A really tight fixture last week against
@jasonuk17, as only three points separated the teams in the end. Two goals from
both sides, along with three clean sheets from each set of defenders and
goalkeepers, saw most players get to their averages. Perhaps it was the clean
sheet from Burnley’s Tom Heaton that helped my side come away with the three
points. The victory leaves my side third in the table, still nine points off
leader @RotoZdroik.
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| Marko Arnautovic scores as the whole Sunderland team look on |
This week it seems that @THE_IEFSA and
Fantrax have had enough and will pit my side against the side with the most
Chelsea players in their squad. The Blues top the Premier League by seven
points and this week they will face relegation threatened Hull City at home.
@jwl_15 has twice as many Chelsea players as any other team. The Fantrax/IEFSA
fixture computer stacks the cards against my side once again, but hopefully my
players can keep up their good form as we head into Gameweek 22.
@jwl_15’s Team
Jake has Thibaut Courtois in goals. The
Chelsea stopper has 12 clean sheets already this season. A whole four clean
sheets better than Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris, who has the second most in the league.
Courtois also has seven more clean sheets than my goalkeeper. His other Chelsea
players are in Midfield. Eden Hazard averages over 20 points per game for
@jwl_15. N’Golo Kante averages nearly 16 points and Victor Moses chips in with
over 13 points a game. Also in Midfield, Jake can select Liverpool’s Jordan
Henderson. One goal and four assists already this season, sees Henderson gain
over 19 points every game. All of these players have favourable home fixtures
this week, as they all play against teams in the bottom three.
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| If Courtois can keep out the champions, what hope Hull City? |
It’s in the Forward position where @jwl_15
has found things difficult this season. Ashley Barnes and Shane Long have managed
four goals between them, yet have failed to cement a starting spot in each of
their sides. They both have only managed six starts going into Gameweek 22.
Jake will perhaps look to his Defenders to get him enough points for the win.
Here he has Joel Ward of Crystal Palace, Kyle Naughton from Swansea, Cedric
Soares at Southampton, and Juan Zuniga with Watford to choose from. Two of
these defenders play home fixtures this week (Ward and Soares), so perhaps he will
pick them to start. More motivation for Jake is that fact that in Gameweek 3 my
side managed to scrape a tight win against him.
What I Need To Happen
A Hull goal at Stamford Bridge is almost a
must this week. If the Tigers new manager can somehow organise his team to
stifling the Chelsea attack for ninety minutes, with perhaps the exception of
Pedro, who is on my team, that would greatly help me in this match-up. Working
against @jwl_15 though, is that the Chelsea versus Hull game is the last of the
Gameweek. Does he leave all his player slots open for his Chelsea players on Sunday
evening? If he does, I may need to have built up a sizable lead from the nine
earlier Premier League games.
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| Wilshere tried to score against Hull with one arm tied behind his back |
The players I’ll need in order to build up
this lead have thankfully been seeing some form in front of goal of late.
Arnautovic got a brace last week against Sunderland. Mirallas put one past Man
City. And Pedro scored his fifth of the season against Leicester. Elsewhere,
Mkhitaryan seems to have nailed down a place in the Man Utd starting eleven,
and Jack Wilshere is still due a goal. For those worried about the ‘Ibrahim
Afellay Experiment’, the Stoke midfielder added 2.7 points off the bench last
weekend. We are still waiting for the Dutchman to break out and gain a boatload
of points.
Predictions
The third week in a row where six
predictions have been correct and three incorrect. @RotoZdroik is still six
points clear of @wrigavin, while @DFS_Hambazaza is 12 points adrift at the
bottom. @nikarg has the longest winning streak in the league with six, and it’s
getting harder and harder to predict winners with each passing gameweek. Let’s
try and improve on six correct predictions this week though with the following
predictions. Follow @THE_IEFSA on Twitter to keep on top of all the action this
Saturday and Sunday.
Good Luck Everyone.
@BenDinnery over @jasonuk17
@RotoZdroik over @TRKingston
@nealjthurman over @cjradune
@wrigavin over @jforquer11
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