Fantasy Premier League: 5 players you must have in your team for Gameweek 3

Gameweek 2 sprang quite a few surprises which must have surely delighted some of the Fantasy Premier League players. For instance, those who had Eric Bailly in their team were rewarded with 15 points and even more if the Ivorian was their captain. And those with Aguero in their team would have been sorely disappointed with the outcome of the Manchester City vs Everton match on Monday night.

Those who missed out on the big points in the second week, read on and get these players who are likely to fetch considerable points this weekend.

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#1 Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)

The new Manchester United number 9 has started his Old Trafford career in fine fashion as he has scored 3 goals in 2 League games. The Belgian forward is evidently one of the most popular players in Fantasy Premier League as he has been selected by 56.7% of the users.

And those who have not yet picked Lukaku, it is perhaps the right time to act.

Lukaku has a good record against Leicester City too, who Manchester United entertain on Saturday at Old Trafford. He has scored 5 goals and assisted 1 in 7 outings against the Foxes. In fact, the last time Lukaku faced Leicester City back in April, his two goals inspired Everton to come back from 2-1 down to win the game 4-2.

Odds are well in favour of Lukaku to continue scoring in his fourth straight competitive match for United.

#2 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Sterling scored a fine goal against Everton on Monday

The 22-year-old English winger Raheem Sterling scored a fine volleyed goal against Everton to snatch a point for Manchester City and bagged 6 points in the Fantasy League in the process. Sterling is bound to be one of the favourites to make the team this weekend as Manchester City visit Bournemouth with a fantastic track record behind them.

City have won all four of their Premier League encounters against the Cherries, scoring 15 goals and conceding only one.

Adding to that, Sterling has a fantastic personal record against Bournemouth as he has scored 7 goals and assisted 1 in only 5 outings against the Cherries, including a hat-trick in their 5-1 win in 2015.

#3 Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

Firmino has a good track record against the Gunners

One of the most important players in Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, Roberto Firmino has made a decent start in terms of the Fantasy Premier League. He has scored a total of 14 points in 2 games and has been selected by 23.8% of the players. However, that might increase now as Liverpool entertain an inconsistent Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday, a match which is sure to produce plenty of goals.

Liverpool like scoring against Arsenal at Anfield, as they have bagged 13 goals in their last four home games against the Gunners. In fact, there have been 32 goals scored between these two teams in their last 7 games!

One likely beneficiary from these goals will be Roberto Firmino who has 3 goals and an assist to show in his four matches against Arsenal. Firmino will be a sensible purchase for anyone this weekend and will return a good number of points.

#4 Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United)

Mkhitaryan has assisted half of the goals scored by Manchester United

The Armenian skipper is enjoying an explosive start to the new season and looks at home playing as a number 10 for Manchester United. He already has 4 assists to his name and has scored an impressive 21 points in the Fantasy Premier League so far. Keep an eye out for Mkhitaryan who will provide the Leicester City defenders plenty to worry about this Saturday. He had scored a fine goal against the Foxes too in February.

Mkhitaryan has settled in well at United and is forming a good partnership with the United players, particularly Lukaku who is benefiting from Mkhitaryan's assists. He may be a part of only 15.9% of the Fantasy League players but he is worth that price tag of £8.2 million on him.

#5 Ben Foster (West Brom)

Ben Foster is yet to concede a goal this season

The former Manchester United shot stopper, Ben Foster has kept clean sheets in both of his matches so far and has scored 13 points in the Fantasy League. As a matter of fact, Tony Pulis's West Brom are one of the only three teams who are yet to concede a goal this season and they welcome Stoke City on Sunday.

There have been only 20 goals scored between these two teams in their last 13 encounters and the miserly defence of West Brom is unlikely to give away anything to Stoke's strikers. Further, Stoke might be without their key man Xherdan Shaqiri who is out injured currently.

Available for a reasonable price of £4.5 million, Foster will provide good value for money as compared to some other goalkeepers.