Fantasy Football Tips - 5 Key Transfers For Gameweek 8
5. Leighton Baines
Team: Everton Value: £7.7 Points In GW7: 1 Don't be dissuaded by the Everton man's relatively poor score in the last gameweek. Everton had up until last weekend protected the Premier League's last-remaining undefeated steak with Leighton Baines among Fantasy Football's highest-scoring defenders until Manchester City wrecked all that. And the Toffees will be expected to pick themselves up and dust themselves off in their home game against newly-promoted side Hull on Saturday. Despite Hull's mini-revival that has seen them take wins from the likes of West Ham, Newcastle and Norwich, Roberto Martinez's side should win this one comfortably. The Tigers have only scored twice in their last three matches and Baines and co. should expect to return to clean-sheet-keeping ways here. Baines in particular was impressive for England last night, assisting Wayne Rooney for the Three Lion's opening goal, and another positive performance will be expected of him at the weekend.
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