With Gameweek 9 kicking off on Saturday, Fantasy Premier League managers are making final adjustments to their starting squads. For fantasy bosses seeking an edge in their mini-leagues, targeting differentials—defined as players selected by ten per cent or fewer teams—offers significant potential upside. Highlighting three low-owned picks while purposely avoiding scout-touted assets Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Tarik Muharemovic, Iliman Ndiaye, and Mateus Fernandes, talkSPORT's current FPL leader has identified three standout options ready to return big points.
First among the recommendations is Bournemouth's 20-year-old Brazilian Rayan, priced at £6.3m with an ownership of just two per cent. Marco Rose's side are in stellar form after scoring five unanswered goals across consecutive victories over Sunderland and Manchester United. While Marcus Tavernier sits at 21.7 per cent ownership, Rayan is £0.1m cheaper and arrives fresh off a double-digit return following his goal at Old Trafford. Over the last four Gameweeks, the youngster has registered seven big chance involvements and 12 shots in the box—underlying stats surpassed only by Erling Haaland and Thierno Barry—heading into a kind Bournemouth schedule that features only one red-flagged fixture against Arsenal away in Gameweek 15 prior to January.
In midfield, Aston Villa's Johan Manzambi (£6.1m, 5.5 per cent owned) offers an attractive route into an in-form squad. Following Joao Pedro's injury, many managers rushed to recruit Nicolas Jackson after his 13-point haul against Manchester City, but Villa assets present equal promise. Unai Emery's team have remained unbeaten in the Premier League since September 12 and will face bottom-half sides, including two promoted clubs, over their next seven matches. The 21-year-old Manzambi has recorded two double-digit scores and blanked in only one of his four top-flight starts, producing ten shots in the box and seven key passes. With 31 points since his debut, he trails only Pascal Gross (42) among FPL midfielders and has been cleared by Emery to face Fulham after resting in midweek.
The final differential is Tottenham Hotspur's 26-year-old Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus, who costs £6.5m and is selected by just 1.2 per cent of players. The former West Ham player, who recorded two goals and five assists in his first 13 league outings for Spurs before injury disrupted last season, has supplied two assists in seven appearances this term. Generating 0.26 xGI per 90 minutes, Kudus also had a strike ruled out by VAR against Aston Villa and featured for nearly the entirety of both Tottenham wins last week. Roberto De Zerbi's side now enjoy an appealing fixture run up until the early December north London derby, hosting Crystal Palace, Ipswich, and Fulham, while also visiting Sunderland and Leeds.