Gameweek 25 Fantasy Preview

Carlos Vela
An interesting fantasy bargain after his loan move to West Brom.

The transfer market is finally heated in these final days as several deals are confirmed, including:

• Demba Ba (Hoffenheim to West Ham)
• Sulley Muntari (Inter to Sunderland, loan)
• John Carew (Aston Villa to Stoke, loan)
• Carlos Vela (Arsenal to West Brom, loan)

Among them, I believe Vela should perform well in the club with same attacking tendency and become fantasy studs.

Anyway, there's still 48 hours before the transfer market closes and we shall wait and see for the grand finale - Torres transfer saga. It is understood that Dalglish is willing to let the Spaniard go with a fee of £42m plus Anelka.

As a reminder, there will be four gameweek doubles in Gw27 and one each in Gw28 and Gw29. Plan your transfers nicely.

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PART I: PRE-MATCH ANALYSES

His presence greatly boosts Villa's damage to the opponents.

Manchester United v Aston Villa
Aston Villa has drawn Man Utd in the reverse tie this season, and they will have enough confidence to repeat it again in the presence of Darren Bent.

As soon as the Englishman arrived Villa has got two consecutive victories which shot them away from relegation zone. Bent simply attracts defenders and that means that Villa attackers like Downing and Ashley Young will have more space to attack. Smart bargain from Houllier.

However a trip to Old Trafford has never been easy. Sir Alex Ferguson will most likely welcome the return of his best back four, with Ferdinand back from injury and Rafael back from suspension. This will double the difficulty for the Villans to score.

Although Villa is now stronger than ever this season, but with Berbatov hitting top form, I still believe that United can win this one. Either a narrow victory or draw for them.

Prediction: Man Utd 2-1 Aston Villa

The Rest

• Arsenal v Everton (1-0) - Tough game for the Gunners, but they should win it if they want to be remained in contention for the title.
• Sunderland v Chelsea (2-2) - The Black Cats have beaten City and held up Man Utd and Arsenal at home, so why not against the Blues?
• West Brom v Wigan (3-2) - Attack attack attack! I'm in favour of home side which had just recruited Vela.
• Birmingham v Man City (0-2) - Same as Arsenal, they simply need to win to at least maintain the gap against Man Utd.
• Blackburn v Tottenham (1-2) - Bale will absent, but Pienaar is there to replace him.
• Blackpool v West Ham (2-1) - A good chance for the Tangerines to improve their awful home record.
• Bolton v Wolves (1-1) - Bolton has been hitting lows recently, and I'm not so sure that they can bounce back against fine-form Wolves.
• Fulham v Newcastle (2-1) - It seems that Mark Hughes has found his winning formula.
• Liverpool v Stoke City (2-0) - Pass and move, and Liverpool beats Stoke.

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PART II: SQUAD SELECTIONS

Peter Odemwingie
One goal in each half?

Captain Picks

• Odemwingie - Great opportunity to get a brace against Wigan.
• Dempsey - Serves ultimate importance for Fulham.
• Meireles - His form bursts as fast as a burning volcano.

Buys-In

• Vela - Should make it through to the Baggies' starting XI.

Sells-Out

• Bale - May need a surgery for his injury.

Squad of XV

GK: Hart

DF: Kelly, Hangeland, Rafael

MF: Van der Vaart, Dempsey, Meireles, Adam, Malouda

F: Van Persie, Odemwingie(C)

Subs (in order): Szczesny, Gyan, Djourou, Kolarov

Captain: Odemwingie

Emergency Captain: Value