FPL Salah FPL Gameweek 3 Tips – Bailey, Mbeumo and Semenyo Headline Differential Picks

I’m Abdul Rehman, welcome to my weekly series on SportsCasting. Every gameweek I will be providing you with insight and advice to gear you up, starting with FPL Gameweek 3 tips.

This is my 18th season playing FPL and I have finished in the top 1000 four times with 14 finishes in the top 50,000. I also write weekly FPL articles for The Athletic and Fantasy Football Hub. This week I will be presenting my top three differential picks for Gameweek 3.

FPL Salah FPL Gameweek 3 Tips

Leon Bailey (£6.5m) – Aston Villa

Leon Bailey is only owned by just over 3 percent of managers at the time of writing. He hasn’t registered any attacking returns yet but with tough fixtures to start the season against West Ham (A) and Arsenal (H) it’s understandable.

Aston Villa now embark on a very kind run of fixtures starting with newly promoted Leicester City. Bailey’s minutes and starts should be faitly safe at least until the Champions League starts so I think he is a fine pick for this week.

Last season he scored an impressive 10 goals and 11 assists in 22 starts and I dont see why he cant match or exceed these totals this term. Unai Emery’s side are great in the attacking third – they scored 76 goals (sixth-most) last season with an xG of 65.37 (seventh-best). The Jamaica international can score and assist and has one of the best fixtures of the season this gameweek to get off the mark.

Bryan Mbeumo (£7.0m) – Brentford

Bryan Mbeumo is a great FPL option in his own right but with Ivan Toney (£7.5m) looking to be moving away from the club he is one of the best value options in the game.

With no Toney, Mbeumo will be the first choice penalty taker, and it will also increase his expected minutes. If Toney does end up leaving then expect Mbeumo’s ownership to shoot through the roof.

While the Brentford forward was serving his ban last season, Mbeumo scored seven goals and three assists in the first 15 games before his injury. Brentford have one of their best fixtures of the season as they welcome Southampton to the Gtech Community Stadium.

The Saints have been poor so far, and Mbeumo will surely get plenty of chances at points in this game. The Cameroonian is only owned by five percent of managers.

Antoine Semenyo (£5.5m)

Bournemouth Semenyo has been reclassified from forward to midfielder, and he is actually looking like a great option at his price point.He scored eight goals and managed four assists last season, starting 25 games.

The 24-year-old passes the eye test but also registered some impressive underlying numbers with an xG of 4.69 and an xA of 2.19 with limited playing time so this should improve with more gametime and starts.

Semenyo already has a goal to his name and has played 90 minutes in the first two games so looks nailed-on to start.

Bournemouth come up against a depleted Everton side who have conceded seven goals in their opening two fixtures.

The Cherries are a much improved side under Andoni Iraola. They finished a respectable 12th last term, and play much more attacking football.The Bournemouth attacker is also at a really achievable price point and is owned by under three percent of managers.

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