FPL gameweek 17 tips and team of week: Chelsea and Fulham should spark against struggling sides

Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.4m – away at Tottenham

We are going back to the Egyptian King as captain this week.

Last week was the first time he had failed to score since gameweek seven and he still got an assist.

I’m looking at that Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea game a few weeks ago and picturing the same scenario on Sunday.

Spurs can’t defend and are also injury-hit at the back – the perfect stage for Salah.

Cole Palmer (vice captain), Chelsea, £11.2m – away at Everton

Everton put in a stellar defensive performance last time at Arsenal, but on a different day they could have been well beaten.

Less than a quarter of the possession and 13 shots conceded.

If it plays out the same way against Chelsea – in red-hot form – then Palmer and co could have a field day.

Amad Diallo, Manchester United, £5.2m – home to Bournemouth

Got us a return the last time he was in the team of the week and look at what he did in the Manchester derby!

Diallo is emerging as a star and he comes at a bargain price too.

Excluding players with low playing time, only Saka (0.79) has more assists per 90 minutes this season than Diallo (0.71).

Noni Madueke, Chelsea, £6.3m – away at Everton

The England winger was unlucky to only get an assist against Brentford last week.

He had seven shots, six in the box and one big chance.

I’m going all in on Chelsea to wallop Everton this week and Madueke is the midfielder – outside of Palmer – with the best chance of a double-digit haul.

He has three this season and two of them were away from home.

Emile Smith Rowe, Fulham, £5.5m – home to Southampton

Alex Iwobi or Smith Rowe – one of them was getting in this team and there’s little to choose between the budget pair.

Smith Rowe has three goals from an expected goals of 2.2, whereas Iwobi has massively over-performed with five goals from 1.9xG.

That’s reason enough to cross my fingers and take a punt on ESR.