Mail Sport's FPL predictions: Which explosive bandwagon has fantasy managers purring ahead of Gameweek 7? Who is the 'best value pick in the game'? And can Erik ten Hag finally end his winless run at Aston Villa?

Liverpool person a changeable astatine taking a four-point advantage complete their Premier League title rivals this play arsenic they get america going successful nan 12:30pm Saturday kick-off against Crystal Palace. 

Gameweek 7 besides offers peril if you're connected pinch Manchester United, peculiarly if your sanction is Erik 10 Hag. The Red Devils look a travel to Aston Villa and a antagonistic consequence could spell clip connected nan Dutchman's Old Trafford reign. 

Erling Haaland didn't people past play against Newcastle, judge it aliases not, but still costs you nan prettiest penny retired of each pinch a value of £15.3million. 

Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and Cole Palmer (£10.7m) are nan adjacent priciest, but location are plentifulness of worth picks - and 1 of our experts has named nan champion you tin get. 

Ahead of Saturday's 11am deadline, Mail Sport's experts prime retired nan reddish flags, gamblers, and shoe-ins. Jhon Duran, anyone? 

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool 

Aadam Patel, Sports Reporter and Content Creator 

In 12 matches against Crystal Palace for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) has 8 goals and 5 assists truthful for nan 40-odd percent of FPL managers pinch nan Egyptian successful their side, attacking returns are expected. Only Erling Haaland and Cole Palmer person scored much points this play than Salah’s tally of 59.

Though Liverpool conceded astatine Wolves past Saturday, their defence has been coagulated frankincense far, pinch 4 cleanable sheets retired of six. Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.1m), Ibrahima Konate (£5.2m), Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m) and Andy Robertson (£6.0m) are each successful nan database for nan apical six FPL scoring defenders, alongside Gabriel and Diogo Dalot.

For Palace, nan astir apt way for points will beryllium pinch nan likes of Eberechi Eze (£6.8m) and Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.4m). The brace person much FPL points than immoderate of their teammates and it was Mateta who sewage connected nan scoresheet nan past clip these 2 sides met astatine Selhurst Park.

Prediction: Liverpool to triumph 2-1

Arsenal vs Southampton 

Matthew Lambert, Tennis reporter

The 2nd of 2 plumb location fixtures successful a statement against promoted teams for Arsenal. After freakishly conceding 2 astatine location to Leicester past week they are erstwhile again comfortably nan astir apt squad to support a cleanable expanse this week, pinch bookies projecting astir a 55 per cent chance.

The optimum Arsenal triple-up would beryllium Bukayo Saka (£10.1m), Gabriel Magalhaes (£6.2m) and David Raya (£5.6m) but location are a fewer different options.

For those who cannot spend Gabriel aliases William Saliba (£6.0m), near backmost Riccardo Califiori (£5.8m) is somewhat cheaper and, pinch Oleksandr Zinchenko injured and fittingness doubts complete Jurrien Timber and Ben White, it is difficult to spot him missing galore games.

Midfielders Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli look nicely priced astatine £6.9m apiece. Of nan 2 I would favour nan Brazilian; nan return to fittingness of Merino will put immoderate unit connected Trossard's minutes successful nan centre of midfield.

Kai Havertz (£8.2m) is besides a bully bargain up front, though successful that value bracket I for illustration his northbound London rival Solanke.

As for Southampton, what connected world went connected astatine Bournemouth connected Monday nighttime erstwhile Russell Martin benched Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Diaz and Cameron Archer? All 3 of those person looked for illustration feasible FPL options astatine times this play but Martin is nan meaning of a man who does not cognize his champion team. Taylor Hardwood-Bellis (£4.0m) is simply a decent fund defender but arsenic for immoderate different Southampton assets, conscionable opportunity no.

Prediction: Arsenal to triumph 4-0

Brentford vs Wolves

Wes Prickett (FPL Heisenberg), Fantasy Football Hub expert

Both Nathan Collins (£4.5m) and Bryan Mbeumo (£7.4m) have fantabulous points imaginable astatine location to Wolves successful Gameweek 7 – and their fixtures beyond this Gameweek are favourable too.

Collins has impressed this season, providing accordant attacking threat from set-pieces. Clean sheets person been difficult to travel by, but pinch nan favourable fixtures I deliberation there’s a decent chance of a operation of points successful nan coming weeks for Collins, pinch immoderate cleanable sheets and possibly an attacking return thrown successful too.

Mbeumo remains 1 of nan standout mid-price midfielders. With Brentford’s reliance connected him for goals successful nan absence of Ivan Toney, Mbeumo offers awesome value. He’s connected penalties and he’s sewage awesome extremity and assistance threat from unfastened play.

I besides want to springiness a mention to nan Wolves attacking wing-back Rayan Ait-Nouri (£4.4m). He made my Wildcard squad past gameweek and scored a pat in, beautiful overmuch taking up nan centre guardant position for his extremity vs Liverpool. His attacking threat, inexpensive value and immoderate favourable fixtures connected nan sky makes Ait-Nouri 1 for nan watchlist for sure.

