Sun Dream Team November transfer tips
Oli Poole | Fri 01 Nov 2024
The Dream Team Tonic team is back for the 2024/25 season with exclusive articles for Fantasy Football Hub - and here, they share their top tips for November.
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This time, it's the time of Dream Team Professor Scott Harris, who is ranked 99th overall, to provide his top tips, from under-the-radar picks to booster opportunities.
Dream team tips: Fixture calendar
We have four Dream Team gameweeks in November, three of which are double gameweeks.
Gameweek 10 is a European double gameweek, followed by a Premier League single gameweek in Gameweek 11.
This could be an opportunity to take a punt on a differential outside of the European sides. Wolves are home to Southampton, Brentford home to Bournemouth and West Ham home to Everton to name a few opportunities.
Unfortunately, we then have another international break between Gameweek 11 and 12.
Gameweek 12 returns with a European double and then we end the month with a rare Premier League double gameweek.
Gameweek 13 could be an opportunity to consider playing Boosters, with a wider player pool to choose from and minimal risk of rotation from all sides. We’ll touch on that later.
November fixture calendar. Source: FFStuff
Teams to target in November
Title challengers Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool will always be in our thinking but each face tests in November.
City in my opinion have the best run but do face Liverpool away in Gameweek 13.
Arsenal have a tough run of three away matches against Newcastle, Inter Milan and Chelsea before things improve after international break.
Liverpool now have three home fixtures in a row. But November is a challenging month, with Aston Villa, City and Newcastle in the league. They also have Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Aston Villa and Spurs have tough runs in November and rotation in Europe at times has been off-putting - especially from Spurs.
Spurs' Gameweek 11 single against Ipswich at home could still be one to target for a short-term punt though.
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Manchester United could have some exciting options in November. They are entering a nice fixture swing where five of their seven fixtures are at Old Trafford.
After parting ways with Erik ten Hag they may also benefit from a new manager bounce. After a slow start in Europe, they are also likely to put out their strongest sides in both competitions.
For the Premier League single Gameweek 11 and double in Gameweek 13, we could look at some outside options.
Chelsea could be decent for gameweek 13, with an opportunity for a Cole Palmer double. Brighton, Wolves, Brentford and Leicester also have nice double fixtures if looking for differentials in that week.
Boosters
Gameweek 13 is the next logical time to consider a booster in my opinion, with the Premier League double gameweek.
Regardless of which booster you decide to play, you have more chance of your players playing twice as well as a wider player pool to choose from, with non-European sides also doubling.
There are still some nice doubles in Gameweek 12 that could be targeted, with City playing two home fixtures, Arsenal playing Nottingham Forest at home and Sporting Lisbon away and Liverpool, United and Chelsea having nice Premier League fixtures.
