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GOALKEEPER
Thibaut Courtois, CHE vs. EVE ($5,200): Can Chelsea end Romelu Lukaku's goal streak? Chelsea have now kept clean sheets against Hull, Leicester, Manchester United and Southampton in their last four matches. What happened? Manager Antonio Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation, which he previously used with Juventus and Italy. Chelsea are reinvigorated and Courtois has found his form in goal, keeping six consecutive clean sheets for club and country.
Tom Heaton, BUR v. CRY ($4,700): After yet another spectacular performance, Heaton draws a matchup where his save upside will be massive. 11 saves and a clean sheet may be beyond the bounds of reasonable expectation, but Crystal Palace take plenty of shots from distance, which should present Heaton with a good opportunity to make plenty of saves.
DEFENDER
Joel Ward, CRY at BUR ($4,800): Ward has managed solid attacking stats against good squads in Liverpool, Leicester, Everton and Tottenham, and even though they are away, Crystal Palace should dominate possession and most stats against a weak Burnley side. In the past five weeks Ward has 18 crosses, three shots and one assist.
Marcos Alonso, CHE v. EVE ($4,600): Starting at left wingback in each of Chelsea's four clean sheets in October, Alonso has been a key cog in their recent run of form. In the four games, he's averaged 11.75 fantasy points per outing, though that does include the clean-sheet bonuses.
David Luiz, CHE v. EVE ($3,500): Part of the brilliance of Conte's system is that it allows the centerbacks to join the attack from time to time. This fits the versatile Luiz to a tee, as he's up to seven shots (two on goal) since joining Chelsea. The prayer of a goal is just that, but if you need a cheap defender, he fits the bill and could round out a stack of the Chelsea defense.
MIDFIELDER
Dimitri Payet, WHU v. STK ($9,300): No player is more important to his team as Payet is to West Ham. That hasn't been enough for the Hammers of late, but the return of a legitimate goal threat in Andre Ayew should give the French international that last needed piece to provide his full attacking arsenal. He does it all, and by season's end could very well be West Ham's leader in goals, assists, shots, crosses and fouls drawn. Stoke have improved their form of late, but they are still vulnerable at the back and will be the underdog as they travel to London.
Eden Hazard, CHE v. EVE ($9,100): The change in formation has also brought great improvement for Hazard, who's already surpassed his goal total from last season. He's now scored in five consecutive matches for club and country, while also picking up his crossing rate, with Conte choosing to keep Pedro on for Willian which puts Hazard onto corner kicks.
Adnan Januzaj, SUN v. BOU ($6,000): Januzaj will stand over corner and free kicks now that he'sback from injury, while the experienced Jermain Defoe will retain duty over penalties. Prior to missing time with injury, Januzaj had tallied eight shots (two on target), 30 crosses and 11 fouls drawn in six appearances (five starts).
FORWARD
Sergio Aguero, MCI v. MID ($9,200): Aguero and company come in fresh off beating Barcelona in the Champions League, a massive result as City look to make their impression on the world. Aguero is the primary attacking threat for City, and while his goal scoring is his foremost attribute, he did provide a key assist in the victory over Barcelona. He scored twice on five shots at West Brom last weekend and now faces an even more favorable opponent Saturday.
Callum Wilson, BOU vs. SUN ($6,600): In a rare tilt where the Cherries are favored, it could be a good place to grab their top goal scorer. His total of three this season isn't great, but two came in October and this is arguably the best matchup he's seen all season against the only winless team left in the league.
Andre Ayew, WHU vs. STK ($5,600): An early season injury has kept him off the field, but we finally get to see if Ayew can take his 12-goal form from last year at Swansea and transfer it to West Ham, as he'll be their primary goal-scoring threat in the short term.
