Gameweek 20 Fantasy Preview

Cesc Fabregas
Lead the Gunners to win easily against Chelsea.

On contrary to last weekend, snow damaged me a lot this gameweek with figures from the city of Liverpool like Torres and Tim Cahill all absent. Compounded with Nani's illness, I scored the worst gameweek score this season.

Credits to Arsenal for easing a 3-1 victory against Chelsea and making the latter suffer their worst league run since 1999 - six points from eight matches. The Blues' title hunt is officially over - they are now six points behind with one match disadvantage.

A friendly reminder: remember to top up Liverpool players (perhaps Blackpool as well) as they will have two gameweek doubles on January, summing a total of six league matches on the first month of 2011.

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PART I: PRE-MATCH ANALYSES

Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres
Will they fire up against one of the league's worst defences?

All Games

• Man City v Aston Villa (2-1) - City has just settled their internal problems while the Villans are facing a downhill fall.
• Stoke City v Fulham (2-0) - The home team obviously has better form.
• Sunderland v Blackpool (2-0) - The Black Cats will transfer all their frustrations on the Seasiders.
• Tottenham v Newcastle (3-1) - Expect demolition from the home side.
• West Brom v Blackburn (2-1) - I don't think Steve Kean can fill up the boots of Sam Allardyce.
• West Ham v Everton (1-1) - West Ham will strive to continue their victory but that is too hard against Tim Cahill's team.
• Birmingham v Man Utd (1-2) - United will be expecting a tough challenge but they should make it through.
• Chelsea v Bolton (2-0) - This should finally end the Blues' humiliating record.
• Wigan v Arsenal (1-2) - N'Zogbia and Rodallega are too lonely to face the attacking flairs from the Gunners.
• Liverpool v Wolves (3-0) - The Reds are well rested for two weeks and will be ready to eat Wolves as their starter of their festive meal.

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PART II: SQUAD SELECTIONS

Rafael Van der Vaart (left)
A perfect return on last gameweek. Will his goal-scoring form continue?

Captain Picks

• Torres - Wolves are too easy for him.
• Van der Vaart - Newcastle's defence is easy for him as well.
• Drogba - Goals will be much needed for him to initiate the rebound of the Blues.

Buys-In

• Liverpool players - A stunning six Premier League fixtures on January which includes two gameweek doubles.
• Chelsea players - Now that the toughest run of their season is over, you can expect them to bounce back.
• Van der Vaart - An amazing return tells you that you simply can't drop him from your squad.

Sells-Out

• Fulham players - Mark Hughes' position is on danger.

Squad of XV

GK: Reina

DF: Kyrgiakos, Huth, Vidic

MF: Van der Vaart, Nani, Nasri, Parker

F: Torres(C), Bent, Drogba

Subs (in order): Carson, Tchoyi, Shawcross, Hutton

Captain: Torres

Emergency Captain: Value

Starting XI Value: £89.2m

Total Team Value: £107.9m