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Fantasy Challenge: Players to target in remaining fixtures

16 Oct 2024
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Fantasy expert Alex Dakers highlights the best ball winners to target, with defensive actions each worth one point!

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This week's Fantasy Challenge focuses on defensive actions, with interceptions and tackles now worth one point each while recording three recoveries is also worth an extra point.

Managers are tasked with picking a five-a-side team set out in one of three different formations (1-1-2, 1-2-1, or 2-1-1), and there’s an unlimited budget to do so.

You can enter a squad up until 20:00 BST on Monday, before the final fixture of Gameweek 8.

Here, Alex Dakers picks out some of the best remaining Premier League picks in line with this week’s challenge.

Monday

20:00 BST Fantasy Challenge deadline
Nott’m Forest v Crystal Palace

Bringing Gameweek 8 to a close on Monday evening is Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace.

Ola Aina (£4.5m) is worth a mention for this one, as his team’s leader for interceptions and ball recoveries, with 10 and 43 respectively.

From the visitors, Tyrick Mitchell (£4.9m) is the man for this week’s Fantasy Challenge. The Eagles’ left-back has made 13 tackles so far this season - behind only Romero - and completed five tackles to go with his 35 ball recoveries.

Like Gravenberch, you don’t buy Adam Wharton (£4.8m) for goals or assists. But the Palace midfielder leads all Premier League midfielders for ball recoveries, with 46, and his team in interceptions, with seven, so could therefore be perfect for this week’s challenge.

Going forward, Eberechi Eze (£6.8m) is yet to fully deliver on his excellent underlying attacking numbers but he has at least made three interceptions, six tackles and 39 ball recoveries.

On that last stat, it is Palace’s Dean Henderson (£4.5m) who triumphs over Forest’s Matz Sels (£4.5m) so far, with 59 recoveries to 35.

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