The theme of this week's Fantasy Challenge is "Home for the Holidays". In this Gameweek, all players with a home fixture will score DOUBLE points. There is an unlimited budget for your nine-a-side team.
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When deciding which players to invest in, it is important to look at how they rank in the key stats, as well as the fixtures. Here, Alex Dakers identifies some of the best Fantasy Challenge picks for the remaining fixtures of Gameweek 17.
Sunday
14:00 GMT - Fantasy Challenge deadline
Everton v Chelsea
Fulham v Southampton
Leicester v Wolves
Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth
Everton are among the division’s most in-form defensive sides, with Jordan Pickford (£4.9m) and Ashley Young (£4.7m) the top FPL beneficiaries.
But the Toffees are struggling at the other end - good news for Robert Sanchez (£4.8m). Chelsea, the league’s highest scorers, could also test Everton’s defensive solidity through Cole Palmer (£11.2m), Enzo Fernandez (£5.1m) or Nicolas Jackson (£8.2m).
Antonee Robinson (£4.8m) is in high demand as the leading FPL defender for assists this season, while only Arsenal and Liverpool have managed to prevent an in-form Alex Iwobi (£5.7m) from producing an attacking return recently. Both Raul Jimenez (£5.5m) and Rodrigo Muniz (£5.5m) have scored against top defences over the last two Gameweeks, and now whoever starts faces the league’s bottom side Southampton.
Against a porous Wolves team in relative turmoil, the ageless Jamie Vardy (£5.6m) could reach double-digit goal involvements for the season. Before backing Leicester defenders like James Justin (£4.4m), be warned that the Foxes have allowed a staggering shot tally so far under Ruud van Nistelrooy; Jorgen Strand Larsen (£5.7m) could therefore deliver on his recent attacking threat.
Amad (£5.2m) remains a brilliant cut-price pick, with six attacking returns over his five league starts under Ruben Amorim - the most of any Man Utd player. Bruno Fernandes (£8.4m), meanwhile, has scored in each of his last two matches.
Milos Kerkez (£4.7m), Illia Zabarnyi (£4.4m) and Dean Huijsen (£4.3m) offer varying attacking points potential from one of the league’s most in-form backlines. Antoine Semenyo (£5.6m), Justin Kluivert (£5.5m) and Dango Ouattara (£5.0m) all rank among the league’s top four players for shots over the last four matches, while Evanilson (£6.1m) remains an ever-present threat - although it’s fellow forward Enes Unal (£5.4m) who has two goals in as many Gameweeks.
16:30 GMT - Fantasy Challenge deadline
Spurs v Liverpool
James Maddison (£7.6m) and Son Heung-min (£9.8m) ran riot against Southampton last weekend, but will likely face a sterner test against Liverpool and their league-leading defence. Fraser Forster (£4.3m) should have plenty of opportunities to add to his saves tally, and Pedro Porro (£5.6m), who provides some attacking threat, was handed a rest - albeit a brief one - at the start of last weekend’s match.
Yet Mohamed Salah (£13.4m) could view Spurs’s injury-riddled backline as a chance to get back on the scoresheet after failing to net for the first time since Gameweek 7.
Diogo Jota (£7.2m) marked his return from injury with a goal that rescued a point for the Reds against Fulham, and - with Cody Gakpo (£7.1m) also finding the net - Arne Slot may have a selection dilemma on his hands as Luis Diaz (£7.4m), Darwin Nunez (£7.1m) - who scored during the week - and the fit-again Federico Chiesa (£6.8m) all push for starting spots.
Be sure to check the teamsheets for this one, then.
Just as Porro carries FPL points potential at both ends, so too does Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.0m). The unlimited budget in this week’s Fantasy Challenge may also make it easier than usual for managers to fit the Liverpool right-back in their squads.
