Fantasy Premier League Tips Gameweek 2

What a rush! It's always feels great when the English Premier League starts. And that's all because of Fantasy Premier League.

As it always happens, last minute decisions were made after I found out that Drogba indeed was going to play the first match against WB. I'm just sorry I didn't have the time to write that info here on FPLBlog.

Out of my choices, Samba did very good, Foster played an ok game, and Drogba was tremendous. All the rest, well let's just say they better get their act together if they want to play for my Fantasy premier league team for long.

So, it's time for the tips for gameweek 2. Chelsea heads off to play against Wigan and it seems that Drogba, Malouda and Lampard are very good players to have in your team. If you can afford them, everyone of those players is worth a transfer. (not all of course, because extra transfers cost you points, but you could choose any of them :)

Gameweek 2 also sees Arsenal rivaling Blackpool, a team that surprised everyone with an ashtonishing win over Wigan. Unfortunately they will be put back in their place when Arsenal takes a go at them.

Talking about Arsenal, you might want to keep yoor eyes on Chamakh. He played the whole game and didn't play all that bad. Of course when Van Persie returns, it might be harder for him to fit the starting formation. Nice start still.

Aston Villa takes on Newcastle and Villa's players are bound to make great points also this gameweek. Youngling Marc Albrighton played an amazing match against West Ham scoring 9 points, and with a pricetag of £4.5M, not a bad bargain we have there.

Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 2 review

The second gameweek even though just "half a" gameweek turned out be an interesting one. Gameweeks number one goalkeeper was Burnley's Brian Jensen, who wasn't intimidated by the star power in the opposing team ManU. Jensen even saved a penaltykick and 14 points is a great score for a goalkeeper.

Top defender came from Liverpool, Glen Johnson not only kept a clean sheet, he scored one goal and gained an assist. The perfomance also got him 3 bonus points, to the total of 18 points. Now he would of made a great captain.

Gameweeks best midfielders also came from Liverpool, both Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard gathered 11 points. Gerrard with 2 assists, Kuyt with a goal and an assist. It seems Liverpool is on their way to fight for the championship.

If Liverpool was the home for top midfielders, top forwards came from Tottenham. This season's first hat trick saw the light of day when Jermain Defoe scored 3 goals against Hull. That plus 3 bonus points add up to 17 points. Robbie Keane of the same team wasn't a whole lot worse with a goal and 2 assists, when he also got 2 bonus points, his total climbed to 13 points.

Choosing the Player of the gameweek was a tough job but let's give props to the debut team goalkeeper Brian Jensen.

Burnley surprises ManU - Gameweek 2 results

Tonight's games didn't go as I had figured. Burnley defeated Manchester United. Burnley's Blake scored the winning goal after 18 minutes of play, and ManU couldn't turn the game around after that. Surprises, surprises.

Tottenham and Liverpool both disgraced their opponents. Hull got defeated 1-5 in their home field with Jerome Defoe scoring a hattrick. Liverpool turned their course with a 4-0 win over Stoke City. Torres started the goalfest with 4 minutes played from Gerrard's assist. Kuyt scored one and collected an assist as did Johnson.

In the fourth game of the night Birmingham took a win against Portsmouth with McFadden's overtime penalty kick-goal.

Here are the nights results.

Birmingham - Portsmouth 1-0
Burnley - ManU 1-0
Hull City - Tottenham 1-5
Liverpool - Stoke City 4-0

Gameweek 2 preview Burnley -ManU

Burnley lost the opening game against Stoke 0-2 and there's more to come as Manchester United heads to Turf Moor to give the newcomers something more to learn. ManU won the first game against Birmingham with Wayne Rooney's goal, even without top defender Vidic and goalkeeper Van der Sar, who was replaced by Foster.

Foster is bound to be in the goal against Burnley also and will be good man to have in Fantasy Premier League team because I really think the hometeam will not score in this game. That means ManU defenders are also a nice addition to your team.

Attack-wise, I'm sure Rooney will continue in his good opening match form, and I also have high hopes for Berbatov.

Score prediction:
ManU will win 0-2

Game preview Sunderland vs Chelsea

Both teams opened the season with a win, Sunderland over Bolton and Chelsea over Hull. Chelsea's Drogba scored twice and seems to be in good form. Sunderland's new signing Bent also started the season with a goal, but scoring against Chelsea might be a more difficult task.

Tip from Chelsea's squad to this game is Salomon Kalou, Kalou didn't start the opening game but had two great goal opportunities in the last 20 minutes he played. Kalou should be in the opening squad in this match and I consider him as the "black horse" who could earn decent points. Also Lampard wasn't in the top of his game against Hull but should do better now.

Chelsea is a clear favourite to win the match and Sunderland is just going to try and keep the game in 0-0 as long as they can.

Prediction:

Chelsea wins with two goals, so 0-2 or 1-3

Premier Fantasy League Gameweek 2 Tips

The second gameweek in this season's English Premiership Fantasy Football comes in just few days after the first, so be sure you remember to check your team for transfers and a captain change if the need occurs.

As said earlier this gameweek is a little tricky because only 12 teams have fixtures this week of English Premier League. The fixtures are:

Sunderland vs Chelsea
Wigan vs Wolves
Birmingham vs Portsmouth
Burnley vs Manchester United
Hull City vs Tottenham
Liverpool vs Stoke City

Any players that are not from these teams WON'T get any points this gameweek.

If you choose to make transfers, here are few hints who might be valuable additions to your Fantasy Premier League team: Let's start with defenders. Manchester United and Wigan are the teams you should choose your defenders from. Evra, O'Shea, Figureoa, Bramble are players that are very likely to get clean sheet points.

Midfielder choices are a little tougher task. Chelsea's season opening wasn't glamorous but I'm sure Lampard and the gang are going to get their act together versus Sunderland. Wigan's Koumas and N'Zogbia are great budget choices for your team with 5M and 5.5M pricetags.

From forwards Chelsea's Drogba might still be an advantageous play, along with Rooney from ManU. But if these 2 players are out of your pricerange, Wigan has a nice budget player from forwards also. Hugo Rodallega opened the season with a goal and 3 bonus points, and with the cost of 6.5M he might be a great player to purchase.