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Arsenal v Leicester: Sky Sports Fantasy Six-a-Side game guide

Fantasy Six-A-Side: Win £10,000
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Sky Sports brings you Fantasy Six-a-Side, our brand new free-to-play game, offering you the chance to win £10,000 every Super Sunday simply by selecting six players.

The game launches with a blockbuster clash between title challengers Arsenal and Leicester at the Emirates, live on Sky Sports 1HD at 12pm.

Pick your team
Pick your team

Already know how to play? Pick your Fantasy Six-A-Side team here for the chance to win £10,000.

All you have to do is select six players from the two sides, including your Elite Player from the four most valuable players, then sit back and keep track of your team's scores via our dedicated Match Centre, with regular updates powered by Opta, match stats and a live leaderboard.

Unlike other fantasy games, your selected players are rewarded for every save, tackle, pass or shot, while you only have to wait for 90 minutes of action to be completed to see whether you've won the jackpot.

Here's a guide for picking your Six-a-Side line-up…

Step 1: Pick your Elite Player

Fantasy Six-A-Side Elite Players

Choose one Elite Player from the pool of four Elite Players available from the two clubs. An Elite Player is best described as a player that is in-form and likely to have a significant impact on the game, with Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez this week's selection quartet.

Step 2: Pick five Team Players

The remaining five spots in the team must be filled from all the other Team Players from the two clubs. There are no player values, formations or position requirements.

Step 3: Pick a Power Play period

Your team will score double points during your chosen 15-minute Power Play period.

Step 4: Predict the golden goal & submit your team

In the event that two or more managers are tied on the same number of points at the end of the match, the prize will be awarded to the manager that has made the closest prediction for the minute of the first goal scored.

Once your selection is confirmed, you can make unlimited changes to your team and Power Play period up until the Game Round deadline, which for this weekend is 12pm on Sunday.

Scoring points

Fantasy Six-a-Side offers greater depth and appreciation for performances than any other Fantasy game, rewarding your selections with a more detailed point system.

Fantasy Six-A-Side points scoring breakdown

No longer will you be left pulling you hair out when your players put chances on a plate for their team-mates, only to see them hit row z.

For example, Mesut Ozil racked up 81.5 points in Arsenal's 2-0 victory at Bournemouth last weekend as he was rewarded with 35 points for scoring his side's opening goal, 14 for creating two chances, 25.5 for completing 51 passes, and then two apiece for a successful tackle, interception and winning a foul and another for his successful cross.

For a full explanation of the Fantasy Six-A-Side points system click here.

Merson picks his side

We've called upon the expertise of the Soccer Saturday and Fantasy Football Club pundit Paul Merson to pick his side for the first round. Here's who he's selecting...

Paul Merson's XI: Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey, Marc Albrighton, Robert Huth, Petr Cech

Merse says: "Mesut Ozil's creativity is the key to Arsenal winning this game and he's also scoring more goals, including their opener last weekend. Then, and I'm thinking if Arsenal do go ahead then they could run riot again, so I've got to have Olivier Giroud in there.

"Aaron Ramsey is also sure to rack up plenty of points with his range of passing and decent scoring record and Marc Albrighton is a very underrated player and creates plenty of chances.

"Petr Cech could be a great shout, especially if he comes up against another one of Riyad Mahrez's dodgy penalties, although I would be surprised if they let him take another one after already missing two this year. Then there's Robert Huth who is such a threat when he goes up for corners and has already scored at Man City and Spurs this year."

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