DraftKings DFS EPL Strategies & Projections for Saturday, Jan. 17

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Adam Zdroik

Updated on January 17, 2026 9:16AM EST

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DraftKings DFS EPL Strategies & Projections for Saturday, Jan. 17

We take on Saturday's Premier League DraftKings DFS slate for January 17, using projections to break down the top picks, lineup strategies and values for the upcoming slate. Whether you're playing cash games or tournaments, the below projections can help with lineups.

Liverpool dominate this slate as expected. Given their lack of depth, I haven't tinkered with minutes projections. Cody Gakpo is higher than Hugo Ekitike mainly because of crosses and chances created. Otherwise, Ekitike has the best chance to score for the Reds.

As usual, I tried my best to incorporate minutes projections, but without lineups confirmed, it's all a guessing game.

If interested, these can also be used in RotoWire's DFS Optimizer.

MATCHES (ET)

10:00 am: Chelsea vs. Brentford
10:00 am: Leeds United vs. Fulham
10:00 am: Liverpool vs. Burnley
10:00 am: Sunderland vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
DraftKings Fantasy Soccer: Saturday EPL Cheat Sheet

Jan. 17 DFS PLAYER PROJECTIONS

These are with predicted lineups and not confirmed!

Hit up our Discord with more questions.

Player		Matchup	Pos	Pts	Floor
Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BRN	F	18.35	12.14
Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	18.10	12.49
Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. BRE	M	16.58	11.56
Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. BRN	F	15.90	8.20
Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	15.73	11.00
Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT v. WHU	F

DraftKings DFS EPL Strategies & Projections for Saturday, Jan. 17

As usual, I tried my best to incorporate minutes projections, but without lineups confirmed, it's all a guessing game.

If interested, these can also be used in RotoWire's DFS Optimizer.

MATCHES (ET)

10:00 am: Chelsea vs. Brentford
10:00 am: Leeds United vs. Fulham
10:00 am: Liverpool vs. Burnley
10:00 am: Sunderland vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
DraftKings Fantasy Soccer: Saturday EPL Cheat Sheet

Jan. 17 DFS PLAYER PROJECTIONS

These are with predicted lineups and not confirmed!

Hit up our Discord with more questions.

