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If Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League was a tragedy for you, let's just hope you had any of these 5 players, the top scorers of the week in your team to boost morale on gameweek 2.
Note: This article is based upon the Official Fantasy Premier League game.
#5 Ricardo Pereira, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Troy Deeney
Three players accumulated 12 points each this week.
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Ricardo Pereira of Leicester earned 2 for playing 90 minutes, an extra 4 for keeping a clean sheet, as well as another 3 for an assist. This also got him 3 bonus points.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan also completed 90 minutes, meaning he gets 2 points, whilst also scoring Arsenal's first goal of the season, which got him another 5. Furthermore, his assist for Alex Iwobi was another 3 to his name, justifying 2 bonus points for the Armenian.
Troy Deeney spent 88 minutes on the field, enough to get him the 2 points for appearances, whilst also getting an extra 4 for his goal. Besides this, Watford's captain claimed an assist and 3 bonus points.
#4 Marcos Alonso and Theo Walcott
Marcos Alonso's eventful game for Chelsea on Saturday included a total of 13 points in FPL. The Spaniard lasted the duration of the match, guaranteeing 2 points, and also got a hand in the attack with an assist and a goal, adding another 3 and 6 points to his tally.
In the end, Alonso got 3 bonus points, although as Chelsea conceded twice, 2 points off his total were chalked off.
Alonso's 13 points were matched by Theo Walcott, who in his 90 minutes on the field (which got him two points) scored and assisted for another 5 and 3 for his owners. Walcott in the end, acquired 3 bonus points.
#3 Steve Cook
In Bournemouth's turn around against West Ham, Steve Cook rose to head in the winner for The Cherries, this was 6 points for his FPL player. His assist for Wilson's solo run also meant that he obtained 3 more, whilst lasting the match got him an additional 2. As a result, £4.5 million option Cook won 3 bonus points to take his total to 14.
#2 Neil Etheridge
In a glum game for viewers, Neil Etheridge kept a clean sheet as Cardiff held Newcastle to a blank draw.
The game was saved for Cardiff by the keeper (priced only at £4.5 million), whose last-minute penalty save bagged him 5 points, alongside the two received for making 6 saves during the match.
Etheridge's total was further enhanced by 4 points for a clean sheet, 3 in bonuses, and 2 for competing for the whole duration. In the end, the 5,000 owners of Etheridge had 16 points to show, a score only beaten by a certain Argentine striker.
#1 Sergio Aguero
Aguero is the most costly of the bunch at £11.1 million. He repaid his owners with 20 points in Gameweek 2.
Aguero's hat-trick as City brushed aside Huddersfield with ease in a 6-1 win attained 12 points. Having also won the free-kick for David Silva's perfect free-kick, Aguero landed 3 points for the assist, plus the 2 for minutes played, and an extra 3 in bonuses.
Over 26,000 people triple captained Aguero, meaning that more than a few players copped 60 points from the striker.
