An early FPL preview for Gameweek 35
As the next Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek draws nearer, here is an early preview of what lies ahead.
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Firstly, these are the fixtures.
| Saturday | 12:30pm | Newcastle v Liverpool | |||
| Saturday | 3:00pm | Aston Villa v Norwich Southampton v Crystal Palace | Watford v Burnley Wolves v Brighton | ||
| Saturday | 5:30pm | Leeds v Man City | |||
| Sunday | 2:00pm | Everton v Chelsea | Tottenham v Leicester | ||
| Sunday | 4:30pm | West Ham v Arsenal | |||
| Monday | 8:00pm | Man United v Brentford |
Secondly, the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) deadline is at 11:00 (GMT) on Saturday 30 April.
Strong Fixtures
ASTON VILLA
A run of four consecutive defeats was halted by Saturday’s goalless draw at Leicester. It’s a classic end-of-season switch-off that we see every year, creating uncertainty over whether their assets can be trusted for a nice-looking home fixture against Norwich. Indeed, Philippe Coutinho has lost 1.5 million owners since Gameweek 30, dropping £0.5m in price. Midfielder Jacob Ramsey introduced himself to the FPL scene by scoring in December’s 2-0 win over the Canaries. His four goals since are more than the three of forward Ollie Watkins. Attacking right-back Matty Cash is the game’s ninth highest-scoring defender.
BURNLEY
The Clarets have hauled themselves out of the relegation zone with two back-to-back wins over Southampton and Wolves. When doing this in Double Gameweek 26, they were soon back to a run of defeats. Yet they’ll be confident of making it three this time, as they visit Watford – a side with ten consecutive home defeats. Wout Weghorst is slowly gaining FPL forgiveness, whilst defensive assets Nick Pope and Connor Roberts continue to deliver returns.
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Weak Fixtures
NEWCASTLE
Many transfers were spent on Newcastle players heading into their two games of Double Gameweek 33. Martin Dubravka and Fabian Schar gained a clean sheet, although Chris Wood and Allan Saint-Maximin blanked. The true star has been Bruno Guimaraes, with his two goals followed by another at Norwich on Saturday. However, both Schar and Wood were rested at Carrow Road and fixtures immediately turn nasty for the Magpies. First up, Liverpool at home.
EVERTON
Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually overcame Everton in Sunday’s Merseyside derby but the Toffees looked more competent than in recent times. But they’ve dropped into the bottom three, two points behind Burnley. They may see Chelsea (H) as winnable but it will require an incredible performance from the likes of Richarlison, Anthony Gordon and Abdoulaye Doucoure.
According to the Fantasy Football Scout Fixture Ticker, here are the Gameweek fixtures ranked by difficulty:
