Hundreds of thousands of Fantasy Premier League managers endured a irritating begin to Gameweek 8 as three of the highest 4 recruits blanked, and the most-owned defender, William Saliba (£6.0m), was despatched off.
The No 1 switch goal for the spherical Brennan Johnson (£6.6m) had scored in every of his final seven matches throughout all competitions – however that run got here to an finish in Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-1 win over West Ham United. Johnson’s two-point return wasn’t for an absence of making an attempt, nevertheless, as he took 4 photographs contained in the penalty space.
Dominic Solanke (£7.7m) was additionally recruited in giant numbers however, like his team-mate, he blanked.
Certainly, regardless of the large win, none of Spurs’ FIVE most-owned gamers produced a return.
Micky van de Ven (£4.6m) homeowners will really feel particularly sore. Not solely did the cut-price defender concede a purpose however he picked up a yellow card, his third of the marketing campaign, decreasing his complete to a single level.
GW8 most-owned Spurs gamers
| Participant | Owned by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Porro | 29.2% | 2 |
| Solanke | 13.7% | 2 |
| Van de Ven | 11.5% | 1 |
| Romero | 10.2% | 2 |
| Johnson | 9.2% | 2 |
The distress wasn’t confined to Spurs’ gamers with Bryan Mbeumo (£7.5m) failing to attain for the primary time in 4 outings.
His tally of six targets stays the joint-second highest within the Premier League, bettered solely by Erling Haaland (£15.4m), however he was unable to enhance that tally in Brentford’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.
Of the 5 most-bought gamers for Gameweek 8, solely Dwight McNeil (£5.7m) has produced a return to this point.
His neat footwork and cross created the help for Michael Keane‘s (£4.1m) purpose in Everton’s 2-0 win at Ipswich City. McNeil has now made 25 key passes, solely Bukayo Saka (£10.1m) has produced extra.
GW8 most-bought gamers
| Participant | Purchased by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 626,944 | 2 |
| Mbeumo | 471,335 | 2 |
| McNeil | 399,649 | 6 |
| Solanke | 326,884 | 2 |
| Wooden | 325,565 | – |
Chris Wooden (£6.3m) completes the highest 5 transfers in.
His 325,000+ new homeowners will likely be happy that Nottingham Forest’s encounter with Crystal Palace takes place on Monday evening, giving Wooden further time to get well following his lengthy journey to New Zealand through the worldwide break.
Saliba’s rotten run
Forward of Gameweek 6, the 3million+ managers who counted Saliba of their squad would have been assured of returns in upcoming residence matches towards Leicester Metropolis and Southampton and a Gameweek 8 journey to AFC Bournemouth.
Sadly these plans didn’t pay any dividends as Saliba mustered solely two factors in complete in Gameweeks 6 and seven. The Arsenal centre-back’s woes was then compounded towards Bournemouth as he was one among 5 gamers proven a purple card on Saturday, leading to a rating of minus three factors.
After his three beneficial fixtures Saliba homeowners are a degree worse off.
GW8 most-captained gamers
| Participant | Captained by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Haaland | 6,498,612 | – |
| Salah | 970,334 | – |
| Palmer | 607,365 | – |
| Saka | 356,543 | 0 |
| Watkins | 344,149 | 8 |
Confidence in Haaland continues to rise with the Norwegian handed the captain’s armband by over 62 per cent of all managers. It is his largest share for the reason that Gameweek 16 journey to Luton City final season, a match Haaland ended up lacking by damage.
His 6.4m+ backers will likely be hoping for a greater end result when Manchester Metropolis go to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
The second and third most-captained gamers, Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) and Cole Palmer (£10.8m), go head-to-head when Liverpool host Chelsea within the second of Sunday’s matches.
In the meantime, Saka didn’t get well from damage to face Bournemouth however there was higher information for individuals who chosen Ollie Watkins (£9.1m).
The Aston Villa ahead scored for his seventh attacking return of the marketing campaign within the 3-1 win at Fulham, rewarding those that captained him with 16 factors. Since Gameweek 3 solely Palmer can higher his complete of 45 factors.