Angered by their shock defeat to Norwich, Man City orchestrated a merciless beating on Watford. Their 8-0 hammering almost made the Hornets look back fondly on May’s FA Cup final defeat, a day when City stopped at six. Whereas last time saw Kevin De Bruyne (£9.9m) benched, this time it was the week’s most-captained player Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), who missed out alongside Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m). Without him, four City players scored 15+ hauls – De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m), Nicolas Otamendi (£5.5m) and hat-trick hero Bernardo Silva (£7.8m).



5 - Manchester City's five goals after just 18 minutes is the fastest any side has ever gone 5-0 ahead in a @premierleague match in the competition's history. Ridiculous. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 21, 2019

This goal difference boost won’t mean anything unless Liverpool start dropping points. They didn’t on Sunday, holding on to a 2-1 win away at Chelsea. Elsewhere, a late James Maddison (£7.1m) goal saw Leicester beat Spurs whilst Man United disappointed once again, losing 2-0 at West Ham. Aaron Cresswell (£4.9m) brought in 14 points, as Sheffield Utd’s John Lundstram (£4.4m) assisted and kept a clean sheet during their win at Everton. For many managers, those 12 points stayed on their bench.

John Lundstram putting it on a plate 🤤 pic.twitter.com/WqKD4KW2ab — Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) September 23, 2019

GAMEWEEK 7 FIXTURES Saturday 28th September Sheffield Utd v Liverpool (12:30) Aston Villa v Burnley (15:00) Bournemouth v West Ham (15:00) Chelsea v Brighton (15:00) Crystal Palace v Norwich (15:00) Spurs v Southampton (15:00) Wolves v Watford (15:00) Everton v Man City (17:30) Sunday 29th September Leicester v Newcastle (16:30) Monday 30th September Man Utd v Arsenal (20:00) ABRAHAM AND THE MOUNT Chelsea have entertained this season, with 25 goals taking place in their six games. Only Liverpool and Man City have scored more; only Norwich and Watford have conceded more. Whilst that may diminish the appeal of the very affordable Fikayo Tomori (£4.5m), it has led to a huge rise in ownership for Tammy Abraham (£7.4m) and Mason Mount (£6.5m). Until N’Golo Kante’s (£5.0m) strike on Sunday, every Chelsea goal this season had been scored by an under-21 English player and this duo contributed to 10 of the 11. Having already faced Man United and Liverpool, FPL managers will be encouraged by the fantastic fixture run for Frank Lampard’s side. Only one of their next 11 matches is against a fellow ‘Big Six’ member, with an immediate run of Brighton (H), Southampton (a), Newcastle (H), Burnley (a), Watford (a) and Crystal Palace (H). Great fixtures and brilliant attacking form at bargain prices. It’s time to collect Chelsea assets. VILLA LOSE ANOTHER THRILLER Sunday was the second time this season that Aston Villa have taken an early lead in North London, only to end up losing late on. Here, they took the lead on two occasions through John McGinn (£5.6m) and Wesley (£6.0m), before succumbing to Arsenal in the latter minutes. Despite these defeats, Villa should feel optimistic about their start to the season and can build on this with three promising matches.

SCOUT: John McGinn (£5.6m) scores for the second time this season



Only three midfielders have taken more shots than his 17. Aston Villa's next three fixtures are rated 3 or below on the FDR...#FPL #ARSAVL pic.twitter.com/dToVnUVPLs — Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) September 22, 2019