Gameweek 9 Waiver Wire: Draft EPL
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 9 recommendations to help dominate your Draft League.
Essential reading before your weekly waiver requests process!
Waiver Wire Gameweek 9
Here we outline our Fantasy EPL GW9 Waiver Wire targets that have 40% rostered or below on Fantrax. These players should perform well over the upcoming period!
Antonio Silva (Ros 40%)
Prospects: Silva featured in our expected ghost points intro as one of this season’s unluckiest defenders, but the gap is closing. Back-to-back hauls against Sunderland and Manchester United, clean sheet at Old Trafford included, have lifted him to 8.9 points per start. However, his XXPPS of 11.1 says there’s more to come with the shortfall sitting almost entirely on the returns side, while his ghosts run slightly ahead of expectation. Leeds at home then Ipswich away should keep that going. He hasn’t missed a single league minute all season either. We have him at an expected 12.3 points this week, 10.4 of them ghosts.
Verdict: Low priority, $2-3 FAB.
Jacob Murphy (Ros 11%)
Prospects: Murphy has started each of his last four league appearances and was excellent in the 2-0 win at Selhurst Park, notching the assist for Osula’s opener as well as four key passes and three corners. The appeal is his role in the team i.e. corners and a licence to get forward down the right. That being said, Anthony Elanga is back in the squad, so Murphy is less likely to play 90 minutes, and could even lose his spot. Proceed with caution. Despite that, he has Everton at home and Fulham away, with a projection of 8.1 points and 5.7 ghosts.
Verdict: Low priority, $0-1 FAB.
Danny Welbeck (Ros 20%)
Prospects: With Joao Pedro waiting on scan results and already being ruled out of the midweek cup tie at Liverpool, Welbeck could be in the starting XI again, especially with the striker-less experiment of Geovany Quenda falling flat against Spurs. Although the underlying numbers don’t help him as his one league start produced 5.75 points from 0.00 xG and an XXPts of 2.85, this is purely an opportunity punt against Manchester United at home, who are winless in eight, and Sunderland away, who are bottom of the table. This is an extremely kind pair of fixtures. Projected at 8.5 points with only 3.9 ghosts, so it’s returns or bust.
Verdict: Low priority, $0-1 FAB.
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