The Scout is tipping four players for big success in Gameweek 23 of 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League ahead of Saturday's 11:00 GMT deadline, to help managers gain an edge over their mini-league rivals.
Antoine Semenyo (Man City) £7.6m
Pep Guardiola has wasted no time in integrating Semenyo into the Manchester City side, starting the former Bournemouth winger in each of City's first three matches since the Ghanaian's move.
Having scored in the two cup ties preceding Gameweek 22, Semenyo was the only City attacking midfielder or forward to last the full 90 minutes in the Manchester derby.
As Semenyo is ineligible for City's final two UEFA Champions League matches in the league phase, there's little worry about any fatigue-led rotation in Gameweeks 23 and 24, at the very least. The ties against Bodo/Glimt and Galatasaray fall on either side of the next two Gameweeks in FPL.
Guardiola desperately needs goals from his midfield to complement the efforts of Erling Haaland (£15.1m). Over the last four Gameweeks, just one City player other than Haaland has scored.
As the Premier League's third-highest goalscorer, behind only Haaland and Igor Thiago (£7.2m), Semenyo can ease the burden on the Norwegian.
City's Gameweek 23 opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers, have improved recently under Rob Edwards, but are still without a Premier League clean sheet away from home this season.
Kevin Schade (Brentford) £7.1m
Only one Premier League player can better Thiago for Expected Goal Involvement (xGI) over the last six Gameweeks, and that's his team-mate Schade.
The German has amassed xGI of 5.48 from Gameweek 17 onwards, with 4.99 of that coming from his own shots. Only Ollie Watkins (£8.8m) can better Schade's total of eight big chances - or situations where a player is expected to score - in that time.
This is no flash in the pan, either, as Schade is Fantasy's leading midfielder for Expected Goals (xG) over the entirety of 2025/26.
The winger particularly enjoys playing at home. All six of his goals, and two of his four assists, have come at the Gtech Community Stadium. Consequently, he averages 6.2 points per home match.
Nottingham Forest are the next side to visit west London in Gameweek 23.
Beyond that, the Bees' fixtures stiffen in Gameweeks 24-26. However, it should be noted that Schade has delivered more attacking returns against top-half teams (six) than he has against sides sitting 11th or below (four).
It suggests the Germany international could be a longer-term hold beyond this weekend.
Brian Brobbey (Sunderland) £5.5m
Sunderland's budget forward could be an astute buy for the next two Gameweeks to help to free up funds to be spent elsewhere.
Brobbey is in good form, having scored twice in his last three Premier League appearances, and he'll surely get chances to add to that tally in two great fixtures over Gameweeks 23-24.
First up is a trip to West Ham United, who are the only club yet to keep a single home clean sheet this season. No side have shipped more goals on their own soil than the Hammers, conceding on 25 occasions across 11 home matches.
A week later, Burnley visit the Stadium of Light. The Clarets haven't registered a single shutout on the road, letting in 27 goals.
Robert Sanchez (Chelsea) £4.9m
Chelsea's next five matches all score three or less in the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR).
Chelsea's next five matches
| GW | Opp. | FDR* |
| 23 | Crystal Palace (A) | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | West Ham (H) | 2 |
| 25 | Wolves (A) | 2 |
| 26 | Leeds (H) | 2 |
| 27 | Burnley (H) | 2 |
*1=easiest possible fixture, 5=hardest possible fixture
All five of their upcoming opponents are in the bottom half of the table for goals scored in 2025/26, too.
The Blues first visit out-of-form Crystal Palace, who have scored a league-low seven goals over the last 10 Gameweeks.
Fantasy managers ought to consider a representative from the Chelsea backline, then, especially as the Blues' tally of nine clean sheets is bettered only by the 11 of Arsenal.
With new head coach Liam Rosenior prepared to welcome Axel Disasi back into the first-team fold, and Chelsea potentially seeking to add to their centre-back options in the January transfer window, perhaps the safest route into Chelsea's defence is their goalkeeper, Sanchez.
The Spain international is fresh from off an 11-point haul in Gameweek 22, which lifted him to fourth in the goalkeeper standings.
Indeed, if we discount his Gameweek 5 appearance, in which he was sent off early on, Sanchez averages 4.4 points per match (ppm) this season. Among goalkeepers, that's behind only the 4.5ppm of Jordan Pickford (£5.6m).