Fantasy football scout tips gameweek 26: Marcus Rashford, Son Heung-Min, Pascal Gross and more

With only one blank gameweek in his last six, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford remains the in-form forward of choice.

The 21-year-old returned to the scoresheet against Leicester City last time out and is now nearly essential, appearing in 41 per cent of squads.

United come up against the Premier League’s leakiest defence this weekend, travelling to Fulham for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.

Many managers are looking to move Leroy Sané on this week following the Manchester City winger’s poor returns and forthcoming blank gameweek.

Who better to replace him than Heung-Min Son? The South Korean missed only one week’s worth of action at the Asian Cup and has scored two in two since returning.

Son was in exceptional form before departing and remains a reasonably-priced option in midfield, costing £8.7m.

Arsenal’s defence has hardly been a reliable source of points this season but can be confident of keeping a clean sheet this weekend.

Unai Emery’s men travel to low-scoring Huddersfield Town, who sit bottom of the table and are adjusting to life under new manager Jan Siewert.

Sead Kolasinac is regularly playing further forward, starting at left midfield in three of his last five games, offering offensive and defensive points.

Rivalling Rashford in the mid-price forward bracket is Raul Jimenez, who followed his brace against West Ham with a goal at Everton last week.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers man is the fourth highest-scoring striker so far, with only 10 points fewer than Harry Kane.

Newcastle United are not the pushovers away from home many believe them to be but an in-form Jimenez could still punish them.

A mid-price midfield favourite last year, Pascal Gross’ sophomore year has been a little quieter.

The Brighton and Hove Albion playmaker has just 55 points to his name and a modest ownership below 2 per cent.

But suddenly, Gross is showing signs of life, with two attacking returns in his last three outings and raft of chances created. Burnley visit the south coast this weekend.

Honourable mentions: Vicente Guaita, Andy Robertson, Shane Duffy, Nathan Redmond, Diogo Jota.