Sky Sports Fantasy Football: Our scout looks at which players you should consider signing this weekend
Thursday 4 December 2014 16:52, UK
Our scout looks at whether the game's new top scorer is worth selecting and offers up four other in-form options.
Harry Kane - £6.7m
The young striker has defied both expectations and his modest price tag to emerge as Tottenham’s first-choice striker this season. A haul of just 32 points is far from a fair reflection of how important he has been for Spurs, with just two of his 10 goals coming in the Premier League. His cup form is now filtering into Sky Sports Fantasy Football points, with 18 in his last four games, while he came agonisingly close to giving Spurs the lead against Chelsea on Wednesday night. With Crystal Palace visiting on Saturday, Kane is worth backing to continue to impress in a side which are showing signs of improvement
Sergio Aguero - £9.8m
Put simply, the Manchester City marksman is the best option for your Sky Sports Fantasy Football side right now. He has racked up 32 points in his last two games thanks to two goals and three assists and back-to-back Sky Sports man-of-the-match awards. Most impressively, this is hardly an upturn in form, with the Argentina star netting 14 times this season to rack up 120 points to date. With Sky Bet rating him just 4/5 to score against Everton on Saturday Night Football, that haul is expected to continue to increase at a rapid rate.
Raheem Sterling - £7.8m
Despite their indifferent form, Liverpool are considered Sky Bet’s biggest banker of the weekend at 1/2 to beat Sunderland, making their line-up worth looking at. Jordan Henderson netted his second goal of the season midweek but still struggles to convince with just 11 goals in 76 Premier League appearances for the Reds. With 76, Raheem Sterling has 20 more points than Henderson, making the extra 0.5m worth paying. His assist on Tuesday night took his tally to five and he is just 11/8 to add to his three goals against the Black Cats. Rickie Lambert has started the last four games in all competitions but the fact that he scored just once in that run means he fails to tempt.
Calum Chambers - £4.9m
Three successive clean sheets in all competitions and four in six in the Premier League makes Arsenal’s backline the most desirable in the Premier League right now. The good news is they have a dirt-cheap option in Chambers, who was expected to play a periphery role in his first season at the Emirates but has featured in all but one game. The question remains as to where he will fit into Arsene Wenger’s defence when all options are fit but for now he is a no-brainer of a buy. With Saturday’s opponents Stoke averaging just a goal a game this season, a fourth successive clean sheet could well be on the cards.
Christian Benteke – 8.1m
At the risk of upsetting Leicester fans, the Foxes are the side to face right now as they head to Villa Park looking to end a nine-match winless run. More relevantly, Nigel Pearson’s men have conceded three times in each of their last two matches, adding appeal to Aston Villa’s star man. Benteke returned from his three-match ban with a sublime strike at Crystal Palace on Tuesday night and is a feared force when confidence is high. If he can stay clear of injuries, there’s no reason Benteke shouldn’t get back to the form which saw him score 19 goals in 2012/13