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		[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;]<p>Continuing our brand new series that will be taking a <strong>brief snapshot</strong> of our four top picks based on these four FPL fundamentals:</p>
<h3>1. Form</h3>
<p>Often the common denominator and what everyone seems to go on. Its important, but not the whole story.</p>
<h3>2. Fixtures</h3>
<p>Lets face it, FPL picks aren&#8217;t for the one week. If you&#8217;re bringing someone in, you should be looking toward <em>at least</em> the next 4 gameweeks. Often the precursor to form, frisking the fixtures allows you to get the jump on the top picks in before your rivals.</p>
<h3>3. Value</h3>
<p>The most important concept to get your head around for FPL. We have a budget and every million counts.</p>
<h3>4. Underlying stats</h3>
<p>What people often forget is that last weeks points are gone. Its a players future points potential that matters most and underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> are a crucial component to gauging this.</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.56)&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Defender&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243;]<h2 style="text-align: center;">Top Defender &#8211; Azpilicueta</h2>
<p>Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea. If you haven&#8217;t got any of them, take a long hard look at their upcoming games and then bring them in. Resolute Spanish defender &#8216;Azpi&#8217; has been a stalwart in the Chelsea backline for years, but was unexpectedly rested midweek. We&#8217;re hopeful that this now makes him almost a certain starter heading into the busy Christmas fixture list.</p>
<p><strong>Form</strong> &#8211; 5.8ppg to date, that&#8217;s joint top with Morata amongst Chelsea players.</p>
<p><strong style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Fixtures</strong><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> -This is what FPL managers dream off. A run of fixtures that couldn&#8217;t be any better in all honestly and stretch all the way to GW25. </span></p>
<p><strong>Value</strong> &#8211; At 6.9, he&#8217;s not cheap for a defender. But he&#8217;s joint top for overall points for players under 7million (with Gross) &#8211; its hard to argue that is bad value.</p>
<p><strong>Underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></strong> &#8211; Along with a seemingly telepathic relationship with Morata, Aspi&#8217;s secret weapon is his underlying BPS. A cleansheet often means a tidy 7-9 points rather than the usual 6. That adds up and means he pips fellow Chelsea defender <strong>Alonso</strong> as our top defensive pick.</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_counters _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;75&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Form [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;100&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Fixtures [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;70&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Value [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;70&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> [/et_pb_counter][/et_pb_counters][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.56)&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Midfielder&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243;]<h2 style="text-align: center;">Top Midfielder &#8211; Hazard</h2>
<p>We&#8217;re just going to presume that you already have <strong>Salah</strong>. The next top midfielder has to be Hazard. Owners may rightly be frustrated that the Belgium was rested midweek, but like Aspi, we believe that&#8217;s actually good news for his future starts.</p>
<p><strong>Form </strong>&#8211; Hazard passes the &#8216;eye&#8217; with flying colours. Playing behind the Morata in recent outings, he seems to have been given a new lease of life (as if his old one was bad).</p>
<p><strong>Fixtures</strong> &#8211; See above. Rediculous.</p>
<p><strong>Value</strong> &#8211; Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.</p>
<p><strong>Underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></strong> &#8211; Decent underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>. Only Salah has more shots on target over the last four gameweeks. Like Aspilicuatta, Hazard has a monopoly on underlying  BPS, meaning that an assist could well net him an extra three bonus points. That&#8217;s not to be sniffed at.</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_counters _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;85&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Form [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;100&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Fixtures [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;35&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Value [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;70&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Underlying stats [/et_pb_counter][/et_pb_counters][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.56)&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Forward&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243;]<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span id="Tip-no4-8211-Top-Forward-8211-Kane" class="ez-toc-section">Top Forward – Kane</span></h2>
<p>Last time out we backed Kane. He re-payed our faith with back to back goals. We can&#8217;t see anything, or anyone, that can nudge him off the top spot. The only striker that is running him close is <strong>Morata</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Form</strong> – Mr reliable? Maybe not yet, but he certainly has been putting in the performances and goals (even if Spurs haven&#8217;t!).</p>
<p><strong>Fixtures</strong> – Only Chelsea have better fixtures over the next eight weeks. Kane&#8217;s only real obstacle is the visit of City in four weeks time.</p>
<p><strong>Value</strong> – He&#8217;s fast justifying his lofty price tag.</p>
<p><strong>Underlying stats</strong> – For players that have two or more starts, Kane is top for minutes per chance over the last four gameweeks.</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_counters _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;80&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Form [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;85&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Fixtures [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;35&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Value [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;80&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Underlying stats [/et_pb_counter][/et_pb_counters][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.56)&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;punt&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;]<h2></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The Punt &#8211; Rooney</h2>
<p>While <strong>Kane</strong> and <strong>Morata</strong> may be the &#8216;top&#8217; forwards to own, if you&#8217;re looking to roll of the dice, we fancy Wayne to turn back the clock.</p>
<p><strong>Form</strong> &#8211; He&#8217;s the type of player that tends to go on streaks. Smashing in a hat trick last week, and with big Sam coming in, he could well go on a hot run.</p>
<p><strong>Fixtures</strong> &#8211; Not bad. A plum home tie with a tired Huddersfield is followed up with clashes against Newcastle, Swansea, Bournemouth, West Brom and Bournemouth in the next seven.</p>
<p><strong>Value</strong> &#8211; At 7.2 he offers great value for his points potential.</p>
<p><strong>Underlying stats</strong> &#8211; Having only played 1 of the last 3 matches, its difficult to fully analyse Rooney&#8217;s underlying numbers. That said, they could be better and suggest he may have been a tad fortunate to bag three goals. We are backing him to start putting in the numbers as he aims to become Big Sam&#8217;s main man.</p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_counters _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;75&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Form [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;75&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Fixtures [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;75&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Value [/et_pb_counter][et_pb_counter percent=&#8221;60&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; percent_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; background_color_default=&#8221;#dddddd&#8221; bar_background_color_default=&#8221;#0084b4&#8243; use_percentages=&#8221;on&#8221;] Underlying stats [/et_pb_counter][/et_pb_counters][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.56)&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243;]<h2><span id="Like-the-new-series" class="ez-toc-section">Leave a comment</span></h2>
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