FPL Assistant Manager Chip for GW28

560,000 managers have activated the Assistant Manager chip during FPL Gameweek 27 or 28. So who stands out as the prime selection for the fixtures in Gameweek 28? There are two methods to consider when utilizing the Assistant Manager chip. You can choose a top-five club with a favorable fixture – a strategy that is more reliable but yields a lower potential for points.

Alternatively, you could opt for managers from teams likely to secure table bonuses – a riskier approach that offers a higher potential. You can look at the six clubs whose manager has the opportunity to gain a table bonus against an opponent ranked at least five places higher in the Premier League standings at the start of Gameweek.

Assistant Manager GW28

Liverpool’s manager Arne Slot (£1. 5m) has gathered 58 Assistant Manager points since Gameweek 23, tying for the highest with Everton’s David Moyes (£0. 5m). The consistently reliable Dutchman has achieved consecutive 10-point scores and is set to face Southampton at Anfield in Gameweek 28. The Saints have secured only one win in their last 17 Premier League matches and conceded four goals against Chelsea in Gameweek 27. The Liverpool manager has shown to be the safest option and continues to be so.

After attaining a season-high 12-point score against Southampton in Gameweek 27, Enzo Maresca (£1. 5m) will seek to duplicate the success against his former club Leicester City. The Foxes have failed to score in their last four matches and have not kept a clean sheet since Gameweek 7. Oliver Glasner (£0. 8m) also faces a team positioned in the bottom three, with Ipswich Town coming to Selhurst Park.

The Crystal Palace manager has registered consecutive 20-point totals and has guided the Eagles to three wins in their last four outings. However, with no match scheduled in Gameweek 29 and no table bonus available this week, Fantasy managers not competing in the final week of the three-Gameweek chip may contemplate moving on from the Austrian.

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Six managers can gain table bonuses in Gameweek 28. This pertains to the promoted trio: Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna (£0. 5m), Southampton’s Ivan Juric (£0. 5m), and Leicester’s Ruud van Nistelrooy (£0. 5m), along with Tottenham Hotspur’s Ange Postecoglou (£1. 1m), Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim (£0. 8m), and West Ham’s Graham Potter (£0. 5m).

Among these six managers, only Amorim and Potter achieved victories in their last matches, overcoming Ipswich and Leicester, respectively. Potter also led West Ham to a win in Gameweek 26, securing a table-bonus victory against Arsenal. The West Ham manager arguably has the most advantageous fixture of the six managers this week, playing at home against Newcastle United.

The Magpies have lost three of their last four league games, including their last two on the road. They enter Gameweek 28 without the injured Lewis Hall and suspended Anthony Gordon and may also be prioritizing next weekend’s EFL Cup final.

If you are looking for a reliable source of points, although it has a lower ceiling, Slot should be your top pick, followed by Maresca. However, if you’re willing to take the riskier route, Potter appears to be the most likely to provide a substantial table-bonus reward. To sum up, for Fantasy managers who are currently using Glasner and in the final week of the chip, it might be advantageous to keep the Palace manager and allocate your free transfer to other positions.

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