FPL Pras is back with his top FPL picks for gameweek 35, including both a popular and an ‘under the radar’ choice you should consider for each position in your team.
I’m Pras, and welcome to my weekly series for SportsCasting, where I will be providing my thoughts on my Fantasy Premier League tips.
For context, over the last 12 seasons of FPL I have achieved four top 10k finishes, including two top 5k finishes.
My seasonal average over the last seven seasons is around 21k. I am currently ranked 3k.
Every week, I’ll be giving you advice on the key defenders, midfielders and attackers in FPL.
As this week comes on the back of the announcement that there will be no further blank or double gameweeks, I share here my key picks from now until the end of the season.
In keeping with the theme of my articles, I suggest one popular option and one perhaps going a little under the radar.
Pras’ FPL Picks For Gameweek 35
Defenders
Popular – Mykolenko and Everton are pretty good at keeping clean sheets against teams in the bottom half of the table.
They have already shut out their opponents, Ipswich, in the reverse fixture at Portman Road.
Everton are the only side to play two relegated teams in the final 4 fixtures.
Under the radar – Aaron Wan Bissaka has been quietly doing the business.
Not only in defence, he’s also taking up some great positions in attack on the right, allowing Bowen to play centrally.
A clean sheet against Spurs between their Bodo Glimt legs isn’t out of question either.
Midfielders
Popular – Bryan Mbeumo has got a lot of attention from the FPL community this week.
They have a great fixture this week – against a probably rested Man Utd team (as it is sandwiched by the Europa League semifinals) and another great one one against Ipswich Town in Gameweek 36.
They are popular for a reason.
Under the radar – I fully expect Jarrod Bowen to do well in the final 4 games. He’s returned in back-to-back matches, registering two assists and a bonus in Gameweek 34, after a goal and bonus in Gameweek 33.
Against a Spurs defence that will likely be rotated and already ranked 17th for expected goals conceded (xGC) since the turn of the year, I expect Bowen to get some joy.
Forwards
Nailed on – For similar reasons to Mbeumo above, Yoanne Wissa is a popular buy.
The pair are on 18 and 16 goals respectively this season. Across the campaign they have the fifth and sixth best rates of expected goal involvement (xGI).
Left field choice – Ollie Watkins is a low-owned, under the radar pick.
We now know that Marcus Rashford is out for “several weeks”.
And with him being ineligible to play vs Man Utd in GW38, Watkins has a clear run at the starting role for a team that can’t afford to drop any points in the race for Champions League qualification.
They have a couple of home games left in the season, including a very juicy one against Tottenham Hotspur at home in Gameweek 37.
If Spurs qualify, that might fall just a few days before the UEFA Europa League final.
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