Prediction: Brentford to triumph 2-1

Leicester vs Bournemouth

Lewis Steele, Merseyside shot reporter 

Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo (£5.7m) looks for illustration 1 of nan bargain options of nan season. He has struggled for consistency successful nan Premier League but seems to person recovered it now, pinch 4 of his six games truthful acold seeing returns of 5 points aliases above, including a extremity against southbound seashore rivals Southampton connected Monday night.

Another Cherries prime could beryllium to get up of nan curve pinch striker Evanilson (£5.9m), who signed from Porto for large money successful nan summertime to switch Dominic Solanke. He has looked crisp and opened his convention relationship connected Monday. With Leicester looking mediocre this season, don’t stake against him to people again here.

According to nan fixture trouble standing (FDR), Leicester person 4 greenish games coming up starting present earlier matches against Southampton, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich. While they whitethorn not triumph each four, Jamie Vardy (£5.7m) could beryllium worthy taking a punt on. The seasoned striker has 2 goals this play and will beryllium looking for much successful nan coming weeks.

Prediction: 2-2 draw

Man City vs Fulham  

James Sharpe, Mail Sport shot writer and co-host of nan Fantasy Island podcast

All aboard nan Phil Foden (£9.2m) bandwagon. Ding-ding, tickets please.

The Manchester City midfielder made conscionable his 2nd commencement of nan play connected Tuesday nighttime and notched a extremity and an assistance successful nan Champions League against Slovan Bratislava.

Foden was a important cog successful Pep Guardiola’s instrumentality past play and returned immoderate monster hauls, including 2 hat-tricks passim nan run – 1 of which was connected my wedding time erstwhile I’d benched him.

He’s hardly featured this season, though, owed to wounded and unwellness but is yet starting to look for illustration he’s fresh to occurrence – and astatine conscionable nan correct time.

Getting nan correct Man City assets is cardinal complete nan caller fewer gameweeks pinch nan champions astir to embark connected 1 of nan champion fixture runs you could ever want, starting pinch Fulham astatine location this weekend.

After that, it’s bottommost broadside Wolves (a), second-from-bottom Southampton astatine nan Etihad, nan 2 trips to nan southbound seashore against Bournemouth and past nan Brighton precocious statement that Cole Palmer conscionable scored 4 against.

So, it’s a lawsuit of which 2 aliases three. Erling Haaland (£15.3m), obviously. The extremity instrumentality leads nan Fantasy Football Hub points predictions for this week pinch 8.8, nan adjacent 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, five, six, 7 and eight-week periods. Yes, he costs £15.3million but alternatively you than maine person to watch City’s upcoming fixtures without him.

A batch of managers will past person either Josko Gvardiol (£5.9m), who rewarded those who brought him successful connected wildcard pinch a extremity successful GW6, aliases nan cheaper Rico Lewis (£4.7m), who tin move into midfield and whose positioning successful nan Champions League conflict was remarkably attacking. ‘The measurement Rico is playing, location are nary words,’ said Guardiola aft nan game. ‘He does everything'. His comments will nary uncertainty springiness FPL managers religion of a commencement successful GW7.

Foden, astatine his best, is an explosive 3rd action pinch a monster ceiling. I’d beryllium very tempted by him if I hadn’t blown my wildcard past week. He conscionable has to beryllium starting. And that, pinch Pep, is truthful often nan conundrum.

Prediction: Man City to triumph 4-0

West Ham vs Ipswich

Luke Power, Sports reporter

Both of these sides are successful hopeless request of a triumph considering they've managed 1 betwixt them this season, that coming for West Ham complete Crystal Palace backmost successful August. 

Ipswich striker Liam Delap (£5.6m) is nan astir in-form it gets for these 2 strugglers, pinch 3 goals successful his past 4 games including a brace against Aston Villa past weekend.  He's sewage nan highest shape people of 4.7 coming into this 1 and pinch fixtures against Everton, Brentford, and Leicester to follow, you could drawback him earlier a imaginable emergence successful value. 

West Ham are looking leaky and limp this season, truthful I wouldn't hasten to person galore of their players successful my squad. Julen Lopetegui is already nether unit - conceding 5 to Liverpool and 3 to Chelsea precocious is not a bully look.

But this is, connected paper, nan easiest fixture for nan Hammers. Jarrod Bowen (£7.4m) has a constituent to beryllium aft being axed from Lee Carsley's England squad and seeing his worth drop. He's sewage 2 goals and an assistance and you'd expect him to measurement up astatine immoderate constituent - but a shape standing of 3.0 is simply a agelong changeable from his price. 

Prediction: 2-2 draw  

Everton vs Newcastle

Jian Batra, Fantasy Football Hub expert

Predicting this consequence is, I would say, 1 of nan hardest calls of nan play for maine truthful far. Perhaps to your surprise, I'm predicting a Toffees triumph present - though I’ve fixed a batch of weight to location advantage, and Newcastle missing Alexander Isak.

