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4 FanDuel Premier League Players to Avoid in Matchweek 14

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Roberto Pereyra, Midfielder, Watford

Salary: $8,500

After scoring in back-to-back matches, Pereyra has come back down to earth over his last three, failing to score over 11 FanDuel points in any of those matches while totaling just three shots on target and two chances created over that span.

Pereyra has a 23.8% chance of finding the back of the net, according to oddsmakers, and has five goals this season, including four at Vicarage Road. Pereyra is extremely goal dependent as he has not scored over 12 FanDuel points without scoring a goal this season, averaging 6.15 FanDuel points in those nine matches.

The Foxes have allowed six goals in six matches at King Power Stadium this season and have been fairly stingy on defense. They have allowed the seventh-fewest shots (163) and fifth-fewest chances created (96) to all positions this season while allowing the second-fewest shots on target (0.34) per 90 minutes to attackers (forwards/attacking-midfielders/midfielders) since Matchweek 9. Pereyra has shown his ability to find the back of the net this season -- all against clubs currently in the bottom-half of the table -- but he is an extremely risky play, especially in contests where a player’s floor is important, against a good Foxes’ club.