COVID continues to throw spanners into the works of the English Premier League ( ampere well as every other major sports league on the planet ), with the Leicester vanadium Norwich and Southampton vs Newcastle matches now the latest fixtures to fall victim to postponement. extra matches are under threat due to insufficient numbers of players available equally well .
And of course, even in the games that do go forward, we are indisputable to suffer COVID casualties to individual players. For case, today Jurgen Klopp announced that there were three new positives among his first-team players. While he does not expect the Chelsea equal to be postponed, he said it will be obvious who the infect players are when the team sail comes out on Sunday. That argument should strike terror into the hearts of owners of Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Sadio Mané, and Mo Salah .
On the early hand, the Premier League has treated us to some New Year ’ s Eve fireworks ( or at least promises thereof ). The long gap between GW-21 ’ s last originally scheduled match and GW-22 ’ south first is when EPL clubs enter the FA Cup ( Jan 7 & 8 ) and when four of them play the EFL Cup Semifinals ( Jan 11 & 12 ). The EFL semifinal windowpane particularly has constantly offered an obvious chance for degage teams to makeup miss matches, and this season has quite a few : We ’ re at 20 and counting that expect reschedule .
And sure enough, the league today announced that it is penciling in Southampton five Brentford and Everton v Leicester on the 11th, plus West Ham v Norwich on the 12th. If this holds, it means that LEI and SOU will nobelium longer blank in GW-21, and that EVE, WHU, and BRE will have the season ’ s first gear doubles. Just beware : 10 days post-deadline is a batch of meter in an uncertain season — Covid, bamboozle and cup play/injuries/suspensions could interfere further.

then … now that we have some changes to GW-21 that we ’ ve suspected were coming, let ’ s diagnose the players who deserve to make our patronize lists .

Goalkeepers

David De Gea ( MUN vs WOL, £5.2 )
The spanish goalkeeper has been Manchester United ’ s best player recently, single-handed keep open ( see what I did there ? ) results when the other ten-spot guys around him seemed intent on squandering them. His performances have been reflected in his FPL returns excessively — 23 points over his last four games. United ’ second backline is anything but a fortress, but Wolves have scored only two goals in their death eight games. consequently, the Red Devils credibly have a better shot at a GW-21 clean tabloid than any other cabaret in the league .
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Hugo Lloris ( WAT vs TOT, £5.4m )
If you fair can ’ deoxythymidine monophosphate confidence United ’ randomness department of defense, then possibly Tottenham ’ sulfur will make you more comfortable. Spurs have conceded just four goals over their last seven league matches. You ’ d probably have felt even better about this pick if news hadn ’ t broken that Dennis won ’ deoxythymidine monophosphate be going to AfCON, but even so, Watford has scored lone one goal in each of its last four games even with him on the pitch .
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Lukasz Fabianski ( CPL vs WHU, WHU vs NOR, £5.0m )
It ’ s the newly-added Norwich fastness that lifts Fabianski into our GW-21 picks. The Canaries are firm rooted to the foot of the table and have scored a measly eight goals all temper. clean sheet points look very probably for the second half of Fabianski ’ s double then, making diaphanous bonus of whatever he generates from the Palace match .

Defenders

Rúben Dias ( £6.2, MCI vanadium ARS )
With the unfortunate newsworthiness that Joao Cancelo was injured in a looting ( fortunately he and his class are all right ), there ’ s obviously dear cause to believe Pep Guardiola will take the precaution to rest him and be certain he is mentally and physically recovered this week. Dias is the third best scoring defender in the Premier League on the refutation with the most clean sheets. Arsenal has improved in past weeks, but Dias silent remains one of the best defensive options in an uncertain gameweek .
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Sergio Reguilón ( £5.3, TOT vs WAT )
He came off at 45 minutes versus Southampton, so he should be relatively rested and quick for Watford. The Spaniard is the thirteenth better for FPL defensive points frankincense far, and as Spurs improve in all aspects under Conte, he remains the best prospect for the covet clean sheet/attacking-return combination. There was some business about a minutes battle with Ryan Sessegnon, but with the Englishman nursing a muscle injury, Reguilón will get the begin .
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Matty Cash ( £5.0, AVL vs BRE )
Aston Villa has improved defensively under Steven Gerrard, and with Tyrone Mings presently suspended, Cash is irregular best defender for the Villans with 57 FPL points. He ’ randomness besides nailed on and a decent bet for the leftover finish interest, not to mention a nice differential choice at 4.4 % possession .
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Vladimir Coufal ( CPL vs WHU, WHU vs NOR, £4.7m )
Like his teammate Fabianski, Coufal wouldn ’ deoxythymidine monophosphate have made this list without the promise of a constitution match against Norwich. But he should now generate four points for the workweek merely on minutes-played alone, in summation to whatever points he can produce on either end of the pitch over ( hopefully ) two matches .

