Just 58% of Dream Team managers have used a Booster this season – activate one in Gameweek 12 for bumper returns

OVER half of all Dream Team managers are yet to play a single Booster this season.

To be precise, 58% of gaffers still have Goal Bonus, 12th Man and Max Captain in the holster.

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Send your points into orbit by playing a Booster[/caption]

With over two thirds of the campaign remaining, this is perfectly reasonable given each Booster can only be played once per season – there’s certainly no need to be overly eager.

However, if you’re included in the aforementioned 58% of bosses, you should at least consider the possibility of activating a Booster ahead of Gameweek 12.

Generally speaking, Boosters are best deployed when the vast majority of your players have two fixtures at their disposal for the very simple reason that assets with additional games tend to perform better than counterparts who are essentially limited to league commitments.

Seven teams are set to pull double duty in Gameweek 12 with Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa in Champions League action, Tottenham and Manchester United active in the Europa League, and Chelsea resuming their Conference League campaign.

What’s more, several of those clubs have favourable league fixtures this weekend.

A trip to Ipswich represents a relatively favourable start for Ruben AmorimGetty

GAMEWEEK 12 DOUBLE HEADERS:

• MANCHESTER CITY vs Tottenham, Feyenoord
• ARSENAL vs Nottingham Forest & Sporting CP
• LIVERPOOL vs Southampton & Real Madrid
• ASTON VILLA vs Crystal Palace & Juventus
• TOTTENHAM vs Manchester City & Roma
• MANCHESTER UNITED vs Ipswich & Bodo/Glimt
• CHELSEA vs Leicester & Heidenheim

If your team features plenty of Liverpool, Man United and Villa players then it might be well suited to a Booster as those three sides are due to face teams currently in the bottom four across Saturday and Sunday.

Remember, the Goal Bonus Booster increases the value of each goal from six points to nine points.

For example, if you captain Mohamed Salah (£7.3m) and he bags a brace against Saints and a goal against the La Liga giants in midweek, which is perfectly feasible on current form, you’re looking at a mega haul of 70+ points from the Egyptian superstar alone.

It goes without saying that your XI needs to be loaded with goal threats when you activate Goal Bonus – there’s no point hitting the button when you’ve got five defenders.

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Salah could feast against bottom-of-the-league Southampton on Sunday[/caption]

Alternatively, you might want to consider selecting a 12th Man for Gameweek 12.

If you haven’t got Bruno Fernandes (£6.1m) in your midfield and can’t afford to recruit the game’s most in-form player via a transfer ahead of Saturday’s deadline then the Portuguese playmaker would make an excellent 12th Man with the Red Devils set to face Ipswich and Bodo/Glimt.

Man United’s fixtures look even more appealing if you believe in the power of a New Manager Bounce with Ruben Amorim now firmly in charge at Old Trafford.

It should be stressed that Boosters should only be played when it suits your specific team – don’t force it if it’s not the right time.

Gameweek 12 looks like an inviting opportunity on paper but with several popular players currently flagged as availability concerns – Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Bryan Mbeumo, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden, etc – it may not be the right time for you.

But if the stars align there could be bumper points up for grabs this coming Gameweek.

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