Happy New Year and welcome to AM’s Perfect XI - Week 20 player picks. This column focuses on Togga’s Perfect XI game, which you can play via their IOS and Android app. Find the apps here and make sure you update regularly to take advantage of the constant enhancements: https://www.playtogga.com
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Each week I provide a Perfect XI of my own for the upcoming gameweek, recommending 11 players to consider along with some honourable mentions. The players listed won’t necessarily be the exact 11 selected for my own Perfect XI fantasy side. The point of this column isn’t to tell you exactly who to pick; it’s to present some ideas and get your brain whirring. I’ll be listing a combination of the must-haves and slightly riskier options, alongside the odd hunch. Hopefully you’ll find this useful whether you’re playing Togga’s game or looking at potential transfers for your official Fantasy Premier League team.
Week 20 is upon us already with the matches kicking off at 12:30 GMT on Monday 2nd January. There is a small issue - at time of writing you can’t actually pick your Week 20 Perfect XI team because we’re still waiting for Week 19 to finish. It will become available in the Togga app later today!
The quick turnaround plus family commitments over the New Year means a reduced format to the column today, as I simply provide a list of the players I’m considering for my Week 20 side. Normal service will resume in Week 21.
Your fixtures ...
MONDAY 2ND JANUARY 2017
Middlesbrough v Leicester City
Everton v Southampton
Manchester City v Burnley
Sunderland v Liverpool
West Brom v Hull City
West Ham v Manchester United
TUESDAY 3RD JANUARY 2017
Bournemouth v Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Swansea City
Stoke City v Watford
WEDNESDAY 4TH JANUARY 2017
Tottenham v Chelsea
Manchester City, Liverpool, West Brom, Stoke and Crystal Palace look to have the best match-ups for this week, so based on that I’ll be considering the following players ...
KEEPERS
Ben Foster - at home to Hull.
Honourable Mentions: Claudio Bravo at home to Burnley, Lee Grant at home to Watford
DEFENDERS
Scott Dann - at home to Swansea
Gareth McAuley - at home to Hull
Dejan Lovern - away at Sunderland
Ryan Shawcross - at home to Watford
Honourable Mentions: Nicolas Otamendi at home to Bournemouth, Laurent Koscielny away at Bournemouth, Antonio Valencia away at West Ham, Marcos Alonso away at Spurs
MIDFIELDERS
Wilfried Zaha - at home to Swansea
Adam Lallana - away at Sunderland
Kevin De Bruyne - at home to Burnley
Matt Phillips - at home to Hull
Honourable Mentions: Paul Pogba away at West Ham, Sadio Mane away at Sunderland, Joe Allen at home to Watford, Eden Hazard away at Spurs
STRIKERS
Sergio Aguero - at home to Burnley
Christian Benteke - at home to Swansea
Honourable Mentions: Salomon Rondon at home to Hull, Roberto Firmino away at Sunderland, Marko Arnautovic at home to Watford, Zlatan Ibrahimovic away at West Ham
That’s it for Week 20. Check out the Rotoworld Features page to see a whole bunch of great content to get you ready for the festive period ahead. Feel free to comment below to us know how you’re getting on so far. And of course, good luck to all managers this week.
