Draft Kings has six games on Saturday’s slate. Expect Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling to be highly owned coming off a day of rest from the mid-week match. Sterling won’t have an easy match facing The Blues, who have only allowed 13 goals this season. The other favorite this week is Aresnal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with a home match against 17th-ranked Huddersfield. The fantasy value isn’t heavily skewed to Man City this week as it was last week. So we can look beyond the top teams for fantasy value.
The standard lineup at Draft Kings consists of two forwards, two midfielders, two defenders, one goalkeeper, and one utility player. Saturday’s fixtures are below. The Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR) comes from the Fantasy Premier League website. The rating is from 1-5 with one being the lowest difficulty rating and five being the highest difficulty rating (higher the rating, better the team).
Fixtures for December 8, 2018
| Home Team | FDR | Away Team | FDR |
| Arsenal | 4 | Huddersfield | 2 |
| Burnley | 2 | Brighton | 2 |
| Cardiff | 2 | Southampton | 2 |
| Man United | 4 | Fulham | 2 |
| West Ham | 2 | Crystal Palace | 2 |
| Chelsea | 4 | Man City | 5 |
Brighton, F, Florin Andone ($5,300): Opportunity and Skill — fantasy cliché. An injury to Glenn Murray has given Andone opportunity, and a small sample size says that Andone (wish autocorrect would quit making him “And one”!) has skill. The Romanian has scored a goal in each of the last two games, earning double-digit fantasy points. With Murray likely out today, Andone will likely get the start, and it would be nice if the opportunistic forward play a full 90 minutes. Brighton faces Burnley today, a team fantasy players often stack against.
West Ham, M, Felipe Anderson ($8,200): Anderson will look to prove why he deserves a bigger role while injured Marko Arnautovic is out until January. West Ham’s midfielder has 11.3 FPPG and a high ceiling. Crystal Palace isn’t a “gimme,” but they’re not ranked 15th by being impenetrable.
