Fantasy Premier League

Foreign view: The power of 10

Wed Nov 11 03:26PM

The Fantasist supposes you want to know the fallout from the circus that was Lyon 5-5 Marseille, don't you? Well, Lisandro Lopez (12.56) bagged twice to kickstart his Lyon career, while his crafty team-mate Miralem Pjanic (10.19) scored one and created two more. L'OM's Fabrice Abriel (13.22) out-crafted Pjanic, notching up three assists.

Marama Vahirua (18.52) scored two and set up another as high-flying Lorient ran out 5-0 winners over lowly Boulogne, while Morgan Amalfitano (9.48) scored one and set up another. An upcoming trip to struggling Saint-Etienne could mean more joy for that duo and Kevin Gameiro (17.62).

Lowly Grenoble grabbed their first point of the season with an unlikely draw at Monaco. They largely have goalkeeper Ronan Le Crom (5.28) to thank for that, although whether he can repeat the feat when Lyon visit is another matter.

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Deportivo La Coruna won 2-0 at Getafe at the weekend courtesy of a real partnership between Mista (7.26) and Filipe (17.73). The duo each scored one and laid on an assist for the other. How sweet.

Depor host comedy club Atletico Madrid after the international break. If Quique Sanchez Flores is still having to take Sergio Aguero (19.71) out of cotton wool at that point, these two could do real damage to the beleaguered Rojiblancos.

Barcelona's Pedrito (13.67) was the weekend's biggest mover in price, courtesy of his double against Mallorca. The forward has properly broken into the Barca first team this season - he's already beaten the seven league appearances he made last term. Next up for the Catalans are Athletic Bilbao, the side they thumped in the Copa del Rey final.

Spain's top keeper of the weekend was Valladolid's Justo Villar (12.08), who was instrumental in securing a goalless draw with Xerez.

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Bologna lifted themselves clear of the bottom three thanks to a brace from Marcelo Zalayeta (13.00) in their 3-1 win over Palermo, making the striker the week's biggest mover.

Next week Bologna host Inter. The reigning champions had a bad fantasy week almost to a man as they spent Sunday evening kicking lumps out of Roma's players, most notably Jeremy Menez (11.64).

The evergreen Hernan Crespo (11.50) has scored four goals in as many starts for Genoa this season following his brace against Siena, and the Argentine will no doubt have some more fun when his new team face Livorno, who are almost as rubbish.

Napoli may have laboured to a 0-0 draw at struggling Catania, but it would have been a whole lot worse were it not for the performance of goalkeeper Morgan de Sanctis (10.57). Next up for them after the international break comes the visit of a Lazio side currently in freefall.

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