Archive for the ‘Statistics’ Category

  1. September
    30

    The Captain Poll for this Gameweek is at full blast, with nearly 2,000 votes cast already. Manchester clubs dominate the proceedings, with United and City solely making up the top five. Nani comfortably sits atop the pile with almost a third of the vote. The Portuguese winger has been in blistering form as of late [...]

  2. September
    22

    In our second Members article of the week, we drill further down into our Opta performance statistics to assess the Premier League’s leading supply lines from the crossed ball. We slice open our data to list the top providers of crosses, examining which of them is delivering volume and quality, assess who is getting more [...]

  3. August
    19

    Our Members got the first round of ICT Index Data at the weekend, enabling them to assess the statistical performance of players across three crucial disciplines – Influence, Creativity and Threat. Week by week we’ll be using this data to analyse teams and players in an attempt to aid Fantasy team selection. Our first article [...]

  4. Full data from all the Gameweek matches has been poured into our Members Area. Following the update, not only can our Members examine every statistical facet of the matches played so far, they can also get the first view of our ICT Scout Index with this season’s data. Members will find the Top 10 performers [...]

  5. August
    05

    Analysing The EA SPORTS Index

    Filed under: Statistics - Posted by: Andy

    As we highlighted around the launch of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game, this season’s Bonus Points are being gathered from a very different source. The days of Fantasy managers calling foul when a player sporting an extravagant haircut (see: Chris Eagles, David Luiz, etc for perfect examples) appeared to win favour simply by catching [...]

  6. A little over a year ago, I took a look at clean sheets and the final gameweek, identifying the possibility of a “gameweek 38″ effect. In a nutshell, the data suggested that in comparison to the season as a whole, the likelihood of a clean sheet may decrease in the season’s final gameweek. Supporting this [...]

  7. Our latest Numbers Game article for Members focuses on the two sides dominating our transfer activity going into the weekend. Spurs and City are the benefactors of the last double gameweek of the season and face off next Tuesday in a game that could yet decide a Champions League place. With so many of their [...]

Scout Tweets

  1. Enrique ruled out of Spurs clash - Kelly comes in. Suarez starts on the bench. Spearing in lineup http://t.co/l4H07cMz

  2. Both Whitbread and Ayala are doubts for the trip to Swansea with hamstring injuries - the latter looking least likely http://t.co/UAoFDTBh

  3. Arsenal confirm Frimpong will miss rest of the season http://t.co/lLujfdHL

  4. Frimpong returns to Arsenal after rupturing anterior cruciate ligament against QPR. Wolves loan deal now cancelled. http://t.co/yLdVWNuE

  5. Stoke lodge appeal against Huth red card http://t.co/uMjNIvT4

  6. Newcastle confirm scans reveal Ryan Taylor sustained only soft tissue damage yesterday. http://t.co/du2ai0vL

  7. Hughes heaps praise on Taarabt http://t.co/yFAEhfaz

  8. Wenger wary of over-using Oxlade Chamberlain http://t.co/eVW6HbEQ

  9. Short downtime tonight - for some upgrade work behind the scenes. Sorry for the inconvenience - be back in a bit.

  10. Leon Best out for up to six weeks with medial ligament damage http://t.co/YluvNpPf

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Scout Picks

For Gameweek Twenty Four

  • Krul
  • Vermaelen
  • Kompany
  • Huth
  • Silva
  • Morrison
  • Bale
  • Valencia
  • Ba
  • van Persie
  • Agüero
  • Taiwo
  • Donovan
  • Zamora

