If you are looking for a turnaround of fortunes in your FPL season, FPL GW28 promises to be the right place. With City, Villa,Arsenal,Sheffield having FPL GW28 blanks, most of the FPL managers are in crisis situations. So the need for your differential players to return increases multi-fold in your mini-leagues. Most managers are not even playing eleven this week,some have taken hits, some may even quit FPL after this week! So getting your differential picks(less than 10% ownership) right matter more than ever. Check out this blog for FPL GW28 tips,Differential picks.
How did our Differential picks fare in FPL GW 27?
FPL GW28 Differential Picks:
FPL GW28 Forwards:
Diogo Jota vs Tottenham(A), TSB:4.0%, Price:6.2
Wolves take a trip to North London this weekend which could prove to be a important game in deciding the European places. Jota, always in the shadows of Jimenez has been in scintillating form of late having scored 5 goals and an assist in his last two games. Wolves has become strong in defense(good move to bring them in),which brings out their best football from them. It’s no more Jimenez-Traore, its Traore-Jota-Jimenez!
Jota in numbers:
- Next five games: Tottenham,Brighton,WestHam,Bournemouth,Aston Villa. Sure to return in three of these five games.
- Only 0.8% owned in Top 10k.
- xG of 1.88, xG90 of 0.77 this month.
- Spurs have two cleansheets in last 11 games.
Shane Long vs West Ham(A),TSB: 2.3%, Price: 4.6
YES! Southampton attacking asset without Danny Ings. You read it right. In fact he has better attacking stats in the last few weeks than Ings. The best differential option available right now for GW28 as he plays West Ham(A). West Ham have conceded 86 big chances this season(Average big chances conceded from worst side in the league is 64.4). So the logic is simple. Bring in someone who plays Villa and West Ham instead of going for big names for one/two week punts. Long could free up funds to have all Mane/Salah/KDB in your team. He could also be your mother of all differential captain picks who could bring up your rank in multiples of thousands.
Long vs Ings:
- Long has more shots inside the box, big chances created,shots on target than Ings in last four weeks!
- xG : Long/Ings : 1.13/0.79
- Long can score from any part of the body. Ings can’t!
FPL GW28 Defenders:
Reece James vs Bournemouth(A),TSB:0.8%,Price:5.0
James had a forgettable night against Bayern Munich. But Bournemouth are not Bayern anyday. He would want to His crossing has been exceptional in the last few weeks in PL and is due a big haul in upcoming weeks. The shift to a three-man defense has increased the potential for James and Alonso to get attacking returns.
- Return of Giroud means more aerial threat to James’s crosses.
- Favourable fixtures coming-up after going through the run of difficult fixtures.
- Perfect replacement for Lundstram/Kelly/Rico if you have not found one!
- Bournemouth have zero cleansheet in their last 10 games(Also wait for late injury/rotation news on our Twitter to pick Mount/Abraham)
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Charlie Taylor vs Newcastle(A), TSB:1.8%, Price:4.2
Burnley have suddenly found the clean sheet formula out of nowhere with 3 cleansheets in their last 4 games. This included cleansheets against Arsenal and United. Taylor just seems to be the one-week punt as runs into Tottenham(H),City(A) after Newcastle. He could be your fifth defender and could be rotated based on the fixtures.
Key Stat: Newcastle have failed to score in the last three games and have the fewest goals over the last 6 games in the league.
FPL GW28 Midfielders Tips(Differentials)
Harvy Barnes vs Norwich(A),TSB:2.9%,Price:6.0
After being rested for the City game, he is nailed to start against the defensively poor Norwich side. Barnes has been in very good form of late such that his 2.8% TSB comes as a surprise. He next faces Norwich(A),Villa(H)(the two worst defensive sides in the league). If you are looking for a FPL GW28 Midfielder to replace Grealish, Barnes is the ideal one!
Barnes in numbers:
- 29 points from the last four starts- Averaging 7.25 points per game.
- Next four games:Norwich(A),Villa(H),Watford(A),Brighton(H) – All with FDR of 2.
- Villa and Norwich have conceded 52 and 51 goals this season- Worst in the league.
- Easiest Leicester attacking asset to bring in if you don’t have Vardy/Maddison.
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