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1 March 2016 3321 comments
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Fresh from a low-scoring Gameweek, we delve right back into the thick of it as the Premier League serves up a full set of fixtures prior to the weekend. In the opening wave of five match-ups, Leicester City’s home tie against West Bromwich Albion could be the most impactful from a Fantasy perspective, with many managers tripling up on the league leaders.

Despite mustering seven goals over the previous four Gameweeks, the Foxes rank in the bottom half for attempts (47) and shots inside the box (26). Given that they chart in the top three for shot accuracy (40%) and shot-conversion rate (15%), it’s clear that they’re profiting from clinical finishing in the final third. As for the Baggies, they’ve displayed signs of improvement on the attacking front, placing in the top 10 with regards to shots inside the box (28).

Chelsea will attempt to extend their unbeaten streak to 12 matches when they pay a visit to Norwich City. The Blues were one of the league’s premier attacking units across the last four Gameweeks, ranking joint-top for goals (eight) and fourth for shots on target (20). In addition, they conceded just three goals during that period and surrendered the joint-fewest big chances (two). They’ll draw encouragement from the fact that the Canaries’ rearguard charted joint-second for goals conceded (eight) and has managed only three clean sheets at home.

Revitalised following their blank last Gameweek, Everton travel to face an Aston Villa outfit that shipped six goals in their last home match-up. The Toffees have impressed on their travels this term, losing just one head-to-head while tallying the third-most big chances (28). On the other hand, only three teams have conceded more goals on home turf than Villa (20), who also placed top for goals allowed across the previous four Gameweeks (10).

Training our focus on the south coast, Bournemouth and Southampton do battle at the Vitality Stadium. The Cherries tasted defeat in three of their last four home clashes, while Saints’ recent defeat to Chelsea marked the first time in seven outings that their back line was breached. In the North East, Sunderland entertain a Crystal Palace squad that’s without a win in 10 matches and allowed the joint-third-most big chances (nine) over the last four Gameweeks.

  1. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy 😀

    1. Hakuna Juan Mata
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      did he score?

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        No

      2. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Nope

      3. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        No

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Am I the only one who hopes he scores so he will be quit ?

      4. Hakuna Juan Mata
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        phew... don't scare us non-captainers like that man

      5. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        No. Everything but.

      6. Smarty Pants
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Do you see 3 pages of OMG VARDY shouts?

    2. seanie3
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      dick

  2. F_Ivanovic
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    VVD is MUVP (most unvaluable player) for me this year. Had him all through Southampton's lack of CS and sold him in WC right before they went on a 6 game run of CS.

    Brought him back in this week and benched Smith who I was originally going to have to play.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Did the same exact thing

  3. Harper_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Ivan to score in the 89th minute and earn redemption

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Dempsey
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      please

    3. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Weird way to spell Azpi

    4. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Since when do you offer cheap tickets to purgatory?

  4. KingNidge
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    il take one more Diego if you're offering big man

    1. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Il take that too mate....

  5. KOLASINA(C)
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Gardner almost again...

  6. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Shoulda gone with my gut.

    Played Daniels and benched Azpi

    1. Hakuna Juan Mata
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Daniels has a CS?

      1. Acquafresca
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I should have done that..

        Obviously started Azpi benched Daniels.

      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Don't you know teams are also allowed to score goals in the last 15min of the match?

  7. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    That Gardner fella must have a bionic right leg.

  8. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    This has all the ingredients of a perfectly horrendous GW.

  9. BENOIT
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Looks like I'm definitely stepping aboard the Paloschi wagon.

    Austin you tart.

  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Sigh...

  11. Ayew Serious
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Daniels down to 1 bap

    1. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Feel better about benching him for Fuchs now... 🙁

    2. Stephen - Robot Daniels
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      That'll do

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

    4. Whats the Huth
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      First sub on my bench. Need a no show from someone tomorrow

  12. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    lo @ chelsea

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      *look ?

    2. Ziro Becomes One
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Loathe Chelsea?

  13. Norfolk&Chance
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    No more goals then... so bored.

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      go and have an uplifting experience

    2. The Algerian Dream
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Lel. They're high-scoring already

  14. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    VVD over Daniels last week is going well

    1. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Tell me about it

  15. Shifty
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Every deadline I renew hope, every game week my hopes get dashed.

    Why bother with this season?!

    1. Slam
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Because there's another GW around the corner 🙂

      1. Shifty
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Oh yeaaaa aguero captain next week!!!

        1. Smarty Pants
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          *gets rested, comes on for a few minutes to get a yellow*

          1. Shifty
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Aww man

      2. Smarty Pants
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, only 2 days to wait after tomorrow until the next debacle 😎

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Excatly. Wish this season would be over.

      6 captain blanks in last 10 and another blank coming in 20 mins

  16. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero is a big differential for me this week. Really need him to step up.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, please

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He'll hurt himself if it's a big step.

    3. Alittude
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I have ze faith

    4. Danstoke82
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He will hurt himself and be ruled out of the Villa match.

      Can see it now.

  17. KOLASINA(C)
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Why in FPL isn't a team like Atletico Madrid, I would buy 3 defenders into my team and I wouldn't care about stupid clean sheets.

    1. Slam
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sounds like fun

    2. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Soton last year were like that, and a few GWs ago

    3. Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty sure Atletico defenders would be top dollar

    4. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty much SOU usually

  18. Hakuna Juan Mata
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    please stay on the bench Targett lol

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      he will, Saints have used 3 subs

      1. Lateriser 12
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        YES

    2. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      this

  19. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So who was your captain this gw?

    1. Slam
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Mesut

    2. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Kun(c)

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy 😎

    4. Hakuna Juan Mata
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku 🙂

    5. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Doesn't matter, 2 points from everyone.

    6. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Oats ill

    7. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sanchez. 1 point confirmed

    8. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Willian. :/

    9. moz_1983
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Vard

    10. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Kun (C) v some Sunday league team

    11. edfiasco
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sanchez

    12. cyclopropane
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Mahrez

  20. Norfolk&Chance
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Has Daniela got a clean squid?

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Smells fishy.

      1. Norfolk&Chance
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yes but , Christ! - it's clean.

    2. Alittude
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He's squidless in Seattle

  21. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    If everton kept just a couple more clean sheets this season... if only.

    +14 goal difference in 10th. One of the biggest anomalies aside from Watford/Leicester.

  22. Miro
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    3 subs done, Targett stays on bench

    1. Alittude
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yessss I now love having targett!

  23. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Will Villa score again this season?

    1. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Doubtful.

      1. Acquafresca
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yellow flagged 😉

    2. Alittude
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yes in the homeless cup

    3. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      We are done

      1. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Cov fan and even I feel sorry for you.

    4. Stephen - Robot Daniels
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Only ever against my defence apparently:(

  24. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Even Raheem Sterling could score against Villa...actually...

    Willian>Sterling done

  25. Bazzalona
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    irrespective of their fpl teams how many of us want a Leicester winner?

    1. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      very much so.. want them to win the league

      1. Bazzalona
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        same here. it will almost feel like a failure if they don't now having come this far

    2. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Eh

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      o/

    4. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Definitely. Hope they win it. A Simpson or Mahrez screamer would suit me just fine. But preferably not Vardy.

  26. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    oh

  27. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Tadic goal on the cards

  28. Swan - Villa Proud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So far, no crooked scores from today's captain options. Sets up nice for those os us with a captain tomorrow.

  29. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Targett you beauty!

    Did mane start for SOT?

    1. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

  30. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Saints!!