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It's vital to keep your mind with this week and not get too carried away with tuning your team up for the upcoming double gameweeks in GW33 and beyond. No matter how many doubles you have in the future, if getting them involves playing short handed in the run up, you totally negate any value you might gain. Having said that, the two highlighted DGWs lie with Arsenal and Chelsea who both enjoy a nice run of fixtures leading into the double. Arsenal in particular look to be the best investment this week though it is tough to read their injury situation with any certainty as the promising return of Fabregas and Walcott has been limited with Wenger stating he " has not decided if they will start the game ". With Van Persie also facing a late fitness the Arsenal stars look to be risky plays this week though with by the far the best fixture they might just be worth the gamble. With Denilson sidelined I would think Fabregas is the most likely to return though I think I prefer...

The re-scheduled games are now settled and the final season run in is mapped out. Eight DGWs remain with GW33 looking like the last chance to make serious ground on your competitors as five teams have a blank while three teams enjoy the double. Obviously DGW candidates are going to be highly rated each week but which of the remaining doubles have the highest upside for defenders and attacking players? Defensive Rankings Chelsea GW33: @West Brom, Birmingham Arsenal GW33: Liverpool, @Tottenham Wolves GW34: Fulham, @Stoke Stoke GW34: @Aston Villa, Wolves Fulham GW34: @Wolves, Bolton Man City GW36: @Everton, Tottenham Tottenham GW36: Blackpool, @Man City Birmingham GW33: Sunderland, @Chelsea  Bolton GW34: Arsenal, @Fulham Attacking Rankings Chelsea GW33: @West Brom, Birmingham Man City GW36: @Everton, Tottenham Arsenal GW33: Liverpool, @Tottenham Tottenham GW36: Blackpool, @Man City Stoke GW34: @Aston Villa, Wolves Bolton GW34: Arsenal, @Fulham Fulham GW34: @Wolves,...

This is the hardest time of year for fantasy league as big scores in mini leagues look insurmountable and most teams become fairly homogeneous with 5 or 6 'must have' players forming the back bones of most successful sides. Add in a growing injury list, suspensions and rotation for European games and it becomes increasingly hard and frustrating to field a side you are truly happy with. However, 9 games is almost a quarter of the season so it's way too late to give up just yet. Instead, you need to re-evaluate a few things and dig even deeper to find those differentiators. Before we get into the weekly rankings, let's get some perspective on the form teams. Below are the goals per game since the halfway point of the season: Arsenal (2.1) Chelsea (1.9) Man Utd (1.9) West Ham (1.8) Man City (1.8) Everton (1.7) Aston Villa (1.6) Newcastle (1.5) Tottenham (1.5) Wolves (1.4) Liverpool (1.4) Fulham (1.4) Blackpool (1.4) Blackburn (1.3) Wigan (1.2) West Brom...

Clean Sheet Rankings Clean sheets kept at home/away - opponents failed to score home/away Man City (8 - 6) Arsenal (6 - 5) Birmingham (5 - 7) Bolton (4 - 5) West Ham (3 - 7) Fulham (7 - 3) Liverpool (6 - 3) Chelsea (4 - 0) Newcastle (3 - 4) Stoke (2 - 3) Wolves (3 - 2) West Brom (0 - 5) Man Utd (4 - 1) Tottenham (1 - 2) Wigan (3 - 3) Blackpool (0 - 6) Everton (2 - 2) Sunderland (4 - 2) Blackburn (0 - 3) Aston Villa (0 - 3) Attacking Rankings Predicted goals scored in parenthesis Arsenal (2.48) Chelsea (2.25) Man City (1.78) West Ham (1.66) Bolton (1.60) Man Utd (1.57) Fulham (1.56) Everton (1.48) Birmingham (1.46) Tottenham (1.42) Aston Villa (1.37) Liverpool (1.15) Blackburn (1.14) Blackpool (1.10) Newcastle (1.10) Wolves (1.04) Stoke (1.00) Sunderland (0.95) West Brom (0.95) Wigan (0.88) Captain Stats Arsenal's injury problems came at a bad time for fantasy players as many held them through their off week in order to capitalise on the...