Fantasy Premier League – Gameweek 3 transfer tips
ERLING HAALAND — £15.5m — MCI (H) vs Coventry
Form: Brace and 13 points in GW2’s 4-1 win at Palace. Nine shots in the box through two Gameweeks ,most of any player in the league. GW1 blank came with 0.68 xG and five shots, so the underlying numbers never went quiet.
Fixture: Home to Coventry, who are winless, goalless, and have shipped four to both Arsenal and Hull. City have two of their first three Gameweeks at home to promoted sides, this is the soft one. Triple captain potential.
Signal: Captain-obvious. Form + fixture both flash green. This is the week the armband debate ends before it starts.
RAYAN CHERKI — £7.6m — MCI (H) vs Coventry
Form: Four attacking returns in two matches, including a brace at Selhurst Park. Creating a chance every 16 minutes this season the kind of underlying number that says the goals aren’t a fluke.
Fixture: Same green light as Haaland Coventry at the Etihad, a defence that hasn’t found a way to stop anyone yet.
Signal: Mid-price differential with a nailed-on route to City’s best fixture of the block. If you can’t afford double City premiums, Cherki is the value entry point into the same story.
FLORIAN WIRTZ — £7.5m — LIV (A) vs Ipswich
Form: Quiet start on the scoreboard (0 goals, 1 assist) and an offside goal but the underlying performance has been there an 7.44 average rating and 153 minutes of genuine creative involvement. He’s the kind of player where the numbers catch up to the eye test.
Fixture: Away at bottom-of-the-table Ipswich, who’ve been one of the league’s softest defensive touches early on. Liverpool have scored heavily in these exact fixture types.
Signal: The form hasn’t clicked into goal returns yet, but fixture + role make this the week to get in before it does. Bargain price for the ceiling on offer.