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4 FanDuel Premier League Players to Avoid in Matchweek 11

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Sadio Mane, Liverpool

Salary: $10,500

Mane is the second-highest priced midfielder on the slate, and he has averaged 23.63 FanDuel points through nine matches. Mane has scored three goals over his last two matches -- including a Champions League fixture against FK Craven Zvezda -- but has struggled against clubs currently in the top five, averaging 11.7 FanDuel points over three matches and totaling just three shots on target and zero goals.

The Reds have a 50% win probability, according to Paddy Power, and the match has a 69% chance of going over 2.5 goals, while Mane’s anytime goal-scoring odds are 45.5%.

Mane has scored in just one match since Matchweek 4 while taking 12 shots (7 on target) over that span. Despite currently sitting in fourth in the Premier League table, the Gunners have allowed the sixth-most shots (1.31) per 90 minutes to all positions while allowing the 7th-most shots (2.71) and 10th-most goals per 90 minutes (0.32) per 90 minutes to forwards.

So far this season, Mane has shown limited upside when he does not find the back of the net, scoring fewer than 11 FanDuel points in four of the five matches in which he doesn't score a goal. In the marquee match of the weekend, both squads will look for the three points but Mane shares the attack with two other great players and has shown this season that he can struggle against top clubs -- as most players can -- which makes him, especially at his price, someone to avoid.