FULHAM and Sunderland suffered upsets in the FA Cup fifth round but the Premier League’s heavy hitters have made it to the quarter-finals.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City all have their eyes on the prestigious trophy, with Leeds also having reached the last eight for the first time since 2003.
West Ham and Brentford will fight it out for the final quarter-final place this evening.
All the top flight teams will be hoping for a favourable draw with Port Vale (bottom of League One) offering the biggest mismatch, one that could yield plentiful Dream Team points.
In fact, all the additional fixtures should of interest to Dream Team managers as every point counts at the business end of the season.
Gaffers who took a punt on Omar Marmoush (£4.1m) for Gameweek 27, correctly predicting he would start against Newcastle on Saturday night, were handsomely rewarded for their judgement.
The Egypt international banked 19 points via a brace before he was substituted in the 73rd minute.
Marmoush was the joint-best performer of the weekend, alongside Gabriel Gudmundsson (£2.5m) who scored one goal, assisted another and contributed to a clean sheet as the Whites eased past Norwich at Elland Road.
Among highly-owned players, Joao Pedro (£5m) performed best with an eight-point return against Wrexham.
The 39.5%-owned forward’s solo effort in the 125th minute was his 18th goal of 2025/26 in all competitions.
The young Brazilian has leapfrogged Anthony Gordon (£4.6m) and Jurrien Timber (£4.2m) to reach the dizzying heights of third in the overall rankings, behind only Erling Haaland (£6.9m) and Dominik Szoboszlai (£5.5m).
Elsewhere, Virgil van Dijk (£5m) became the sixth defender to pass 200 points this season.
Liverpool’s captain played 81 minutes without conceding against Wolves on Friday night, which counts as a clean sheet in the world of Dream Team.
The Dutchman’s importance to the Reds makes him virtually rotation-proof, a very useful trait in a Dream Team asset.
Looking ahead, the FA Cup quarter-finals are scheduled to take place over the first weekend in April, after the upcoming international break.
These fixtures will therefore be included in Gameweek 30.
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