Ideally, Newcastle wouldn’t want to trust connected Jacob Murphy astatine correct helping and would opt for personification much creative. But, I expect him to commencement successful nan Swede’s absence.

With Everton having 2 very beingness centre back’s, and fixed I ideate nan statement won’t beryllium excessively high, I tin spot them giving Anthony Gordon (£7.3m) a reasonably difficult game. He's successful a rich | vein of shape though, and it would beryllium a brave man to stake against him uncovering a measurement to score.

In position of Everton’s attack, Dwight McNeil (£5.6m) is nan standout prime fixed his form, but we should not hide astir Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.9m) too, fixed nan fundamentals he possesses arsenic an asset. I undoubtedly expect Everton to person immoderate chances, fixed Eddie Howe is very improbable to group up successful nan measurement he did against City.

I’m going pinch a spot of a gut emotion here, arsenic it's a very reliable 1 to predict. But I tin spot Everton profiting successful modulation against nan visitors.

Prediction: Everton to triumph 2-1

Aston Villa vs Man United 

Ben Willcocks, Assistant Sports Editor

The temper and ambiance astatine each respective nine couldn't beryllium further from each different up of Sunday's conflict astatine Villa Park. Unai Emery's broadside will still beryllium flying precocious aft their 1-0 triumph complete Bayern Munich successful nan Champions League, while Manchester United are 4 games without a triumph pursuing Thursday's 3-3 tie pinch Porto.

Ollie Watkins (£9.1m) has been Emery's go-to man successful onslaught truthful acold this play and pinch bully reason, contempt Jhon Duran's accordant heroics from nan substitutes bench. The England guardant has six FPL returns complete his past 4 fixtures and would beryllium my prime for nan astir points successful this clash, fixed Villa will beryllium eager to push United connected nan backmost ft from nan outset.

Morgan Rogers (£5.2m) is still, successful my opinion, nan champion worth prime successful nan crippled - offering absurd points imaginable astatine his bargain price. He whitethorn not person nan aforesaid extremity threat arsenic Watkins but astatine almost half nan price, he's good worthy a look.

Finally, if I were punting connected a Manchester United player, I'd person to put my religion successful Marcus Rashford (£6.9m). Erik 10 Hag bizarrely revealed he brought nan goal-scorer disconnected astatine half-time against Porto owed to 'rotation', each but confirming his spot successful nan starting line-up against Villa.

Prediction: Aston Villa to triumph 3-1

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest 

Abdul Rehman (FPL Salah), Fantasy Football Hub expert

Chelsea are successful a awesome tally of shape correct now, winning their past 4 games successful each competitions while scoring 13 successful that period.

So acold successful nan convention they person netted nan astir goals (15) and it’s not a immense astonishment fixed nan players they person successful attack.

However Nottingham Forest won’t beryllium a walkover arsenic they are rather a robust defence. They person only conceded 5 goals (second-least) and besides boast nan 4th champion xGC (5.9).

In nan onslaught Chris Wood (£6.2m) has been successful bully form, bagging 3 goals successful his first six and we besides recovered retired that he is now nan first prime punishment taker. If Forest get thing from this fixture it’s apt nan Kiwi will beryllium nan 1 involved.

However, nan shape Cole Palmer (£10.7m) is in, it’s going to return thing typical to support him quiet and he has some goals and assists successful his locker.

He has proven himself to beryllium an elite FPL plus and contempt nan tricky fixture nan 22-year-old will beryllium nan favourite to prime up attacking returns successful this fixture.

I besides deliberation Enzo Maresca’s broadside are apt to prime a cleanable expanse here. Forest don’t people galore goals and Chelsea person managed 2 cleanable sheets successful their past three.

Malo Gusto (£4.9m) returned from wounded past week, playing nan afloat 90 minutes. He could profit present astatine some ends of nan transportation arsenic he has sewage a adjacent spot of attacking threat. He picked up six assists past play successful only 19 starts truthful I for illustration nan look of him for Gameweek 7.

Prediction: Chelsea to triumph 2-0

Brighton vs Tottenham 

Nathan Salt, Manchester United correspondent

While Ange Postecoglou’s broadside won’t get a broadside rolling complete to person their tummy tickled for illustration Manchester United routinely look to do, assurance is entity precocious for nan Londoners.

It’s difficult to look past Brennan Johnson (£6.4m) correct now. The Welshman is 1 of nan league’s astir in-form players and only further elevated his banal pinch nan victor against Ferencvaros successful nan Europa League.

Brighton are a batch of imagination nosy successful that they tin some people a batch - but besides concede a batch too. Georginio Rutter (£5.5m) is a differential prime operating successful nan No 10 domiciled and is 1 that could beryllium a clever prime up.

Prediction: Tottenham to triumph 2-1

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