Chelsea level with Manchester City, Arsenal back on top

Game-week 24 -
                         Manchester City lost to Chelsea on Etihad Stadium on Moday without scoring a single goal. That was odd considering their recent form at home. But Arsenal managed to win over Crystal Palace and regained top spot with 2 point lead. There was a surprise for Stoke against Manchester United as they won 2-1 against former champions. Liverpool just managed to get a draw with West Brom away from home and still they are safe in 4th spot with 2 points difference. Everton came out victorious against Aston Villa and Spurs only managed to earn a single point with their visit to Hull City.

Game-week 25 - 
                         GW 25 will see league leaders Arsenal travel to Liverpool and Tottenham against Everton at White Hart Lane. With only 14 games to come, Arsenal will want to at-least get something out of these type of games. Manchester City will travel to Norwich this weekend whereas Chelsea will take on Newcastle at home. Manchester United will host Fulham on sunday. There is still chance for Manchester United to secure place in top 4 but they have to win most of these 14 matches and with Rooney, Robin van Persie and new signing Juan Mata United may surprise us. There is very tough competition for 4th spot this season as teams like Liverpool, Spurs, Everton, Manchester United are trying hard for that Champions League spot.

Fantasy - 
                 

GW 25 Defense

I am going to play with this defense for GW 25.All 4 players have matches against strong teams. I just hope they play well. Rooney, Rodriguez and Suarez as forward line. I didn't spend my free transfer for this game-week. But whom to give arm band this gw? Suarez will play against Arsenal but still he's a world class player and may do some serious damage, Rooney against Fulham but he doesn't look very promising for arm band. I am thinking about Hazard (Vs Newcastle) or Yaya Toure (Vs Norwich). But at this time i am not sure about captain. From last 3 game-weeks i dropped nearly 150k in ranking and that's not the good news. I hope team does well this game-week.

Fantasy Advantage -

Terry, Hazard, Cech (Vs Newcastle),
Silva, Toure, Dzeko (Vs Norwich),
Mata, van Persie, Rooney (Vs Fulham),
Suarez, Gerrard (Vs Arsenal).

Manchester City Leapfrogged Arsenal

Game-week 23 -
                         Arsenal narrowly escaped defeat against Southampton on Tuesday and invited Manchester City and Chelsea to overtake. But Chelsea couldn't managed to win against West Ham  and Manchester City crushed Tottenham to secure top spot with 1-point gap. Thanks to Carzola and Giroud, Arsenal managed to earn a point away at Southampton but that wasn't enough to keep them at top as Pellegrini's side won a very tough encounter easily though it was away from home. On the other hand, Liverpool also won their match against Everton to stay in top 4. Tottenham's defeat against City means Brendon Rodgers will take a sigh of relief after as Liverpool went 3 points clear at 4th position. Manchester United are still holding their 7th spot after a convincing win against Cardiff at Old Trafford. Juan Mata, their new signing, made his debut in that match making instant impact by providing a assist to Robin van Persie's goal who also made a comeback. At the bottom, Sunderland managed to come out of relegation zone with a narrow 1-0 win over Stoke City.

Game-week 24 - 
                         League leaders Manchester City will face Chelsea at Etihad stadium on 3 February. This encounter might play a crucial role at the end of the season. Arsenal will be against Crystal Palace, Manchester United will travel to Stoke. Liverpool will be against West Brom away from home whereas Everton will face Aston Villa at home.

Fantasy -  Suarez is once again provides a easy solution for armband. I will stick with the 3-4-3 formation with Hazard, Ozil and Yaya Toure in the mid-field along with Huddlestone. Rooney and Rodriguez will form forward line with Suarez. Krul will keep the goal post whereas Mertesacker, Skertel and Coleman will start for my team at defense. Coleman is likely to miss the match due to injury so i drafted Collins as substitution. I hope this team does well.

Fantasy Advantage -

Suarez, Sturridge, Mignolet (Vs West Brom),
Rooney, Mata, Robin van Persie (Vs Stoke City),
Howard, Baines, Mirallas (Vs Aston Villa).

Dream run continues for Liverpool

Liverpool   1 - 0   Manchester United

3 wins in a row, 3 clean sheets for their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, 3 goals for Daniel Sturridge in 3 matches this is what die-hard Liverpool fans were expecting from their heroes. 

Liverpool made a single change to their line-up bringing in Martin Skrtel in place of injuered Kolo Toure. For Manchester United, Moyes chose Ashley Young and Ryan Giggs in place of Antonio Valencia and injured Wayne Rooney.

Liverpool got the perfect start to the match as Steven Gerrard's corner was headed by Agger and then sturridge diverted the ball in the net in the 4th minute. After that early goal, Liverpool's clean passing and stern defense denied some chances to Manchester duo Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck.

In the second, United looked good producing many chances but unable to find the way past Mignolet and Liverpool hung onto 1 goal lead to register a victory over Manchester United. This victory takes Liverpool straight to spot 1 in the premier league table with 100% record. 

B Rodgers said that these are the big games they want to win this year and hope to qualify for Champions League. This was 1st defeat for Manchester United in the reign of Moyes. He said,"We relly played well, but couldn't get that 1 goal. Still i am impressed with the players and i can see why they were champions." 

Fantasy PL

Daniel Agger got 3 bonus points in this match and also set up assist for Daniel Sturridge to score 12 points in this match. Simon Mignolet once again kept the clean sheet and bagged 7 points for Fantasy manager. Daniel sturridge scored once again for Liverpool to get 8 points. He now has scored in every match for Liverpool in this season. No one from Manchester United really impressed in this match.

Who to pick  

Simon Mignolet - 15,7,7  Total - 29 in 3 matches. He is best pick, if you are looking for a goalkeeper. His next fixtures are very good including 
Swansea, Southampton and Sunderland. He costs £5.6m.

Daniel Sturridge - 3 matches 3 goals and 22 points in total, he is perfect forward you are looking for. He costs £9.2m and in the next 3-4 weeks or atleast until Suarez returns he will be very useful to boost you rank in fantasy.

Jose Enrique - Defenders are proving beneficial in the fantasy season. He has got 25 points in his bag from 3 matches including 4 bonus points. So, if you are looking for a defender he is your target. He costs £6m.

Premier League - Latest Stats (Updated on: 1st sep)