This is it. The penultimate gameweek. Arsenal can win the title on Monday evening. West Ham need wins they’ve been unable to manufacture for four months. Spurs face Chelsea in a game that matters enormously to one side and nothing to the other. And the Stardraft picks for GW37 are hiding in a gameweek that looks more straightforward than it is.
Let’s get into it.
GW37 Fixtures
- Friday May 15: Aston Villa vs Liverpool
- Sunday May 17: Newcastle vs West Ham | Man United vs Nottingham Forest | Brentford vs Crystal Palace | Everton vs Sunderland | Leeds vs Brighton | Wolves vs Fulham
- Monday May 18: Arsenal vs Burnley
- Tuesday May 19: Bournemouth vs Man City | Chelsea vs Tottenham
One Friday game. Six Sunday games. One Monday night title party. Two Tuesday night fixtures. Spread across five days — which means deadline management matters this week.
The Captain Pick: Victor Gyokeres (Arsenal vs Burnley)
Arsenal at home. Burnley relegated. Title on the line. The Emirates will be the loudest it’s been all season. And Gyokeres — Arsenal’s most important attacking player across the run-in — gets to lead the line in the game that ends a 22-year wait.
On Stardraft, goals are worth 9pts for forwards and his shots on target volume earns 2pts each even without converting. In a game where Arsenal need to win and Burnley are playing out the final minutes of a miserable season, his ceiling is about as high as it gets. Captain him. You’ll want to have been part of this one.
Vice-captain: Bruno Fernandes (Man United vs Forest) — Bruno is on 19 assists. He needs one more to equal the all-time record held by Henry and De Bruyne. Against a Forest side who’ve been solid defensively but are now safe and may have one eye on the summer, this is Bruno’s best remaining opportunity. On Stardraft, 6pts per assist, 1pt per key pass, 2pts per shot on target. He could make history this Sunday.
Picks by Position
Goalkeepers
David Raya (Arsenal vs Burnley) — Clean sheet. It’s happening. 9pts on Stardraft plus 2pts per save. The most bankable GK pick of the gameweek by a country mile. He may also lift a trophy afterwards, which doesn’t score points but does feel good.
Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth vs Man City) — Budget option if you need funds elsewhere. Petrovic has been one of the breakout goalkeepers of the season — 11 clean sheets since joining from Chelsea in the summer and consistently excellent behind a solid Bournemouth defensive structure. Against City, he won’t keep a clean sheet but he’ll face shots — and on Stardraft, saves at 2pts each compound into a meaningful haul in a high-volume game. Not a clean sheet pick. A saves pick.
Defenders
William Saliba (Arsenal vs Burnley) — Arsenal title night. Clean sheet near-certainty. Saliba’s aerial wins (1.5pts each), key passes (1.5pts each) and the 7pt clean sheet bonus make him the premium defender of the week. This is a Stardraft must-have.
Gabriel (Arsenal) — Same logic. Two Arsenal defenders in the same gameweek, home to a relegated side, with the title on the line. Get both and don’t apologise for it.
⭐ Stardraft Differential: Pedro Lima (Wolves vs Fulham) — Both sides have nothing at stake, which creates the kind of open game where attacking full-backs thrive. Lima has been quietly one of the best Stardraft defenders of the second half of the season — crossing points (1pt each), tackles (1pt each) and aerial involvement across a game with space and freedom. Low ownership. High Stardraft ceiling. The differential pick of the week.
Midfielders
Bruno Fernandes (Man United vs Forest) — Already covered as VC. Record-breaking opportunity. Get him in.
⭐ Stardraft Differential: Florian Wirtz (Aston Villa vs Liverpool) — Wait — wrong way round. Liverpool vs Aston Villa on Friday is a direct Champions League top-four shootout. Liverpool and Villa are level on 59 points fighting for the last two CL spots. Wirtz’s creative output for Liverpool in a high-stakes game earns key passes, shots on target and potentially the goal or assist that decides the game. His Stardraft profile in a must-win fixture is the differential midfield pick of the week.
Eberechi Eze (Brentford vs Crystal Palace) — Palace are focused on the Conference League Final in a few weeks. Eze’s Stardraft profile — shots on target, key passes, direct running — earns points regardless of whether Palace are fully motivated. And in a game Brentford need to win for European qualification, the attacking intensity creates chances for both sides.
Forwards
Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal vs Burnley) — Captain. Title night. Already covered. Do it.
Erling Haaland (Man City vs Bournemouth) — Haaland needs goals for the Golden Boot race. Thiago is three behind with two games left. Bournemouth away is a competitive fixture but City will be chasing goals and Haaland will be chasing the record. On Stardraft, 9pts per goal. He could move the Golden Boot race to the final day with a big performance here.
Igor Thiago (Brentford vs Crystal Palace) — Three goals behind Haaland with two games left. Palace are distracted by their final. This is Thiago’s last genuine chance to close the gap before the final day. His physical presence and shot volume on Stardraft earns points across multiple categories. The Golden Boot differential of the week.
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa vs Liverpool) — Villa vs Liverpool is a Champions League qualification six-pointer on Friday. Both sides need to win. Watkins in a game with that kind of intensity, against a Liverpool side carrying multiple injury doubts, earns goals and shots on target in volume. Strong premium forward option for Friday’s deadline.
The Relegation Fixtures This Week
Newcastle vs West Ham on Sunday is effectively a playoff for Premier League survival — except Newcastle don’t know they’re in it. For West Ham, this is the biggest game remaining. They need to win it and hope Spurs slip up against Chelsea on Tuesday. For Stardraft, West Ham’s desperation inflates every defensive stat — tackles, interceptions, aerial battles — while their attacking intent is elevated beyond their usual level by survival necessity. Bowen is the pick — shots on target and key passes in a must-win home atmosphere.
Chelsea vs Spurs on Tuesday is the other critical game. Chelsea have nothing to play for in the league. Spurs need at least a draw to stay comfortable. De Zerbi’s side against a disengaged Chelsea team is the best fixture in Spurs’s run-in by some distance. Expect them to win it narrowly and confirm their safety before the final day.
GW37 Stardraft Cheat Sheet
- ✅ Captain: Gyokeres (Arsenal vs Burnley) — title night, home, 9pts per goal
- ✅ VC: Bruno Fernandes — 19 assists, one from history, Forest away
- ✅ Best defenders: Saliba + Gabriel (Arsenal title night clean sheet)
- ✅ Best GK: Raya (Arsenal) — clean sheet banker of the season
- ✅ Stardraft differentials: Pedro Lima (Wolves vs Fulham open game), Wirtz (Liverpool vs Villa high-stakes Friday), Thiago (Golden Boot chase)
- ✅ Golden Boot watch: Haaland (City vs Bournemouth) AND Thiago (vs Palace) — both play, gap could close
- ❌ Avoid: Wolves and Burnley players — checked out, nothing to play for. Both already relegated.
Two weeks left. One title to win. One relegation place to fill. And a Golden Boot race that could go to the final day. The Stardraft system was built for exactly this — finding the edge in every fixture, rewarding the complete player, and making sure your squad is positioned to score from every stat category the game produces. Use it.
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