This article is part of our Premier League Projections series.
The Premier League resumes this Saturday after a brief hiatus for international play. With it brings a great set of matches including a double gameweek for Queens Park Rangers and Aston Villa. You will see that the increased minutes gives a bump in the projections to each of the teams' players and some of their options will be higher in the projections than usual. It is also important to note the projections love Arsenal, both Manchester sides and West Brom as offensive options. Yes, West Brom! On the defensive side, the best clean sheet opportunities come from Chelsea, Manchester United and Swansea City.While those squads are trending up this weekend, Liverpool is going the opposite way. Lacking Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard lead the projections to predict a lopsided loss for the Reds. Everton and Southampton are also teams that have plenty of players owned in many fantasy formats and both teams have low expectations according to the projections. With only a goal predicted from both sides, offensive and defensive options from both Everton and Southampton may not provide usual fantasy production.
Defensively, Chelsea, Manchester United and Swansea City are great options for clean sheets this weekend. With Manchester United expected to score plenty of goals to go along with the fine defensive performance, a player like Chris Smalling can be an intriguing option.
As stated earlier, a big performance is expected from Manchester United. This pushes up midfielders like Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata and even Angel Di Maria. Don't forget to pay attention to the assist numbers as Cesc Fabregas and Gyfi Sigrdsson see high potential in this category thanks to high goal expectancies from their respective sides.
Double game weeks for Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers give extra opportunities to Christian Benteke and Charlie Austin. The extra game has both players in the top-10 of goal expectancy for Gameweek 31. As for Southampton strikers, a low goal expectancy in their match against Everton say little value is expected from Shane Long and the fading Graziano Pelle.
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Forwards
Player | Team | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | SOT | Pass Com. | Acc. Cross | Crosses | Tckls Won | Fouls Won |
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Diego Costa | CHE | 85 | 0.86 | 0.12 | 2.4 | 1.36 | 21.45 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.92 |
Wayne Rooney | MNU | 90 | 0.71 | 0.19 | 2.12 | 0.78 | 46.16 | 0.67 | 2.94 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
Charlie Austin | QPR | 180 | 0.67 | 0.23 | 4.87 | 2.61 | 28.58 | 0.54 | 1.99 | 0.92 | 2.68 |
Sergio Aguero | MCY | 70 | 0.62 | 0.18 | 2.55 | 1.43 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 0.77 |
Olivier Giroud | ARS | 90 | 0.58 | 0.16 | 2.95 | 1.41 | 26.75 | 0.07 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.58 |
Harry Kane | TOT | 90 | 0.5 | 0.13 | 2.4 | 1.43 | 23.91 | 0.29 | 1.49 | 1.21 | 1.69 |
Wilfried Bony | MCY | 70 | 0.5 | 0.06 | 2.23 | 1.21 | 20.3 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 1.75 |
Alexis Sanchez | ARS | 80 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 3.26 | 1.31 | 29.62 | 0.68 | 4.3 | 1.47 | 2.04 |
Glenn Murray | CRP | 75 | 0.41 | 0.07 | 2.13 | 1.41 | 9.48 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.21 | 1.65 |
Christian Benteke | AST | 160 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 3.84 | 1.47 | 43.76 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.48 | 1.54 |
Diafra Sakho | WHU | 90 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 2.14 | 0.94 | 9.66 | 0.28 | 2.22 | 0.72 | 0.83 |
Saido Berahino | WBA | 80 | 0.31 | 0 | 2 | 0.88 | 18.27 | 0.14 | 1.07 | 0.73 | 1 |
Gabriel Agbonlahor | AST | 180 | 0.3 | 0 | 2.26 | 0.93 | 30.2 | 0.55 | 2.66 | 0.78 | 4.15 |
Danny Ings | BUR | 90 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 2.33 | 0.81 | 16.04 | 0.27 | 1.24 | 0.89 | 1.55 |
Bafetimbi Gomis | SWC | 90 | 0.27 | 0 | 2.32 | 0.86 | 19.59 | 0 | 0 | 0.47 | 2.09 |
Daniel Sturridge | LIV | 70 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 2.08 | 1.08 | 18.37 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.10 | 1.59 |
Dame N'Doye | HUL | 80 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 1.65 | 1.39 | 19.07 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 | 3.07 |
Eduardo Vargas | QPR | 180 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 3.19 | 1.17 | 49.95 | 1.2 | 5.45 | 1.73 | 2.79 |
Romelu Lukaku | EVE | 90 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 2.39 | 1.15 | 21.95 | 0.08 | 1.09 | 0.23 | 0.79 |
Leonardo Ulloa | LCY | 50 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 1.54 | 0.47 | 13.93 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.96 | 0.78 |
