Werder Bremen’s Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro is one major player in the Bundesliga losing value steadily; he has shed an astounding 65 points in value in just a few weeks! Tonight’s Bundesliga match against bottom-placed Hertha Berlin should be, among other things, a chance to pick up a nice little bonus for a change. Fantasy football team owners who buy him now are poised to reap a handsome reward.

And here’s why: Pizarro has a low plank of just 0.29 points to beat in tonight’s game (that is the most he could achieve in the 0:2 loss to Schalke 04). Well, that means (listen closely) that Pizarro can increase his score regardless of the final score in today’s game. What’s more, if he scores, he will add 20 points in value, and that’s almost half what you need to score a goal with your team in a virtual match by the rules of our Fantasy Football! Even a loss---which is very unlikely given how things stand today at both clubs---will still yield Pizarro a bonus, albeit a modest one. Hertha have been rotting at the foot of the table in the Bundesliga for as long as one can remember; Werder, meanwhile, are No. 6.

Why has Pizarro been so disappointing so far? Well, he has been struggling to regain form since coming off that last injury. Bremen have lost 4 of their last 5 games with Pizarro. His FTBL score has collapsed as a result. He has surrendered the top spot in our list of the top 23 Peruvians to Schalke 04’s Jefferson Farfan. Now Pizarro has a real chance to return that No 1 spot.