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Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	88.8%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	95.6%	Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	92.9%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	96.5%	Maybe
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	94.2%	Maybe
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	84.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	86.7%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	84.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	65.0%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	73.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	77.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	69.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	68.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	66.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.0%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	71.6%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.9%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	61.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	57.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	52.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	55.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	30.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	52.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.0%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	48.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.3%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	31.9%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	32.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.1%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.3%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.5%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	48.5%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	31.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	21.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	102.3%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	101.4%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	100.8%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.4%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.2%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	79.4%	Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.9%	Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	98.5%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.7%	Maybe
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	93.0%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	97.3%	Maybe
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	87.8%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.4%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	95.9%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	86.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	90.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	90.9%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.1%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	90.0%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	89.8%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	89.8%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	85.6%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.0%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	79.6%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	83.0%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	86.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	84.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	75.8%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	82.9%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Community Submissions

Tracking The Fantasy Football Veterans – Gameweek 31

23 March 2016 29 comments

Kavali

This was the Gameweek where the veterans and top 10,000 teams aligned. There are now barely any differentials between them. In addition, this was a week where both the veterans and these top placed managers once again smashed the overall ranks. One key factor in this hive mind between the top and most experienced managers is that following the recent blank Gameweeks the veterans are beginning to replace the less experienced ones in the top 10,000.

The 34 veterans I’m tracking, who are made up of FFScout contributors and moderators, Hall of Fame toppers and former Fantasy Premier League winners, are on the march to the top, but need to do more to unseat many of those new and inexperienced managers still in the top 10,000.

TRANSFERS

Transfers by positions (% of all transfers in bracket)

– Goalkeepers: (5.00%)

– Defenders: (60.00%)

– Midfielders: (25.00%)

– Forwards: (10.00%)

It seems that veterans were happy with their squads – they made only 0.59 transfers per team. Vincent Kompany‘s injury was the main reason why defenders transfers were the most popular in Gameweek 31.

Transfers In:

– Ashley Williams (SWA): 14.71%

– Romelu Lukaku (EVE): 5.88%

– Craig Dawson (WBA): 5.88%

Swansea kept a clean sheet against Aston Villa and Ashley Williams, after two bonus points, now has 23 bonus points this season (top among all defenders). He was a savvy buy for the Fantasy stalwarts this week.

Transfers Out:

– Vincent Kompany (MCI): 17.65%

– Virgil Van Dijk (SOT): 5.88%

– Jamie Vardy (LEI): 5.88%

CAPTAINS

Harry Kane played a part in all three of Tottenham’s goals in a home win against Bournemouth. He was by far, the most popular captain choice among the veterans but also overall and amongst top 10,000 teams as well. More differential choices will be needed if the veterans are to take a distinct advantage.

MOST POPULAR PLAYERS

(Top starting players)

* stats for top 10,000 teams and overall can be found here.

Eleven of 16 of the most popular players amongst the veterans scored five or more FPL points in Gameweek 31. It was the same story when we look at the top starting players in the top 10,000 teams.

OVERALL RANKINGS

After Gameweek 30, the average overall position of all 34 veteran teams was 57,251, but now, their overall position is 47,165. This is their highest overall position so far in the season and 10,008 places better than last week. Among the veterans 94.12% gained a green arrow in Gameweek 31. In addition, the veterans’ average Gameweek 31 score was 81.38 points, way up on the overall average (55.90 points) and also better than the top 10,000 managers’ average (75.60 points).

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J0E
9 years, 8 months ago
Thanks for submitting. the double Gameweeks look set to smash the template - but will the veterans or the top 10K newbies prevail?
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1. Kavali
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Two articles from now, percentages for veteran's most popular players will certainly change. But how much will %'s change for top 10,000 managers, almost half of them already used their WC?
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9 years, 8 months ago
Woah that Siggy ownership by the vets is huge. No wonder all of FFS has been overtaking me in recent weeks even as I get baby green arrows myself!
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1. Geoff
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Where do you find that info?
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  1. TorresMagic™
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Read the article.
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    1. Geoff
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Yes thank you for your condescension.
      
      I was interested in Balders' post in the scolling side panel of recent comments and suspected it was on an FFS post, not a community article, as I didn't see there was a new one.
      
      Next time I will be less enthusiastic.
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  2. Geoff
    9 years, 8 months ago
    nevermind. just saw that he's doing independent tracking. and he explains. just needed to read the article 😉
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J0E
9 years, 8 months ago
Can't wait to see the veterans wildcard DGWK template in GWK 33 and 34. Anticipating make or break differences with the top 10K, many of which have already cashed in their chips.
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1. Nomar
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Depending on whether they're actually wildcarding in GW33.
  
  Not everyone in the top 10k will be wildcarding for DGW34.
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  1. Kavali
    9 years, 8 months ago
    47.40% managers in the top 10k already used their WC
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  2. J0E
    9 years, 8 months ago
    That's what I mean. Many vets will wildcard so there teams will be different from the top 10K. Many in the top 10K can't wildcard as they've already used it. Same with chips. Many in the top 10K are there because they've already used them earlier.
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2. Geoff
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I also will be interested to know if any of them used their WC in GW32. It will be good insight into using our WCs 😉
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3. Kavali
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Me too. Right now, probably because of the blanks in GW30, it seems that everyone has the same players.
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4. Too Mane Men
  9 years, 8 months ago
  In Milner we trust.
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  1. J0E
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Looking forward to toasting his inclusion in my team with a nice cup of tea and very plain digestive biscuit.
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    1. Too Mane Men
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Milner is this DGW's milk and two sugars kind of transfer. He's on penalties. Lest we forget.
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KickIt
9 years, 8 months ago
I have been marching towards the top 10K over the last few weeks so this review of players and percentage ownership is really useful!! With the templates of players so similar these DGW and blanks are going to be critical. Can't wait to see the GW34 figures!
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1. Kavali
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Me too. It's boring right now 🙂
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  1. KickIt
    9 years, 8 months ago
    BTW, feature request. Any chance of adding stats with the use of the chips for top 10k? Would be nice to know who has TC and BB, as well as when they use it.
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    1. Kavali
      9 years, 8 months ago
      I will from GW 33 to the end. In gw 31 (and before) some of the vets used All out attack but I don't think that's interesting so I didn't mention. I will put a table for chips in every article from GWs 33-38.
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      1. KickIt
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Perfect thanks!!
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Bedknobs and Boomsticks
9 years, 8 months ago
So 10 names out of a possible 27 appear in that attacking players ownership list.That tells us everything we need to know about this season.
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DeadStarComing
9 years, 8 months ago
I really like this article. Great job!
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1. Kavali
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Thanks!
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The Mandalorian
9 years, 8 months ago
Awesome article Kavali, muchas gracias!
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1. Kavali
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Thanks Mr. Robot!
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HVT
9 years, 8 months ago
I think i may be the exception to those 'veterans' above!
10/15 of those players but with a slightly better OR of 640 😉
Excellent post, love these statistics based datum articles,
Thanks Kavali.
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