
Captain Bowen for final-day fling - FPL team of the week
Pack your team with players whose teams have something to play for on the final day of the season, writes Thomas Woods.
Everyone could really do with a Free Hit on the final day of the FPL season.
Arsenal and Manchester City now have nothing to play for and chances are your teams are packed full of their players.
Throw in Aston Villa, Manchester United - except Bruno Fernandes - and a host of other teams who will be looking to the end of the season.
Therefore it makes sense to play your FPL assets from teams still chasing Europe or take a punt on someone involved in the Tottenham-West Ham relegation tussle.
The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
When your captain starts on the bench, you know it is going to be a bad week - 39 points.
Looking at all the games on the final day, it might be Burnley who have the best chance of a clean sheet.
Wolves have still only scored seven away goals this season in 18 matches.
Weiss seems to be Burnley's new number one and, if you're worried about David Raya being rested, he could be a decent one-week replacement.
Adrien Truffert, Bournemouth, £4.7m - Nottingham Forest (a)
Since week 29, no other defender has more FPL points than Truffert's 60.
He's offered a huge attacking threat - one goal and three assists in that time - while also gathering bonus and the odd defensive contribution points.
Bournemouth have something to play for while Forest players will have one eye on the beach.
Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, £6m - Brentford (h)
I'm not sure Liverpool keep a clean sheet against Brentford but the final day is rarely a spot for many of those anyway.
So pick a man who has scored more goals (six) and had more big chances (12) than any other defender in the league and hope for an attacking return.
Antonee Robinson, Fulham, £4.9m - Newcastle (h)
If Harry Wilson doesn't start for Fulham again, Robinson is going to be on penalties.
Newcastle are the joint second-lowest scorers away from home this season and have nothing to play for either.
Robinson could return at both ends of the pitch.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £10.4m - Nottingham Forest (h)
Chasing the outright Premier League assists record, Fernandes is not a player worth dropping for the final day.
He's guaranteed to start, while so many other big-money assets could be rested.
Crysencio Summerville, West Ham, £5.4m - Leeds (h)
The Dutchman hasn't scored in six games but he has explosive potential, as shown by his run of four goals in four games earlier in the season.
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Source: BBC Sport Football



