Three Overlooked FPL Strikers That Could Bag You Points Throughout the Latter Weeks of the Season
Just eight Premier League game weeks remain between now and the end of the 2025/26 season, and the next few matchups could be the difference between silverware and another year of disappointment. Both in the fantasy world and on the pitch itself.
When it comes to the actual PL, the next two months promise to be monumental for current table toppers Arsenal. The Gunners are without a Premier League title in 22 years, and the North London outfit will never have a better chance at ending their monumental drought. Mikel Arteta’s men are currently seven points clear at the division’s summit with just eight games remaining. However, with second-place Manchester City having a game in hand on their rivals from the south and with the two title protagonists poised to meet in the coming weeks, that gap could close to just one point.
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Even so, online betting sites make Arsenal the team to beat. They have been installed as the clear 1/5 favourites to end their barren spell, with the incredibly useful implied probability calculator at Thunderpick indicating that the Gunners have a whopping 83.33% chance of getting the job done. But while Arteta rallies the troops ahead of the run-in, fantasy managers are also busy chopping and changing their squads to give themselves the best chances of winning their mini-leagues, claiming the bragging rights, and perhaps also even one of the many cash prizes the FPL offers.
Most managers currently have Erling Haaland leading the line, and why wouldn’t they? The Norwegian hitman has been in scintillating form so far this term, netting 22 times as he looks to catapult Manchester City past Arsenal and toward yet another title. However, every FPL boss needs a budget striker to help chip in valuable points, especially at the apex of the season. And luckily for you, we have three budget suggestions that could well be the difference between fantasy mediocrity and glory.
Jørgen Strand Larsen – £6.1m
Jean-Philippe Mateta has been Crystal Palace’s main man for the last three years. The maverick Frenchman has helped himself to 38 goals across the last three campaigns. As such, he would usually be the man that FPL managers turned to support Haaland and rack up points. However, the former Mainz man was downed with an injury in February and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
In his place, Haaland’s international teammate Jørgen Strand Larsen has been tasked with leading the line at Selhurst Park, and to say he has delivered would be an understatement. Since arriving from Wolves for a club-record fee worth up to £48 million in January, the Norwegian has bagged three goals in six games, including a brace against Burnley and a well-taken strike in the recent 3-1 drubbing of Spurs.
Strand Larsen was already a household name among fantasy managers, having hit 14 league goals for Wolves last term. Now, it looks like he is ready to take that goalscoring output to South London, filling the boots of the absent Mateta. Manager Oliver Glasner has placed his faith in the 26-year-old, and perhaps fantasy gaffers should do the same.
Thierno Barry – £5.7m
Everton have seemingly found the answer to their never-ending striker crisis in the form of Frenchman Thierno Barry. The 23-year-old burst onto the scene with Spanish outfit Villareal last season, netting 11 goals in a breakout campaign that prompted the Toffees to part with £27m to secure his services. And while the former Basel man took a while to find his feet, he has certainly done that in recent weeks.
After netting just once throughout the opening half of the campaign, Barry has gone on to score five goals since December 30th, beating out Portuguese striker Beto to a starting berth as the point of Everton’s attack. He scored crucial winners away at both Newcastle United and Aston Villa, two games that the Merseyside outfit headed into as huge underdogs. Those strikes prove that he’s the man for the big occasion, and with games against Arsenal and Chelsea set to take place in the coming weeks, we wouldn’t bet against him getting on the scoresheet once again.
Valued at just £5.7m in FPL, he is one of the cheapest strikers available. If he can chip in with a further four or five goals before the season is over, fantasy managers will have gotten their money’s worth and then some.
Benjamin Šeško – £7.3m
Manchester United’s £74m signing of Benjamin Šeško in the summer was one of the most talked-about deals in the entire Premier League. The Slovenian struggled throughout the now-infamous reign of former boss Ruben Amorim, but since Michael Carrick took the reins on an interim basis, things have started looking up.
Šeško has netted four goals in his last six games, an uptick in form that has coincided with the Red Devils beginning to string some wins together. The former Leipzig man will be expecting more of the same between now and the end of the season as United look to secure Champions League qualification, and that means he’ll be racking up points for FPL managers on a regular basis.
