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<p>Fantasy Football Hub contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/FPL_JianBatra">Jian Batra</a> looks at three FPL differentials who could get you ahead of the pack in Gameweek 8.</p>
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<p>The three players selected all have 5% effective ownership or less and could be fantastic differentials to help you make up ground in your mini-league &#8211; and see your overall rank fly.</p>
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<h2>Jarrod Bowen (£8.1m)</h2>
<h4><strong>Effective Ownership: 1% </strong></h4>
<p>This pick is mainly based on my personal eye test but a quick look at the statistics below show a significant improvement in performance.</p>
<p>Bowen has essentially done twice as well, in half the time (splitting GW1-4 and GW5-6).</p>
<p>The areas he excels in are more concerned with goalscoring threat, highlighted by his increase in shots and expected goals (xG).</p>
<p>This is certainly the preferred category in comparison to expected assists (xA) and chance creation. It&#8217;s symbolic of the fact a big haul is coming.</p>
<p>The game against Spurs was the one which really caught my eye. Bowen was unfortunate not to return once or twice.</p>
<p>The positions he was taking up were far more threatening than his previous games. His increased occupation of the right-half space was a very positive sign.</p>
<p>His general involvement was an additional positive.</p>
<p>In games prior to this, he drifted out of them and there seemed to be no tempo or rhythm to his play.</p>
<p>This is a thing of the past.</p>
<div id="attachment_49349" style="width: 909px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-49349" class="wp-image-49349 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bowen-comparison.jpg" alt="" width="899" height="727" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bowen-comparison.jpg 899w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bowen-comparison-300x243.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bowen-comparison-768x621.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bowen-comparison-610x493.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px" /><p id="caption-attachment-49349" class="wp-caption-text"><strong><a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">Stats</a> are starting to look more promising for Bowen</strong></p></div>
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<p>According to the Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker">fixture ticker</a>, West Ham have the fifth-best fixtures for the next six games.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a fantastic time to attack the next four fixtures in particular that host defensive problems.</p>
<p>Gameweek 8 is a very good opportunity to hop on Bowen before everyone else does &#8211; there&#8217;s so many routes to him.</p>
<h2><strong>Vladimir Coufal (£4.4m)</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Effective ownership 0.24%</strong></h4>
<p>Vladimir Coufal is a very good budget option for those on a Wildcard.</p>
<p>You can be fairly confident he starts and has good fixtures coming up, as discussed.</p>
<p>If you cast your minds back to a few seasons ago, Coufal presented the opportunity for attacking returns.</p>
<p>Whilst in recent times the likelihood of that has certainly decreased (0.2 xGI so far this season), mangers can be optimistic that a return to form for the side in general will prompt a better attacking contribution from Coufal.</p>
<p>I would say at £4.4m you can&#8217;t expect <strong>Trent Alexander-Arnold</strong>-like performances &#8211; but the value he can potentially deliver is in far greater excess than his price tag would suggest.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49350 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Coufal.jpg" alt="" width="893" height="725" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Coufal.jpg 893w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Coufal-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Coufal-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Coufal-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px" /></p>
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<h2><strong>Alexander Isak (£7.0m)</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Effective ownership: 4.4%</strong></h4>
<p>Isak was one of the main reasons I wildcarded. From what I have seen so far from him, the fixture against Bournemouth in particular is well set up for a big haul.</p>
<p>The Swede signed for a club-record fee and has looked very sharp in the first two games he&#8217;s played.</p>
<p>A debut goal against Liverpool could very easily have been a brace.</p>
<p>In his last game against Crystal Palace, he had a few good chances to score which were well saved and his movement was particularly impressive.</p>
<p>At his price, he allows you to have two mid-price strikers with high ceilings, which facilitates a premium midfielder alongside <strong>Erling Haaland (£12.0m)</strong> up top.</p>
<p>According to the Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker">fixture ticker</a>, Newcastle have the sixth-best fixtures for the next six games.</p>
<p>The next three games in particular inspire confidence he can return a lot of points for owners.</p>
<p>An expected goal involvement (xGI) of 1.7 in his first 153 minutes of Premier League football says it all.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading. Feel free to direct message me on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/FPL_JianBatra">@FPL_JianBatra</a>, for any questions you may have (or drop them down below).</p>
<p>I will also be hosting a deadline Twitter space an hour before the deadline on the <a href="http://twitter.com/FFH_HQ">@FFH_HQ</a> account. Micah Richards has made regular appearances on it!</p>
<p>You can have your questions answered and listen to great managers share their perspective.</p>
<div id="attachment_49156" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-49156" class="size-full wp-image-49156" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/isak-2.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="781" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/isak-2.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/isak-2-300x229.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/isak-2-768x586.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/isak-2-610x465.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-49156" class="wp-caption-text">Alexander Isak. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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