Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 35+ - Five picks that could help change your FPL season

The Greatest possible options

That’s a risk that must be taken because Salah is a selfish selfish man. He has only one thing on his mind and that’s scoring goals which for an FPL manager is a dream move. Few players are truly like that and his performance against Brighton (2 goals and 1 assist) was amongst the best from the mid-week fixtures. Yet, that adds to his tally and takes him to three goals and three assists in four games although against Burnley, there is a chance that his streak may not continue.

Jamie Vardy

What do you do about Jamie Vardy? Leicester’s form since the restart has been inconsistent to say the least and the Foxes have struggled to win games. They’ve got just the one win in their five games since the restart but their form has picked up over the last two games. A draw against Arsenal and their first win since the restart against Crystal Palace have one thing in common; Jamie Vardy’s goals.

Add that to the fact that barring Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, Vardy has scored the most goals in his career so far against Bournemouth with six in eleven games. That does include two (and an assist) in the reverse fixture earlier this season which does bode well for those that do pick up the forward.

The Hopeful punts

Slowly and silently, since the restart, Willian has slowly risen and become the fifth-highest scoring midfielder in FPL this season. That puts him ahead of Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Heung-Min Son, Riyad Mahrez and a few others with the Brazilian thriving. He’s managed to score five goals and create three assists since the restart including six goal contributions in his last four games.

That’s not just impressive but at his price (7.3m), it’s shocking especially since this consistency has been unheard of from the Brazilian. Maybe the fact that he’s a free-agent in the near future has forced him to change his tune and start performing or something else has lit a fire under him and for FPL managers, it makes him a great choice. The Blues have one of the harder fixture lists in the final few weeks of the season with them ending the season against Liverpool and Wolves but the two games before that are easier to handle.

Harry Kane

Harry Kane. It confuses and baffles the world as to why he’s considered a top striker when he struggles but is at the tip of many tongues when he is at his best. But this season has been yet another injury-plagued one and since the restart, few have struggled as much as Kane. Yet, here we are placing him alongside Willian as a hopeful punt and why? Because he plays Arsenal in a North London derby where all sense goes out the window when it comes to Kane.

He’s managed just 13 goals this season which is his lowest tally since the Englishman’s breakout 2014/15 season and since then he's never managed fewer than 17. Add that to the fact that he is Tottenham’s main penalty taker, is by far Tottenham’s best possible options for goals and while he hasn’t scored too many, barring Gedson Fernandes, nobody else has taken more shots at goal per 90 (2.60) than Kane has. According to Understat, that’s 13 shots in five games which shows that his confidence is returning and against Arsenal, it could prove to be the final piece of the puzzle.

The questionable choice

Now this could come and bite us back rather badly but Jimenez has looked out of sorts over his last three games. The Mexican has been his usual work-horse self but beyond that he’s struggled to get too many goals with just two in his last five games. That includes a three game drought and if his performance against either Arsenal or Sheffield United were anything to go by, then the Mexican is enduring a slight problem in front of goal.

Now naturally, when that has happened in the past, the Wolves striker has returned with an absolute bang but things seem different this time. Why? Because Jimenez’s shots and ability in front of goal has diminished over the last few games with the striker struggling to take shots and do anything. His last goal came against Bournemouth but even in that game, Jimenez managed just the one shot. Since then, he managed three shots against Aston Villa with no luck, one against Arsenal with no luck and nothing against Sheffield United according to Understat.