Suarez And Van Persie To Fight It Out For Captaincy, Problems With Midfield Selection – Fantasy Premeir League Game Week 13 Preview

Is Suarez your captain ?

Arsenal Face a problem-stricken Villa side– Aston Villa got hammered by City conceding 5 goals, Arsenal themselves scored 5 against Spurs last weekend. Considering these two facts, it can be said pretty confidently that when Villa welcome the Gunners this weekend, a lot of one sided goal mouth action can be experienced. So, it would not be a bad idea at all to pick up one or two Arsenal strikers in your team. But it should be kept in mind that their fixture worsens from the next gameweek itself with the team facing Everton, Swansea and West Brom in the next 3. Podolski, who scored 16 points in the last 2 matches can be a top draw, given that his price stands at a very modest of £8.2m. Santi Cazorla, their ever so dynamic midfielder, can also be a good option with him bringing regular dividends for his owners. His price, though, may be a bit of a concern which is £9.4m, perhaps a bit too much given his club’s lack of consistency.

Liverpool play a spirited Swansea- Liverpool, this weekend, play Swansea in an away match who are riding in high spirits after their win over Newcastle last weekend. The Merseyside club also provided a clinical display with their win over Wigan, with Suarez, Enrique and Sterling becoming the top draw. Although, Swansea have, probably, the toughest fixture right now, it may be meaningful enough to keep Michu in your team for his knack of scoring and him playing the primary striker’s role. Also Pablo Hernandez is providing him with the right kind of support and making him assists. In the case of Liverpool the choice may not be that difficult. With Luis Suarez becoming the highest scorer in the league with 10 goals, one can barely manage not to include him in their team. His price also stands at £10.3, a lot less compared to other heavyweights and always on the verge of increasing. The other player to impress is Sterling who has already gone to become the teenage sensation of the league earning 11 points in the last match. With a price tag of £5.5m you will hardly find a better low priced option for your team. Jose Enrique can also be a serious player to consider, given his romance with the goal. Being labelled as a defender, he can provide attacking points and at a cost of £5.7m he can be a top draw. Although one should not hope for any clean sheet return from Liverpool.

Value of Chelsea players diminishing- Chelsea are going through a rough face and with so many drastic changes at the top of the management with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo and the appointment of Rafa Benitez as their new manager. Chelsea’s form deteriorating to an alarming level, their fixture not the smoothest in the league, their blank gameweek in 17, it is an obvious fact that the Chelsea players are not much in demand at the moment. Although Hazard scored a goal in the previous match and such heavy number of Fantasy Premier League managers still relying on him, he may stay on for a few weeks more, but then the possibility of a solid return from him is decreasing. Mata, who was till the last week much sought after, was suddenly dropped and with their mid week loss to Juventus in the Champions League match, they would surely be going through a loss of morale.

Sunderland has a dream of a fixture- Sunderland will be playing West Brom, QPR, Norwich and Reading in their next five and after a win against Fulham the previous week, it will be quite meaningful to include defender Carlos Cuellar in the team, who also went on to score one of the 3 goals. Fletcher may also be a good option with him bringing some important points for his Fantasy Premier League managers till now and his price of £7.0m.

Norwich and their defensive exploits– Not once but twice has Norwich done the impossible of pulling a victory against the biggest of the clubs. After Arsenal it was the turn of Manchester United last week who also went down to the Canaries. With the best defensive record right now in the league, their defender Garrido may be an important man in the teams of the Fantasy Premier League managers. A price of £4.6 seems almost unbelievable for a defender sure to bring the points his owners. And this fact have been noticed by the managers as Garrido has become the third most transferred in player since the last gameweek.

Soccersouls team for gameweek 13-

Szczesny, Garrido, Enrique, Cuellar, Cazorla, Ben Arfa, Silva, Bale, Suarez, Tevez, Ba

Subs- Ruddy, Riise, Baines, Pienaar