Sportito waves a temporary goodbye to the English Premier League on Sunday, with free entry for all players to a “Guaranteed £500 contest“.
The “Football English Premier League Goodbye Competition” covers all 10 matches, as Liverpool and Manchester City aim to hold off a resurgent Gunners side in the race for the top four.
Meanwhile, Leicester City can say goodbye to a relegation-threatened campaign by securing a top half finish, if they can beat mid-table rivals Bournemouth. Even as defending champions, would they have taken that at the start of the season?
Over the years, the final day has been littered with surprise results. For example, on the last day of the 2015/16 season Newcastle consigned Spurs to a third-place finish with a thumping 5-1 win, despite already being relegated and playing almost half an hour with ten men.
While this unpredictability makes forming your Sportito XI more difficult than normal, we’re prepared to promote the prospects of players from Leicester, Swansea and Manchester City.
It’s fair to say that the sacking of Claudio Ranieri, described as a disgrace on so many media outlets, has been an unqualified success. His replacement Craig Shakespeare has overseen an excellent run of form, particularly at the King Power Stadium.
Despite falling short of winning six consecutive home matches for the first time since 1996 by losing to Spurs, Jamie Vardy and co will be looking to finish with a bang against the Cherries. Before blanking against the meanest defence in the Premier League, Vardy had returned Sportito scores of 6.25, 12,25, 12.03, 7.25 and 25.25 in five previous matches at the King Power.
Given that Wes Morgan and Robert Huth are likely to miss out through injury, our attention turns to the Liberty Stadium for defensive picks. Having secured Premier League safety by beating Sunderland, Swansea welcome a West Brom side which needed a late Hal Robson Kanu consolation at the Etihad on Tuesday to avoid a seventh goalless outing in eight matches.
Alfie Mawson, a starter in his side’s last 23 matches, is the most likely Sportito beneficiary against the shot shy Baggies – the 23-year-old has also scored four times and contributed six clean sheets during that period. In fact, since losing 1-0 at Vicarage Road on 15 April, the Swans’ defence has only been breached on one occasion, via a dubious Wayne Rooney penalty.
Finally, we turn once again to a deadly duo up front for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Yes, they might be away from home on Sunday, but the Hornets are already on the beach, especially after it was confirmed that manager Walter Mazzarri would be leaving at the end of the season.
Gabriel Jesus, who boasts a Sportito PPG of 9.78, is primed for explosive returns against a side that has lost five on the bounce. However, it seems silly to suggest anything other than doubling up on City strikers for Sunday’s contest – in the two matches that Jesus and Sergio Aguero have started together, they have produced three goals and three assists for a combined 56 points.
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