Gameweek 3 Waiver Wire: Draft EPL

Draft Society
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We're here every week giving you our tips on the best Draft Premier League players to pick up ahead of Fantrax/Sleeper Waiver Wire processing! Acquisitions via waivers can make or break your Fantasy EPL season, so make sure you follow our Gameweek 3 recommendations to help dominate your Draft League.

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Waiver Wire Gameweek 3

Here we outline our Fantasy EPL Gameweek 3 Waiver Wire targets that have 40% rostered or below on Fantrax. These players should perform well over the upcoming period! For Gameweek 3, our focus shifts to post-draft opportunities, identifying players who may have slipped through the cracks and gone undrafted, as well as pinpointing those with softer fixtures for the weekend. We’re also highlighting players who could step in while others recover from pre-season knocks.

We have deliberately omitted new transfers in as their place is in Part 3 of our transfer article.

Vitalii Mykolenko (Ros 29%)

Prospects: Everton's left back has quietly banked 23 FPts through the opening two gameweeks. Nobody's talking about him. That's usually the sign of a waiver target worth grabbing before the rest of your league catches on. The next stretch sets up nicely for a defender who ghosts well even in quiet matches. Everton host United, travel to Spurs, then welcome Ipswich, and none of those three fixtures screams danger (yes, I know United just scored 5). The Ukrainian has always been a solid DEF3, but with the uptick in valuable defenders, he has become an afterthought. He has managed a surprising amount of aerials in his first 2 games. Keep an eye on the sustainability of that stat; if he remains part of the Heading Union, he will provide season-long value.

Verdict: Low priority. $1-3 FAB.

Eddie Nketiah (Ros 16%)

Prospects: Palace's front line is chaos right now. Ismaila Sarr has reportedly been on strike trying to force through a move to Galatasaray or Liverpool, Palace have rejected a £50million bid from Liverpool for him, and none of it looks settled with days left in the window. That mess, combined with Sage's willingness to rotate his strikers (and JP Mateta picking up an injury), has seen Nketiah get a run out in the front line alongside Pino behind Strand Larsen. 8.25 in GW1 and 5 in GW2 against City are not bad returns for a forward, but we are going to need to see some goal involvements if we can trust Eddie again.

Verdict: Low priority. $1-2 FAB.

Dan Ndoye (Ros 31%)

Prospects: In GW1 it was George, now it is Ndoye, this DraftGenie fella must know something. I wonder where one can read his writing? (It is here, in his weekly Trade advice article,among others). The Swiss international was named among Forest's front three alongside Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus for the Liverpool game, and was active and a menace throughout. He was quiet in the opener but broke out for 17 FPts in Gameweek 2, and Forest's next three, Tottenham at home, a trip to Villa, then Coventry at home, all sit comfortably on the easier side of the fixture list. While I expect Ndoye to continue to drift in and out of games and deliver plenty of goose eggs, whenever we are able to tout a forward in this article, we usually don't miss the chance.

Verdict: Low priority. $1-3 FAB.