⚽ Low-Owned Picks for Gameweek 24

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Well over the halfway mark in the season now and whilst some dare to dream of mini-league glory and cementing their place in the history books, others will be scrabbling around the bottom of the table, desperately seeking any sort of scrap to re-invigorate their season and turn their luck around. For both alike, here are this week's pick of the low-owned gems to consider bringing into your teams for gameweek 24. 

Jarell Quansah (LIV) DEF Ownership: 3.8% Next Fixture: BUR (H)
Jurgen Klopp will be keen to put last week's 3-1 defeat to Arsenal behind them and continue on with their campaign for the title and what better fixture to reassert themselves as Premier League powerhouses than a home tie with Burnley. With injuries, suspension and absences rife in the Liverpool camp, Klopp may need to turn once more to his youngsters and with Quansah impressing when given recent opportunities, I expect the youngster to start alongside Van Dijk this week.

Thomas Kaminski (LUT) GK Ownership: 19.8% Next Fixture: SHU (H)
If you told me at the start of the season that I would be tipping a trio of Luton players across the whole season, let alone within the same gameweek, I don't think I'd have believed you, but here we are and rightly so. The first of the picks is Thomas Kaminski. Although double gameweek 25 is certainly of appeal for Luton assets, the prospects of Liverpool and Man Utd don't scream clean sheets. I'm instead expecting the save points to rack up here and that could be the difference between Kaminski returning double digits and one of the Luton defenders struggling for positive numbers. First up however is a home encounter with Sheffield United and this would be a real opportunity for Luton to build on some great performances in recent weeks and sound the death knell for any hopes of a Blades survival.

Ross Barkley (LUT) MID Ownership: 25.4% Next Fixture: SHU (H)
Next up is the prodigal midfielder, Ross Barkley. I've been thoroughly impressed by Barkley's performances since stepping onto the turf at Kenilworth Road, he's been a delight to watch. With a new maturity and level of control, Barkley has bossed the centre of the park on more than one occasion this season and has turned into goals and assists in recent weeks to boot. With Luton apparently able to score for fun at present, I don't see any reason why that shouldn't continue this week.

Conor Gallagher (CHE) MID Ownership: 27.8% Next Fixture: CRY (A)
Having seen Gallagher come close to scoring on a number of occasions for Chelsea this season, he finally returned in front of goal in the midweek cup victory over Aston Villa. I'm backing Gallagher to kick on from this and should he do so, we could even see more of the goalscorer he had become on loan at Palace. Whilst Chelsea have been pretty uninspiring in recent games, a fixture against a heavily depleted Palace side should offer plenty of potential for Chelsea to turn it all around for the 18th time this season.

Chiedozie Ogbene (LUT) MID Ownership: 14.2% Next Fixture: SHU (H)
Admittedly there is some positional threat for Ogbene given that he has been playing as a wing-back as opposed to up front and Kabore will be returning soon. However, given the recent performances Luton have been putting in, I expect that Rob Edwards will be reluctant to disrupt the rhythm and will opt once again for Ogbene to start on the right of a back five. With alternatives in David Fofana and Neal Maupay also offering potential, managers may find themselves in the rare conundrum of having an actual choice to make in picking up an available striker this week, a luxury rarely seen in any leagues of 8 upwards this season. The fixture this week just tips the balance in Ogbenes favour for me.  

That will do it for this week from Draft Fantasy! Best of luck on the waiver wire!

This post was written by Peter W.

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