victory for City. 

With two Gameweeks remaining, there could yet be lots of twists and turns in the quest to be the 2018/19 FPL No 1.

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