Recent Comments

  • Vorm - Hilario BAE - Richards - Caulker - Enrique - Simpson Silva - Bale - Sess - Valencia - Ferguson RvP - Kun… »
  • i would kill to be able to afford this team mate, assuming that silva at forward is ba. despite senderos. Id give it a 7… »
  • He may be the first to go from the generic 5 mids. »
  • I wouldn't know really, but apparently AVB wasn't happy at all with Luiz against United. »
  • Best player in a 5-2 loss isn't much of an achievement. I'm just going off what I have seen, and what I've seen is he… »
  • Getting a vibe ppl have lost the love for Valencia...? »
  • I am a Liverpool-free zone. »
  • Mulling over transfers for this week, team looks like this: Mignolet (Krul) Kompany, Caulker, Kelly (Evans, Simpson… »
  • :D , sorry A. for me, gerrard is a waste of money, I would keep Walters for the next 3 »

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Goalkeepers

Player Club Factors
No Change Krul NEW A, Vs
No Change Hart MCI B, Vs
No Change Kenny QPR C, Vs, Rest, £
Up Al-Habsi WIG B, Vs, £
Up Schwarzer FUL C, Vs, Inj
No Change Mignolet SUN B, £
Up Vorm SWA B, £
No Change Foster WBA B
Up Robinson BLA C, Vs
Down Hennessey WOL B, Vs
No Change Sørensen STO B, Vs, Rest, £
No Change Bogdan BOL C, Rest, £

Defenders

Player Club Factors
No Change Richards MCI B, Vs, Inj
No Change Simpson NEW B, Vs, £
Up Senderos FUL B, Vs, Rest, £
Down Huth STO B, Vs, Sus
Up Evans MUN B, VsX, £
Up Taiwo QPR C, Vs, £
Up Cole CHE C, Vs
Up Rangel SWA B, VsX, £
No Change Bardsley SUN B, £
Up Vermaelen ARS C
Down Assou-Ekotto TOT A, VsX
No Change Clark AVL B, Vs, OoP, £
Down Riise FUL C, Vs, Rest
No Change McAuley WBA C, £
Down Johnson WOL C, £

Midfielders

Player Club Factors
No Change Bale TOT A, VsX
No Change Dempsey FUL A, Vs, OoP
No Change Silva MCI B, Vs
No Change Sessegnon SUN A, £
Up McClean SUN A, £
No Change Valencia MUN A, VsX
Up Sigurdsson SWA B, VsX, £
Down Mata CHE B
Up Taarabt QPR C, Vs
Up Ben Arfa NEW C, Vs, Rest, OoP
Up Sinclair SWA B, VsX, £
Up Moses WIG C, Vs, OoP, £
Down Walters STO C, Vs, OoP, £
Up Barton QPR C, Vs
No Change Ireland AVL C, Vs, Rest, £

Forwards

Player Club Factors
No Change van Persie ARS A
No Change Agüero MCI B, Vs
Up Ba NEW B, Vs
No Change Zamora QPR B, Vs
Up Dzeko MCI B, Vs, Rest
Up Bent AVL A, Vs
Up Yakubu BLA C, Vs
Up Cisse NEW B, Vs
No Change Rooney MUN B, VsX, Inj
No Change Sturridge CHE C
Down Fletcher WOL B, £
Up Graham SWA B, VsX, £

Selection Factors

A, B, C Current Form
Vs Favourable Fixtures
VsX Unfavourable Fixtures
Rest Rotation Risk
Inj Injured/Returning from Injury
OoP Out of Position
£ Potential Bargain
Sus Suspended/Near Suspension

Suspension Tightrope

Player Team YC
Lowe BLA 9
Terry CHE 8
Barton QPR 8
Cattermole SUN 8
Song ARS 7
N'Zonzi BLA 7
Meireles CHE 7
Fellaini EVE 7
Huth STO 7
Shawcross STO 7
Caldwell WIG 7
Henry WOL 7

“Alex Chamberlain played three games for the first time in his career. He had a stiff neck at half-time, so I did not want to take a gamble with him. Then we had a problem with Koscielny, and I wanted to give some playing time to Benayoun.”

Arsene Wenger explains why Van Persie wasn't substituted in the 7-1 win over Blackburn following pre-game talk of the Dutch hitman needing rest