Replace your Aston Villa and Crystal Palace players before they BLANK in Gameweek 28

ALL but two of the 20 Premier League clubs have one fixture to fulfil in Gameweek 28.

This weekend will host eight top flight fixtures as well as the Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Newcastle at Wembley.

As a result, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace are set to start the international break early.

Dream TeamEze and Rogers are among the players on the way out in Dream Team this week[/caption]

Consequently, popular Dream Team assets such as Morgan Rogers (£3.9m), Ollie Watkins (£5.2m) and Marc Guehi (£4m) will BLANK this coming Gameweek.

Gaffers must find replacements for these players or make their peace with zero-pointers.

MOST POPULAR ASTON VILLA AND CRYSTAL PALACE PLAYERS (% OWNERSHIP)

26.5% – Morgan Rogers

20.8% – Ollie Watkins

20.6% – Emi Martinez

11.2% – Lucas Digne

9.4% – Marc Guehi

8.3% – Eberechi Eze

8.1% – Marcus Rashford

7.9% – Youri Tielemans

5.9% – Marco Asensio

5.4% – Dean Henderson

There’s no doubt about it, these blanks are inconvenient to say the least.

Asensio and Watkins were both among the five most recruited players ahead of Gameweek 27 as many Dream Team bosses intended to target the Villains’ double header against Brentford and Club Brugge – a perfectly logical strategy.

But gaffers who opted for such a ploy will have to ditch those very same players before Saturday’s 1:30pm deadline.

PAAsensio has been a popular man of late but a blank Gameweek is a significant hurdle[/caption]

And it may be a case of the hokey-cokey as Villa assets will probably be popular again during the international break as Unai Emery’s side are one of just seven teams with two fixtures to fulfil in Gameweek 29: Preston (a) and Brighton (a).

In, out, in, out…

Crystal Palace are also among the septet with two games scheduled for Gameweek 29: Fulham (a) and Southampton (a).

There’s no easier opponent than Saints in the Premier League this season and so the likes of Daniel Munoz (£5.3m) and Jean Philippe-Mateta (£4.5m) should be considered among the best options once the Eagles’ blank Gameweek is out of the way.

PAMunoz is Dream Team’s second-best defender right now[/caption]

Some gaffers may be in the unfortunate position of having more Villa and Palace players than transfers available for Gameweek 28.

In such cases, it might be wise to ditch those most vulnerable to price drops.

For example, Watkins banked ten points against the Bees at the weekend while Rashford settled for just two points.

The outlook may change after Wednesday night’s game at Villa Park but at the stage the former is almost certainly set for a price increase whereas the latter will probably decrease in value.

For some, Gameweek 28 might be about damage limitation.

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