Midfielders

Jarrod Bowen ( £6.6m, CPL v WAT, WAT v NOR )
The Hammers ’ Bowen has plainly been phenomenal recently, and he very was in top-form in their 4-1 victory over Watford stopping point week. The electric midfielder provided a hattrick of assists with an accumulate 14 points – his highest FPL catch always. Unsurprisingly, the 24-year-old playmaker is the most transferred in player ahead of GW-21, and most of those transfers occurred tied before West Ham ’ s double was announced, so a bunch of his raw owners are hoping to get even more than they bargained for now !
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Raphinha ( £6.5m, LEE v BUR )

Leeds has found it truly unmanageable to reproduce last season ’ s achiever indeed far, but Raphinha has continued as the asterisk of their police squad this season. The brazilian has been on Bayern Munich radar, and other Premier League clubs are rumored to be interest, and that ’ s plainly due to his attacking threats. rightfully so, the winger has produced eight goals, and an aid, and with Leeds ’ regular strikers Patrick Bamford and Rodrigo out injured, he ’ ll take blame of the punishment touch along with the rest of the set-pieces .
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Son Heung-Min ( £10.5m, WAT v TOT )
son may have not been in the best form, but he has still produced impressive attack returns for fantasy managers. The south korean forward has four goals plus a couple of assists in his last five matches. Given how Conte ’ sulfur Spurs seem to tick together immediately, Son will have plenty of chances to shine against a dull-Watford side that is conceding besides many goals ( 2.3 goals per game at home ) for playfulness nowadays .
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Kevin De Bruyne ( £11.9m, ARS v MCI )
Man City is in truth on a roll, and Kevin De Bruyne is showing glimpses of his own best-self after a struggling begin to the campaign. With the belgian seem fully fit, he has besides seems to have reclaimed a regular starting slot for Pep Guardiola. The City playmaker has three goals plus an assist in precisely the previous four fixtures, and the Citizens ’ attack has enough potential to help KDB shine to his best form .
Another shout-out could be Phil Foden ( £8.1m ) who scored a crucial goal against Brentford to help his english reach eight points clear from second-place Chelsea. The child by and large performs in the big games when needed .
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Mo Salah ( £13.0m, CHE v LIV )
This crippled will be bright to watch, particularly the struggle of Mo Salah against Chelsea ’ s back occupation. Despite not being able to contribute in any means or form in his former two fixtures, one can ’ t rule out the egyptian King who has been spectacular in all fixtures this temper, and who should feature in his last game before flying out for AFCON and missing the Brentford fastness in GW-23 ( and, both legs against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and v Shrewsbury in the FA Cup ). caveat : Klopp has made noises about four new nameless Covid surprises, then watch Liverpool ’ s not-seen-in-training news right up to the deadline .

Forwards

Harry Kane ( WAT v TOT, £12.2m )
Three goals in Tottenham ’ s last three matches has made Kane an scheme prospect for FPL managers after what had been a very slow temper start. The England captain is finally beginning to show the kind of form that fired him to the Premier League Golden boot last temper. With Tottenham visiting a Watford team yet to keep a clean and jerk sheet this season, the probability of Kane adding to his goals tally looks likely .
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Michail Antonio ( CPL v WHU, WHU v NOR, £7.7m )
Antonio returned from a Covid enforced break to score one goal and assist another in equitable two games. It might be wise for FPL managers to join the Antonio train early as he has proved himself over clock to be a streaked striker, and now that he ’ mho supposed to get two bites of the apple in GW-21, he ’ s about a no-brainer .
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Emmanuel Dennis ( WAT volt TOT, £6.0m )
Dennis owners must be overjoyed at this good morning ’ sulfur news program that Dennis is not going to AFCON. The nigerian striker was initially set to miss a number of EPL fixtures with his national team, but his parole has immediately put paid to those plans. His goal against West Ham on Tuesday took his reckoning for the season to eight goals plus five assists. FPL ’ s most productive forward will be looking to ring in the New class with more tomorrow .
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Cristiano Ronaldo ( MUN v WOL, £12.5 )
Ronaldo bounced back from an early miss to contribute a goal plus an assist for United against Burnley on Thursday. The portuguese captain has been the Red Devils go-to man since his return from Juventus. With United trying to close the gap to the Champions League places, Ronaldo will once again be relied upon to provide the goals this weekend against Wolves. He has contributed eight goals plus three assist in the league this temper .
Stats and information for this article sourced from fantasy.premierleague.com, fantasyfootballscout.co.uk, and google.com.

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What are your favored picks for Round 21 ? Whom are you dropping to make room ? The extra free hit nick is now available — will you play it this workweek ? Please tell us your GW-21 plans in the comments below !
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