The Scout is tipping five players for big success in Double Gameweek 32 (DGW32) of 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League ahead of Saturday's 11:00 BST deadline.
Harvey Barnes (Newcastle) £5.9m
Newcastle United play twice in DGW32, with both fixtures coming at home.
Eddie Howe's pre-match press conference later in the week will be worth paying attention to, as the head coach will hopefully provide us with the latest on Anthony Gordon's (£7.4m) fitness.
Gordon hasn't featured for the Magpies since Gameweek 27, thanks to first suspension and then an injury picked up while away with England.
The winger had yet to fully train when Howe last faced the media on Monday.
Any continued absence for Gordon will likely benefit Barnes, who has delivered a goal or an assist in all three of the league matches that his fellow left-winger has missed.
In those three Gameweeks, Barnes's total of 14 shots is twice as many as any other Newcastle player.
Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace) £5.7m
Crystal Palace are the other side who have a DGW32, with both of their fixtures coming away from home.
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Of the Palace players to have started more than one Premier League away game this season, Sarr has the best points-per-start average on the road, with 5.4.
The winger has scored three goals and assisted a further three in 10 starts away from Selhurst Park.
Regardless of match venue, Sarr has posted some eye-catching numbers recently.
His Expected Goal Involvement (xGI) figure in his last six matches is 4.30, which is better than any other Fantasy midfielder over the same timescale.
It's also more than double what team-mate Eberechi Eze (£6.8m) has posted in his last six appearances.
Pervis Estupinan (Brighton & Hove Albion) £4.9m
A clean sheet will be the bare minimum that Estupinan will hope for in DGW32.
Brighton's opponents Leicester City have failed to score in eight consecutive Premier League matches, with their last goal coming back in January.
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There could be points to be had at the other end of the pitch, too.
A whopping 22 different defenders have delivered attacking returns against the Foxes this season, including Estupinan himself in the reverse fixture.
In the last four Gameweeks, full-backs Tino Livramento (£4.6m), Diogo Dalot (£5.0m) and Marc Cucurella (£5.4m) have all banked a double-digit haul when facing Ruud van Nistelrooy's strugglers.
Estupinan is no mere short-term punt, either, with all of Brighton's next five fixtures scoring three or fewer in the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR).
Brighton's next five matches
| GW | Opp. | FDR* |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Leicester (H) | 2 |
| 33 | Brentford (A) | 3 |
| 34 | West Ham (H) | 2 |
| 35 | Newcastle (H) | 3 |
| 36 | Wolves (A) | 2 |
*Fixture Difficulty Ratings: 5 = hardest possible fixture; 1 = easiest possible fixture
Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) £5.3m
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery may have had one eye on this week's UEFA Champions League quarter-final when making eight changes to his team in Gameweek 31.
With Saturday's trip to relegated Southampton sandwiched by the two-legged encounter with Paris Saint-Germain, Emery will likely make further alterations to his line-up at St Mary's Stadium.
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One Villan who should experience a boost to their domestic game time is Malen, who isn't part of his club's Champions League squad.
The Dutchman benefited from last weekend's rotation, earning a promotion to the starting XI and scoring in Villa's 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
That came a few days after he had netted his first Premier League goal as a substitute in Gameweek 30
With a good chance of a start in DGW32, he'll hope to extend that scoring sequence against a Saints side who are without a clean sheet in 14 Premier League matches.
Malen's minutes look more unpredictable for Double Gameweek 33 but that will be the case for most Villa players, with an FA Cup semi-final looming immediately after it.
Jorgen Strand Larsen (Wolves) £5.4m
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Norwegian forward is enjoying a purple patch of form, with four goals in the last three Gameweeks.
That has taken his 2024/25 Premier League tally to 11, which is more than any other Fantasy forward under £6.5m except for Liam Delap (£5.6m).
Strand Larsen has already scored against his next opponents Tottenham Hotspur this season, doing so in December.
He may be encountering Spurs at an opportune time, too, as the north Londoners have UEFA Europa League matches against Eintracht Frankfurt either side of their trip to Molineux.
Ange Postecoglou's side have won only two of the last nine Premier League fixtures that immediately followed a Europa League tie.
Wolves' Double Gameweek 33 opponents Manchester United may also be sidetracked by continental commitments, while 19th-placed Leicester are the opponents in Blank Gameweek 34.
