Game Week 16 will continue to rotate with congested fixtures, but this may be an easier window to predict than previous weeks as Champions League qualifying is assured for all English clubs except Liverpool, and the Manchester derby is expected to be near full strength, minus Paul Pogba, who is suspended.
Here are some other players to consider for the chasers, the prospectors, and Draft Fantasy explorers.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, FWD, Everton
The young Englishman was upstaged by Wayne Rooney before the weekend, but he was the star against Huddersfield on Saturday.
Rooney will still play, but not in a competing position, meaning Calvert-Lewin will hope that the deeper lying Rooney will continue to provide through balls that turn into assists, like Everton’s second goal of the day.
Fantasy managers should be comforted by the fact that he is not just a one game wonder, but has two goals and two assists in the last five and Everton are finally rounding into form.
He is less than 10% owned and should be ahead of Oumar Niasse for the time being.
Next up: Away to Liverpool, away to Newcastle, home to Swansea.
Emre Can, MID, Liverpool
Can will not be the creative outlet with a Liverpool side featuring Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
However, as those players are all highly owned, the German edges Jordan Henderson on recent output and Adam Lallana on playing time if you want a way into the Reds’ midfield.
He has manufactured returns (an assist and a goal, respectively, in the last two games after overcoming a calf injury.
The German continues to be linked with a move away, but he is an important foil to all the free roaming attackers mentioned above.
If you can trade for one of the big names, do it, but there values may never be higher and Can is available in four out of every five Draft Fantasy Leagues.
Next up: Home to Everton, home to West From, away to Bournemouth.
Ben Mee, DEF, Burnley
Mee is a fantastic fantasy option when you need to make sure the player you bring in will play 90 minutes.
He has already done that 15 out of 15 times this season, which would be all of the Premier League matches if you are keeping track.
No goals or assists yet, but he does attack corners and even if Robbie Brady misses time, there are fundamentally sound wide players to deliver corners and crosses.
Burnley and Watford have been the overachievers of the season so far, and it will be fascinating to see who comes out ahead in their clash.
A clean sheet isn’t out of the question even with Watford playing so well – he has six on the season and four of those were at home. The next few look promising. 19% owned.
Next up: home to Watford, home to Stoke, away to Brighton.
Christian Fuchs, DEF, Leicester
Christian Fuchs (16%) was in the news recently, but not for his play.
The Austrian defender missed the shutout over Huddersfield after missing training due to the birth of his daughter, which is a much better reason than when he missed time earlier this year for freak pole accident.
Nevertheless, he should be back to face Burnley. Fuchs’ main competition is Ben Chilwell, who while talented and deserving of his opportunities has not yet overtaken his elder.
Fuchs loves the long throw, but more importantly he has a few free kicks and you could see him lofting a pass over the top for Jamie Vardy to run onto.
Harry Maguire (27%) is still the main goal threat, but Fuchs has a different but still valuable skill set if Maguire is already taken.
Next up: Away to Newcastle, away to Southampton, home to Crystal Palace.
Matt Ritchie, MID, Newcastle
Ritchie’s recent injury, compared to Fuchs or many others for that matter, is more respectable as the broken wrist he suffered did not prevent him from playing.
Ritchie didn’t have a great fantasy game against Leicester, but he proved his grit and Rafa Benitez expects him to remain in the lineup despite the pain.
There isn’t a more important person in the Newcastle lineup at the moment, as demonstrated by his two assists against Chelsea.
He does a bit of everything, and this is why he has been promoted as a waiver wire pickup before but he is still only owned at under 15%.
Next up: Home to Leicester, home to Everton, away to Arsenal.
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