The Scout is tipping four players for big success in Gameweek 28 of 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League ahead of Friday's 18:30 GMT deadline, to help managers gain an edge over their mini-league rivals.
Hugo Ekitike (Liverpool) £8.9m
Liverpool forward Ekitike might be without a goal in his three appearances, but all signs point to him rediscovering his scoring touch soon.
Over the last six Gameweeks, no player can better his total of 21 shots.
The Frenchman also leads the way for big chances, with nine.
Ekitike's Expected Goal Involvement (xGI) tally of 4.32 is second only to Cole Palmer (£10.6m) over the last six Gameweeks. The Chelsea midfielder's own total of 6.17 has been inflated due to three penalties.
It's not just the underlying numbers that bode well for Liverpool's top goalscorer, but also the upcoming fixtures.
The Reds' next three opponents are all in the bottom five of the Premier League. And according to the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR), where the difficulty of each fixture is ranked from one to five (with one being the easiest possible match and five being the hardest), none of their next seven matches score more than three.
Liverpool's next seven PL matches
| GW | Opp. | FDR* |
| 28 | West Ham (H) | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Wolves (A) | 2 |
| 30 | Spurs (H) | 3 |
| 31 | Brighton (A) | 3 |
| 32 | Fulham (H) | 2 |
| 33 | Everton (A) | 3 |
| 34 | Crystal Palace (H) | 3 |
*1=easiest possible fixture, 5=hardest possible fixture
Igor Thiago (Brentford) £7.1m
Brentford's 17-goal striker is in a similar run of form to Ekitike, having blanked in five of the last six Gameweeks.
But like his fellow forward, strong underlying data and favourable fixtures point to an imminent return to goalscoring ways.
An xGI of 3.26 over the last six Gameweeks, the fourth-best among forwards, suggests that Thiago's owners have been unfortunate to have only one goal to show for it.
Further encouragement can be found in the fixture list.
Six of Brentford's next eight opponents are in the bottom seven for goals conceded this season, as you can see in the table below.
Brentford's next eight opponents and how many goals they've conceded this season
| GW | Opp. | Goals conceded (League rank) |
| 28 | Burnley (A) | 52 (20th) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Bournemouth (A) | 45 (16th) |
| 30 | Wolves (H) | 51 (19th) |
| 31 | Leeds (A) | 46 (17th) |
| 32 | Everton (H) | 31 (4th=) |
| 33 | Fulham (H) | 41 (14th=) |
| 34 | Man Utd (A) | 37 (10th=) |
| 35 | West Ham (H) | 49 (18th) |
While matches against Everton and Man Utd may be trickier on paper, Thiago scored a combined five goals against these two sides in the reverse fixtures.
He also bagged a brace in his previous meeting with his next opponents, Burnley.
Harry Wilson (Fulham) £5.9m
Fantasy managers who are contemplating a Gameweek 32 Wildcard will be looking at four-week picks before that point.
Wilson fits the bill, with none of his next four matches ranking any higher than three in the FDR.
And three of those four fixtures are at home, where he's scored six of his eight league goals in 2025/26.
Indeed, Wilson averages an excellent 5.8 points per start at Craven Cottage this season.
The Welsh winger delivered an impressive two goals, three assists and 33 points in the reverse fixtures of his next four matches, too.
How Wilson performed against his Gameweek 28-31 opponents in reverse fixtures
| GW | Opp. | Points in reverse fixture |
| 28 | Spurs (H) | 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | West Ham (H) | 5 |
| 30 | Nottingham Forest (A) | 2 |
| 31 | Burnley (H) | 16 |
James Hill (AFC Bournemouth) £4.1m
Hill is making a case to be the best budget defender in Fantasy at present.
He's not blanked in his last five appearances, delivering 35 points over Gameweeks 23-27. Only two defenders, Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m) and Nico O'Reilly (£5.0m), can better that.
Hill's run in the Bournemouth starting XI stretches back to December, a nine-match period in which the Cherries have lost only once. His place in Andoni Iraola's line-up looks fairly secure for now, then.
The 24-year-old has helped Bournemouth to clean sheets in two of their last four matches.
But it's the other routes to points that separate the centre-back from his low-cost peers.
Hill has three assists across his last five starts, for instance. His excellent distribution from the back and his role as the Cherries' long-throw specialist could mean more attacking returns to come.
Defensive contribution points are likelier, however. In fact, since he became established as a regular starter in Gameweek 19, Hill is even outdoing centre-back partner Marcos Senesi (£4.9m) in that department.
Hill v Senesi: Defensive contributions, GW19-27
| Total defensive contributions | Defensive contribution points | |
| Hill | 112 | 14 |
|---|---|---|
| Senesi | 92 | 10 |
It's not too late to buy Hill, either.
In Gameweek 28, Bournemouth host to Sunderland, who are ranked second-bottom for goals scored in away matches this season. The Black Cats have managed just six goals in their 13 matches on the road.
For owners of Sunderland defender Nordi Mukiele (£4.6m), who is set to be ruled out for two-to-four weeks with a calf injury, Hill looks like a ready-made replacement.