Player		Matchup	Pos	Pts	Floor
Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. BRN	F	18.35	12.14
Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	18.10	12.49
Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. BRE	M	16.58	11.56
Hugo Ekitike	LIV	LIV v. BRN	F	15.90	8.20
Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	15.73	11.00
Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT v. WHU	F	15.21	10.91
Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU at TOT	M	13.14	9.25
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE v. FUL	F	12.53	6.67
Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. BRN	D	12.44	8.55
Raul Jimenez	FUL	FUL at LEE	F	12.43	7.82
Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. WHU	D	11.75	9.30
Xavi Simons	TOT	TOT v. WHU	M	11.49	8.45
Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at CHE	F	11.46	5.70
Randal Kolo Muani	TOT	TOT v. WHU	F	11.46	6.80
Harry Wilson	FUL	FUL at LEE	M	11.41	7.74
Alejandro Garnacho	CHE	CHE v. BRE	M	11.19	8.15
Pedro Neto	CHE	CHE v. BRE	F	11.14	8.29
Wilson Odobert	TOT	TOT v. WHU	F	11.01	8.15
Noah Okafor	LEE	LEE v. FUL	F	10.78	7.57
Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. CRY	M	10.60	6.97
Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY at SUN	F	10.59	6.19
Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at CHE	M	10.57	7.18
Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. FUL	M	10.32	7.79
Ryan Sessegnon	FUL	FUL at LEE	M	10.29	7.69
Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY at SUN	M	10.26	8.12
Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. BRN	D	10.21	7.54
Mikkel Damsgaard	BRE	BRE at CHE	M	10.12	7.83
Emile Smith Rowe	FUL	FUL at LEE	M	10.09	7.32
Enzo Fernandez	CHE	CHE v. BRE	M	10.02	7.87
Crysencio Summerville	WHU	WHU at TOT	M	10.00	8.11
Reece James	CHE	CHE v. BRE	D	9.89	7.15
Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. BRE	F	9.83	5.60
Brennan Johnson	CRY	CRY at SUN	F	9.80	6.91
Jaidon Anthony	BRN	BRN at LIV	F	9.71	7.03
Taty Castellanos	WHU	WHU at TOT	F	9.53	5.70
Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	9.42	7.59
Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY at SUN	M	9.06	8.28
Marcus Edwards	BRN	BRN at LIV	F	9.03	7.16
Pablo Felipe	WHU	WHU at TOT	F	8.89	7.72
Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. CRY	M	8.84	6.89
Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at CHE	M	8.74	6.97
Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	8.73	7.11
Curtis Jones	LIV	LIV v. BRN	M	8.63	7.02
Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL at LEE	D	8.51	7.16
Conor Gallagher	TOT	TOT v. WHU	M	8.50	6.09
Sasa Lukic	FUL	FUL at LEE	M	8.23	7.62
Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN v. CRY	F	8.15	4.14
Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY at SUN	D	8.13	6.32
James Justin	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	8.04	6.09
Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE v. BRE	M	7.94	6.90
Mateus Fernandes	WHU	WHU at TOT	M	7.75	6.71
Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. CRY	D	7.47	5.63
Romaine Mundle	SUN	SUN v. CRY	F	7.44	6.66
Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. CRY	G	7.34	5.32
Marc Cucurella	CHE	CHE v. BRE	D	7.33	5.33
Will Hughes	CRY	CRY at SUN	M	7.29	6.75
Ilia Gruev	LEE	LEE v. FUL	M	7.12	6.19
Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. WHU	G	7.08	4.51
Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	7.05	5.51
Oliver Scarles	WHU	WHU at TOT	M	6.94	6.76
Justin Devenny	CRY	CRY at SUN	M	6.85	5.61
Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU at TOT	M	6.78	5.11
Armando Broja	BRN	BRN at LIV	F	6.65	4.24
Archie Gray	TOT	TOT v. WHU	M	6.63	5.71
Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. CRY	D	6.61	4.85
Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE at CHE	M	6.58	5.53
Lucas Pires	BRN	BRN at LIV	D	6.52	6.40
Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL at LEE	D	6.51	5.21
Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. BRN	D	6.37	3.97
Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. CRY	M	6.18	5.62
Karl Darlow	LEE	LEE v. FUL	G	6.11	4.26
Ben Davies	TOT	TOT v. WHU	D	6.06	4.54
Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. BRE	G	5.99	3.57
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	WHU at TOT	D	5.97	4.61
Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. BRN	D	5.87	3.69
Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at LEE	M	5.75	5.35
Yehor Yarmolyuk	BRE	BRE at CHE	M	5.75	5.24
Florentino Luis	BRN	BRN at LIV	M	5.67	5.10
Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. WHU	D	5.62	3.82
Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. CRY	D	5.54	4.66
Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. CRY	D	5.32	3.29
Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at CHE	G	5.22	4.32
Alisson	LIV	LIV v. BRN	G	5.15	2.72
Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. WHU	D	4.96	2.85
Lesley Ugochukwu	BRN	BRN at LIV	M	4.93	4.12
Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	4.93	3.84
Jefferson Lerma	CRY	CRY at SUN	M	4.91	4.83
Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	CHE v. BRE	D	4.84	3.11
Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at CHE	D	4.54	3.97
Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL at LEE	G	4.37	3.08
Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	4.37	2.72
Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	CHE v. BRE	D	4.29	2.88
Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. CRY	D	4.26	2.56
Maxence Lacroix	CRY	CRY at SUN	D	4.22	2.97
Pascal Struijk	LEE	LEE v. FUL	D	4.18	3.05
Alphonse Areola	WHU	WHU at TOT	G	3.87	2.90
Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY at SUN	G	3.84	2.03
Chris Richards	CRY	CRY at SUN	D	3.82	2.70
Rico Henry	BRE	BRE at CHE	D	3.79	3.29
Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at LEE	D	3.61	2.82
Martin Dubravka	BRN	BRN at LIV	G	3.53	3.24
Bashir Humphreys	BRN	BRN at LIV	D	2.86	2.89
Jorge Cuenca	FUL	FUL at LEE	D	2.83	2.12
Konstantinos Mavropanos	WHU	WHU at TOT	D	2.77	2.27
Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at CHE	D	2.66	1.65
Jean-Clair Todibo	WHU	WHU at TOT	D	2.33	1.71
Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE at CHE	D	2.29	1.73
Kyle Walker	BRN	BRN at LIV	D	2.15	1.80
Maxime Esteve	BRN	BRN at LIV	D	1.31	0.89
Axel Tuanzebe	BRN	BRN at LIV	D	0.86	0.40