Five players for your Fantasy Football side…
Premier League leaders Chelsea make the trip to St James’ Park on Sunday to take on mid-table Newcastle and star Blues striker Didier Drogba can fill his boots in the north east (Drogba 18/5 – Enhanced First Goalscorer).
The Magpies will be without both of their regular centre-halves – Fabricio Collocini and Mike Williamson – which means Sol Campbell is likely to make his first league start since his free transfer from Arsenal in the summer.
Drogba has had his injury problems this season but has still plundered six top-flight goals and he will surely merit inclusion in any respectable fantasy side this weekend (Chelsea 6/5 – To Keep A Clean Sheet).
Fulham and Birmingham meet at Craven Cottage on Saturday, with neither side hitting their straps in front of goal so far this season.
The Cottagers have managed just nine so far on home soil, while the Blues have bagged one less on their travels so go for either goalkeeper – Ben Foster or Mark Schwarzer – as there is every chance of a low-scoring affair which raises the prospect of clean sheets (8/1 – 0-0 Correct Score).
Everton are still enduring a slow start with their goals largely coming from midfield, but a home game against on-the-slide West Brom means Australian international Tim Cahill can continue his run after bagging seven to date, including three in his last four (Everton 4/7, draw 11/4, WBA 9/2 – 90 Minutes Betting).
Carlos Tevez currently tops the Premier League goal-scoring charts despite a recent thigh injury, although he sat out Argentina’s friendly against Brazil in Doha in a bid to regain full fitness.
The former West Ham and Manchester United crowd favourite comes up against Stoke’s massive back four on Saturday, but he has the ability to make mugs of them, especially if boss Roberto Mancini decides to unleash the pace of Adam Johnson and David Silva in tandem and not fight fire with fire (Tevez 13/2 – To Score 2 or More).
Peter Crouch could complete a three-pronged attack alongside Drogba and Tevez, despite the fact he has struggled for Premier League goals this term.
But Crouch is too good a player to stay quiet for long and can benefit from Jermain Defoe’s return to fitness.
Crouch and Spurs entertain the beanpole’s former club Liverpool at White Hart Lane and the feel-good factor generated by the north Londoners qualifying for the Champions League round of 16, can continue on Sunday.
The Reds mauled a poor West Ham side last weekend but Spurs’ midfield should overpower a Steven Gerrard-less engine room and there will be chances-a-plenty for the home side (Spurs to win 3-1 – 16/1).
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