Sunday's three-game slate is a bit more intriguing than whatever Saturday was. However, Tottenham and Manchester United will likely roster almost completely different teams from Thursday, making things a little harder to project.
As usual, projections can help you find the best plays. A link for the The Pasty Guy Projections (formerly RotoAI, ZinPacks AI) can be found in the RW Discord.
MATCHES (ET)
- 9:00 am: Brentford vs. Manchester United
- 9:00 am: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle United
- 9:00 am: West Ham United vs. Tottenham Hotspur
For detailed stats and odds, check out the
FORWARDS
Yankuba Minteh (BHA vs. WOL, $8,400)
Minteh seems like the safest play at forward with a split of sets and guarantee of minutes due to Diego Gomez's injury. He's getting a real share of Brighton corners alongside Pascal Gross, not just the odd one, and Brighton at home is the slate's clearest favored spot. At $8,400 the price is fair for the highest floor at the position, and the Brighton stack runs through him whether you start with Danny Welbeck or not.
Samuel Chukwueze (FUL vs. BOU, $5,800)
Chukwueze is where you save. At least in cash games, his floor is safer than Welbeck's ($7,800) and Benjamin Sesko's ($7,900) at almost $2,000 less. Fulham are at home in the slate's highest-total game, and on a three-game slate where Bruno Fernandes and Pascal Gross eat into the cap, the salary you save here is what
Sunday's three-game slate is a bit more intriguing than whatever Saturday was. However, Tottenham and Manchester United will likely roster almost completely different teams from Thursday, making things a little harder to project.
As usual, projections can help you find the best plays. A link for the The Pasty Guy Projections (formerly RotoAI, ZinPacks AI) can be found in the RW Discord.
MATCHES (ET)
- 9:00 am: Brentford vs. Manchester United
- 9:00 am: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle United
- 9:00 am: West Ham United vs. Tottenham Hotspur
For detailed stats and odds, check out the
FORWARDS
Yankuba Minteh (BHA vs. WOL, $8,400)
Minteh seems like the safest play at forward with a split of sets and guarantee of minutes due to Diego Gomez's injury. He's getting a real share of Brighton corners alongside Pascal Gross, not just the odd one, and Brighton at home is the slate's clearest favored spot. At $8,400 the price is fair for the highest floor at the position, and the Brighton stack runs through him whether you start with Danny Welbeck or not.
Samuel Chukwueze (FUL vs. BOU, $5,800)
Chukwueze is where you save. At least in cash games, his floor is safer than Welbeck's ($7,800) and Benjamin Sesko's ($7,900) at almost $2,000 less. Fulham are at home in the slate's highest-total game, and on a three-game slate where Bruno Fernandes and Pascal Gross eat into the cap, the salary you save here is what pays for defenders if you want any. The price is right and the matchup is right.
Danny Welbeck ($7,800) will be popular, but home against Wolves is hard to avoid if you want to chase the slate's biggest scorer odds. He's the only player on the board with shorter than -150 odds to score, and Brighton at home is exactly the spot you'd expect those odds. The catch is the floor isn't there for the price, which makes him a tournament play more than a cash anchor at this price.
Matheus Cunha ($9,600) is the highest-projected Manchester United forward, but at $9,600 he locks you out of fitting both Bruno and Gross, so he's a fade in any build that runs through the obvious cash midfielders. Benjamin Sesko ($7,900) is the cheaper Manchester United stud if you want a piece of that attack at forward. Raul Jimenez ($7,600) leads the Fulham group at +140 to score in the day's highest-total game. Rayan ($7,500) is the next Bournemouth forward in the same matchup. Mateus Mane ($6,500) has a real projection on paper, but Wolves are 10 percent to win and the matchup is the slate's worst. He's not the worst play given his recent performances, but there's not a ton of upside for anyone on Wolves.
Evanilson ($4,800) is the cheaper Bournemouth forward at +165 to score. Chemsdine Talbi ($4,400) and Brian Brobbey ($4,200) are the Sunderland punts.
MIDFIELDERS
Bruno Fernandes (MUN at SUN, $11,500)
Bruno will be the most popular player on the slate. He's the priciest player for a reason and Manchester United are around 50-percent to win at Sunderland. He's going to get there no matter what happens in this match. He seems guaranteed for 10-to-15 points every game and then when he makes the scoresheet, he reaches 30-plus points.
Pascal Gross (BHA vs. WOL, $9,100)
Gross is hard to fade. He's been Brighton's set-piece taker in every game and Brighton at home against Wolves is hard to overlook. At $9,100 the price is fine even on a three-game slate.
Bryan Mbeumo ($9,800) is the Manchester United alternative if Bruno is too rich, though he's clearly not as easy to trust and hasn't been playing as well under Michael Carrick. Marcus Tavernier ($10,100) is on Bournemouth set pieces, which is the case for him at the price. Harry Wilson ($8,900) leads the Fulham midfielders.
Kaoru Mitoma ($6,400) is the cheaper Brighton midfielder at +200 to score and almost $3,000 below Gross. Alex Scott ($5,400) is the other Bournemouth set-piece taker if you don't want to pay for Tavernier. Enzo Le Fee ($6,700) is the Sunderland creator if you want a contrarian spot, though his price is a bit rich.
Jack Hinshelwood ($4,600) is the shot-in-the-dark Brighton punt for tournaments only.
DEFENDERS
Antonee Robinson (FUL vs. BOU, $4,700)
Robinson projects as the best defender, but that doesn't mean much on this slate since no defender truly stands out. At a minimum, Fulham are at home in the slate's highest-total game, and a full-back at $4,700 in that kind of environment doesn't have to do much to hit value. The price isn't a gift, but you're not finding a better full-back floor at this price tier.
Adrien Truffert ($4,400) is the Bournemouth full-back across from Robinson, the natural pivot if you'd rather not pay up. Luke Shaw ($3,900) is the cheaper Manchester United option behind Diogo Dalot ($4,200). Trai Hume ($4,300) is the Sunderland full-back if he starts in a more attacking role again.
Center-backs are correlation plays with your goalkeeper. If you went Brighton clean sheet, Joel Veltman ($4,800) is the upgrade and Olivier Boscagli ($2,900) is the cheap shot. Lisandro Martinez ($2,500) pairs with Senne Lammens for a Manchester United clean sheet. Timothy Castagne ($2,900) is the Fulham hedge if you'd rather not pay up for Robinson.
GOALKEEPER
Robin Roefs (SUN vs. MUN, $4,300)
Roefs is the saves play. Sunderland are big underdogs and figure to get plenty of shots from Manchester United, so he's going to see plenty of shots. On a three-game slate the price gets you a fine floor without spending up.
Senne Lammens ($5,300) is the road-favored option with the win bonus in play, but the saves number isn't there. Bernd Leno ($4,700) is the cheap option in the coin-flip game where Bournemouth will create. Bart Verbruggen ($6,000) is the top-priced option in Brighton's clean-sheet spot, but spending up at goalkeeper on a small slate is rarely the place to break the bank.
