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3 FanDuel Premier League Trends to Exploit for Matchweek 34

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Relegation Battle Tipping Point

Huddersfield and Fulham are already relegated while three other teams are still fighting to avoid going down. All three of those teams are on the slate as Brighton, Southampton, and Cardiff are separated by five points.

The pressure is on Cardiff, facing a Burnley team that has moved away from the bottom three over the last two matches. Cardiff are looking up in the table and must secure points. Cardiff have played much of the season on the back foot, looking for a counter attack. They cannot sit back too much in this one. They must press and go attacking. A single point is not good enough, so Cardiff's attacking players are more appealing in DFS than they have been most of the season.

A win for Southampton and/or Brighton is one foot in the door for next year's Premier League. If the gap at least stays the same back to Cardiff, each week feels a little better. Each of these teams will also press for three points, but maybe not as hard as Cardiff will.

There is added importance for Brighton and Cardiff as they play each other on Tuesday, the only match left in which two of these three teams face one another. The narrative for that match changes depending on Saturday's results.

Look for these teams to press offensively and become progressively susceptible to the counter attacks.