The Scout is tipping five players for big success in Gameweek 14 of 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League, ahead of Tuesday's 18:00 GMT deadline.
Antoine Semenyo (AFC Bournemouth) £5.7m
The Ghanaian winger can be found in only six per cent of squads after serving a one-match ban in Gameweek 13 for accumulating five yellow cards.
Semenyo’s enforced spell on the sidelines means he should be fully refreshed for AFC Bournemouth's very kind short-term schedule.
The Cherries entertain seventh-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday before a pair of back-to-back encounters against two of the league’s worst-performing defences, in Ipswich Town and West Ham United.
Although Semenyo missed the 4-2 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, the underlying numbers over the course of the season highlight his huge potential for goals.
Indeed, he ranks among the top three players in Fantasy this season for both shots (52) and shots from inside the box (37).
Kai Havertz (Arsenal) £7.9m
The recent return to action of Martin Odegaard (£8.3m) has helped Arsenal get back to their best.
Mikel Arteta’s side have scored five goals in each of their last two matches in all competitions, with Havertz finding the net in both of those contests against Sporting and West Ham.
Havertz's goal v West Ham
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) December 1, 2024
That lifts Havertz's appeal as a double-up option alongside Bukayo Saka (£10.3m) from the Gunners’ attack, ahead of a favourable run of opponents in December.
None of Arsenal’s matches this month score more than three points out of five in the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR).
They host Manchester United, Everton and Ipswich in that spell, while also visiting Fulham and Crystal Palace.
Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester) £5.0m
The Argentinian has the form and fixtures to offer great value under Leicester City’s new head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Buonanotte made an immediate impact upon his return from a one-match ban last weekend, netting against Brentford and earning eight Fantasy points.
That strike took his total to four goals and two assists for the season; the 19-year-old has registered an involvement in five of his nine starts for the Foxes in 2024/25.
The one downside of bringing in the on-loan Buonanotte is that he is unable to face his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion in Gameweek 15.
Nonetheless, his schedule still offers plenty of encouragement, with home matches against West Ham and Wolves and a trip to Newcastle United all to come over the next four Gameweeks.
And the underlying statistics further show Buonanotte’s huge influence on Leicester. His 22 shots, 15 shots in the box, and 18 key passes are all more than any team-mate this season.
Noni Madueke (Chelsea) £6.3m
The Chelsea winger was quick to make an impact as a second-half substitute against Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon.
Madueke supplied the assist for Cole Palmer's (£11.0m) goal in the 3-0 win, claiming his first attacking return since Gameweek 7.
His limited minutes at the weekend suggest Madueke could return to a rotated line-up when Enzo Maresca's side travel to promoted Southampton on Wednesday evening.
Saints, meanwhile, have struggled defensively this season, with just a single clean sheet to their name. They sit four points adrift at the bottom of the table, having conceded three goals in three of their six home matches.
Joe Gomez (Liverpool) £4.8m
An injury to Ibrahima Konate (£5.3m) looks set to hand Gomez a run of starts in Liverpool's resilient backline.
The 27-year-old immediately profited on Sunday afternoon, helping the Reds to their seventh clean sheet of the season in a 2-0 win over Manchester City.
Having established a nine-point advantage at the top of the table, Liverpool’s remaining schedule in December gives them the chance to reward managers in Fantasy at both ends of the pitch. Four of their next six matches are valued at just two in the FDR.
Although he offers less attacking threat than the rest of Arne Slot’s regulars in defence, Gomez’s budget price tag, combined with that kind run of opponents, can provide managers with excellent value over the final month of the calendar year.
