Matt Vecchio 
Welcome to the 2023-2024 EPL Rankings!
Each gameweek we will go position by position and rank our favorite plays. You will see our core plays, pivots, and value plays at each position in the rankings. After the rankings, a brief synopsis will help you build your lineups. Lastly, you will find Drago’s Best Bets for the top bets of the weekend. If you are new to soccer DFS, you need to know that lineups don’t come out until around 1 hour before the 10 a.m. (Eastern) lock. Ensure you are around pre-lock in our discord for any lineup updates.
DFS Soccer: Fwd/Mid
| Core | Pivots | Value |
| Jack Grealish (MCI) – $8K | Oliver Norwood (SHU) – $5.6K | Josh Cullen (BUR) – $3.3K |
| Phil Fodden (MCI) – $9.7K | Julian Alvarez (MCI) – $9K | Ben Osborn (SHU) – $3.7K |
| Douglas Luiz (AVL) – $7.3K | Ollie Watkins (AVL) – $9.3K | Jacob Bruun Larsen (BRN) – $4.5K |
| John McGinn (AVL) – $5.1K | Erling Haaland (MCI) – $12K | Benie Traore (SHU) – $4.9K |
| Gustavo Hamer (SHU) – $6.1K | ||
DFS Soccer: Def
| Core | Pivots | Value |
| Lucas Digne (AVL) – $5.4K | Yasser Larouci (SHU) – $4.4K | Connor Roberts (BRN) – $3.6K |
| Kyle Walker (MCI) – $4.8K | Josko Gvardiol (MCI) – $3.9K | Ruben Dias (MCI) – $3.1K |
| Matty Cash (AVL) – $4.2K | Dara O’Shea (BRN)) – $2.8K | |
DFS Soccer: Goalkeeper
| Core | Pivot | Value |
| Martinez/Olsen (AVL) – $5K/$5.1K | Ederson (MCI) – $5.9K | We Foderingham (SHU) – $3.6K |
Synopsis:
This is a Man City slate, and for those new to EPL DFS, these slates suck. City is going to be chalky, but they always seem to spread the fantasy points and goals around so it’s hard to really pinpoint where to go. I am using Foden and Grealish as the core because they have the safest floors as they split set pieces last week with De Bruyne out. Villa is the next biggest favorite and it comes with a price. Their best pieces are expensive, so it will be hard to fit them in with City stacks, but it can be done. Haaland is the key here, if you want to play him you will need to find a ton of value. We will need at least a brace (2 goals) from Haaland to make value since he does not have a floor. I don’t think you need him to cash on Sunday.
Sheffield United’s keeper is interesting because he has the highest save upside but if City gets 3-4 past him you are toast. If they can hold them to 1-2 goals, you should be ok. Ederson is too pricey for me for the lack of save upside. Emi Martinez picked up a knock this week and is questionable to play, if not Robin Olsen is a suitable replacement and I will have some of whoever starts because Burnley does not have any real threats up top.
Drago’s Weekend Best Bets:
(Not all bets are for the above DFS slate)
- SGP: Newcastle ML + o4.5 corners
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