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Who makes your Fantasy Premier League team for Boxing Day?

We take a look at how our players have got on ahead of the Premier League restart, following the break for the World Cup.

By Charlie Hanson • 25 December 2022

By Jeremy Roberts
Who makes your team?

Fantasy Premier League managers have until 11am on Boxing Day to pick their teams ahead of the restart of league action.

So which Albion players should make your XI before our game against Southampton on Monday?

Leandro Trossard sits eighth in the overall player standings, having bagged an impressive 80 points. That has seen him selected by 26.2% of teams heading into this game week, and out of all the Albion players, we have him as a must in any team.

With Leo's versatility often seeing him playing in a false-nine position, being listed as a midfielder has certainly played into his hands when it comes to bagging points.

Pascal Gross and Alexis Mac Allister are slightly adrift of Trossard, with 69 and 62 points respectively. However, Alexis won't be involved in our Boxing Day game after being given a fortnight's break following his success with Argentina at the World Cup.

With that in mind, we'd go for Pascal over Alexis if you're juggling who to put into your midfield.

With Leo and Pascal in your team then, who would we pick to fill the third and final spot in your team?**

Nick Pope leads the way for goalkeepers with 70 points and his modest price of 5.3 means he's been a straightforward pick for most. However, given that Newcastle are facing a Leicester City team who have won four of their last five games, Rob Sanchez might be the perfect person to come into your team.

Costing just 4.6, Rob is in the midrange price bracket and will be facing a Southampton attack who have scored 13 goals, the fifth worst record in the Premier League.

Player Points Cost
Leandro Trossard 80 7.1
Pascal Gross 69 5.6
Alexis Mac Allister 62 5.4
Robert Sanchez 48 4.6
Solly March 44 5.0
Lewis Dunk 39 4.7
Joel Veltman 39 4.6
Danny Welbeck 37 6.5
Adam Webster 33 4.5
Moises Caicedo 33 5.0
Adam Lallana 31 4.9
Pervis Estupinan 24 4.5
Kaoru Mitoma 23 4.9
Tariq Lamptey 10 4.2
Deniz Undav 8 5.1
Billy Gilmour 4 4.3
Julio Enciso 4 4.7
Levi Colwill 3 4.4
Jeremy Sarmiento 2 4.5
Jan Paul van Hecke 1 4.0

*Players who haven't scored points have not been included in the table

**Managers can only have up to three players from the same team named in their squad