Streaming is a Fantasy EPL rite of passage: starting a waiver wire pickup in a particular gameweek. Some of your regular Draft Premier League starters are out and you need a temporary fix. Successful streaming can determine your Fantrax gameweek, and potentially your season. One position is particularly ripe for this - defense - but it can be a tricky proposition. Read below for our top tips! Click here for details on how you can access our 24/25 Draft Kit.
Read this Draft 101 article below to figure out how to pick the best defenders available in a given gameweek. You'll be successfully streaming defenders in no time!
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How to Stream Defenders
A lot of Fantasy EPL rosters only have a few nailed-on starting defenders that managers play week in and week out; the other slots in the defense are for streamers. So what should you look for when determining which defenders to stream in a particular gameweek? Other than the obvious individual factors such as points per game and recent form, the matchup that gameweek is even more crucial than usual when it comes to defenders!