Bobby Zamora | QPR | 140 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 2.59 | 0.34 | 34.22 | 0.4 | 1.91 | 0.7 | 1.51 |
Brown Ideye | WBA | 90 | 0.2 | 0.07 | 1.12 | 0.67 | 15.08 | 0 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 1.54 |
Graziano Pelle | SOU | 70 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 2.01 | 0.69 | 16.98 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.76 |
Ashley Barnes | BUR | 90 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 1.94 | 0.71 | 18.3 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 1.93 |
Ayoze Perez | NEW | 90 | 0.18 | 0 | 1.59 | 0.79 | 17.55 | 0.26 | 2.04 | 1.33 | 1.53 |
Edin Dzeko | MCY | 30 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.88 | 0.33 | 9.19 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
Peter Crouch | STC | 70 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 1.39 | 0.53 | 16.07 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 0.66 |
Abel Hernandez | HUL | 70 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 1.62 | 0.83 | 12.08 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.42 | 0.79 |
Falcao | MNU | 15 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 3.95 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
Jonathan Walters | STC | 80 | 0.17 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.46 | 15.52 | 0.36 | 2.24 | 0.76 | 1.03 |
Jamie Vardy | LCY | 85 | 0.16 | 0.39 | 1.58 | 0.74 | 11.27 | 0.34 | 2.51 | 0.91 | 1.08 |
Mario Balotelli | LIV | 70 | 0.15 | 0 | 2.31 | 1.28 | 12.51 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 0.88 | 1.84 |
Jermain Defoe | SUN | 85 | 0.15 | 0 | 1.03 | 0.61 | 9.91 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 1.35 |
Rickie Lambert | LIV | 70 | 0.14 | 0 | 1.03 | 0.56 | 15.44 | 0.12 | 0.82 | 0.24 | 0.82 |
Shane Long | SOU | 70 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 1.07 | 0.53 | 14.2 | 0.7 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 1.41 |
Dwight Gayle | CRP | 35 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.97 | 0.34 | 5.94 | 0.24 | 1.23 | 0.44 | 0.85 |
Steven Naismith | EVE | 40 | 0.13 | 0 | 1.03 | 0.3 | 14.38 | 0.1 | 0.38 | 0.71 | 1.17 |
Lazar Markovic | LIV | 75 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 1.04 | 0.23 | 28.29 | 0.26 | 1.04 | 1.64 | 0.87 |
Andrej Kramaric | LCY | 60 | 0.12 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.67 | 16.44 | 0 | 1.04 | 0.44 | 0.59 |
Danny Welbeck | ARS | 20 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 1.42 | 0.43 | 5.14 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.18 |
Mauro Zarate | QPR | 40 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.97 | 0.42 | 11.93 | 0.66 | 2.14 | 0.49 | 0.58 |
Connor Wickham | SUN | 60 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 1.31 | 0.44 | 12.52 | 0.17 | 1.51 | 0.86 | 1.31 |
Steven Fletcher | SUN | 45 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.71 | 0.32 | 9.98 | 0.12 | 0.59 | 0.34 | 0.84 |
Andreas Weimann | AST | 20 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 1.23 | 0.28 | 5.37 | 0.06 | 0.3 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
Sammy Ameobi | NEW | 60 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.99 | 0.18 | 14.62 | 0.71 | 3.5 | 1.61 | 0.9 |
Mame Biram Diouf | STC | 30 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.7 | 0.27 | 3.9 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.44 |
Loic Remy | CHE | 10 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 2.29 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
Arouna Kone | EVE | 50 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 16.58 | 0.4 | 0.67 | 0.27 | 0.67 |
David Nugent | LCY | 10 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 2.52 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
Enner Valencia | WHU | 20 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.64 | 0.22 | 3.29 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.25 | 0.43 |
Yoan Gouffran | NEW | 50 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.73 | 0.32 | 16.6 | 0.16 | 1.05 | 0.94 | 0.43 |
Marouane Chamakh | CRP | 15 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.15 | 4.28 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
Emmanuel Riviere | NEW | 50 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.91 | 0.25 | 11.51 | 0.06 | 0.61 | 0.37 | 0.67 |
Marko Arnautovic | STC | 45 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 1.03 | 0.07 | 13.33 | 0.8 | 2.93 | 0.77 | 0.63 |
Sam Vokes | BUR | 50 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 8.42 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.55 | 0 |
Lukas Jutkiewicz | BUR | 15 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.61 | 0.16 | 2.7 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.33 |
Danny Graham | SUN | 50 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 9.42 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.86 |
Yaya Sanogo | CRP | 5 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.07 |