Good day everyone! As you know, in
the MyEG Stadium Astro BPL game, there are period prizes to be won. Next week
we kick off Period 2 (which covers all matches from 12th September
to 16th October), and the prize up for grabs is an iPAD mini! So I
thought I’d take a look at the upcomng matches from a Period 2 perspective.
For Period 2, the Premier League has
4 rounds of fixtures for us to play with.*
Here are my top 3 teams with regards
to favourable fixtures:
1. Bournemouth actually
have the best fixtures: Norwich (a), Sunderland (h), Stoke (a) and Watford (h).
That's 4 of the bottom 7 clubs right there. Callum Wilson is currently on song,
and if you take into the fact that he has a great away goalscoring record, you
should seriously consider him. The only concern is that Bournemouth are getting
bogged down by multiple injuries at the same time (Gradel, Daniels, Mings)
which all happened against Leicester. They brought in Glenn Murray, who had a
good end to the previous season under Palace, but if you had to choose, I’d
still go for Wilson. Matt Ritchie in midfield has yet to give any returns, but this stretch
should provide them.
2. West
Ham have Newcastle (h), Manchester City (a), Norwich (h), Sunderland (a). If ever there was a stretch of matches for Payet
to grab the spotlight, this is it. Sakho is also a nailed on starter and he has
already opened his account against Liverpool. They’ve made quite a few midfield
signings so I wouldn’t recommend anyone else from their attack until we see a
settled lineup. Cresswell could be a decent attacking defender for points, and
Adrian should be back after Newcastle to provide some defensive stability. Do
remember though, they seem to be terribly inconsistent, so don’t be surprised
if they randomly win against Manchester City but collapse against Sunderland.
3. Leicester have
Aston Villa (h), Stoke (a), Arsenal (h), Norwich (a). Ranieri tinkered against
Bournemouth, switching Leicester to a 4-5-1, dropping Okazaki and his team
clearly suffered for it. I
expect Leicester to revert back to 4-4-2 this weekend. Mahrez returned to action in international duty after
being forced to withdraw at halftime last week due to injury, so he should continue
his rich vein of form. Huth is a goal-scoring threat for set pieces, although
he has yet to score.
The nice
thing is that the players from these teams are all relatively cheap, so you
should have no problem fitting in your requisite heavy hitters with them.
Just a
little observation, the top 3 sides that have the conceded the most so far are
Sunderland (10), Chelsea (9!) and Norwich (8). Until they get their defence
sorted out, by all means consider players against these teams. I’m planning to
go for Sanchez against Chelsea for Week 6 for example. Kane plays Sunderland in
Week 5. Norwich happens to be playing against all those three I listed above as
having favourable fixtures.
Incidentally,
Lukaku is in form. Chelsea’s defense are not. Is it the right time for Lukaku
to score his first goal against his former club?
*Euro exception:
Guess what? The Euro teams have FIVE
rounds of fixtures to you to play with, more if you plan your transfers
properly of course. So make sure you grab the potential for additional points. The
extra match happens in the second week, where the Euro clubs play midweek while
the Premier League teams play the Carling Cup matches.
All the best, let's try to bring that iPAD mini prize home!!!
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