Diogo Jota‘s (£5.9m) hat-trick against Leicester City on Saturday has predictably led to a flurry of activity in Fantasy Premier League, with the “out of position” midfielder having been snapped up by over 60,000 managers at the time of writing.
Jota has five goals and two assists in his last five Premier League starts and with Wolverhampton Wanderers sitting top of our Season Ticker for the next six Gameweeks, there will be keen interest in the Portugal under-21 star going into their home match against West Ham United next Wednesday.
Jota’s upturn in form has coincided with a small tweak in Nuno Espirito Santo’s formation, with the 3-4-3 of Gameweeks 1-14 giving way to a 3-4-1-2 since then.
As a result, Jota is playing in a more central role alongside Raul Jimenez (£6.5m), rather than in the wide-left position he occupied in the first three months of the campaign.
We will, therefore, analyse Jota’s data from Gameweek 15 onwards, with that being the point the strike partnership with Jimenez was born.
It should be pointed out, of course, that we are dealing with a relatively small sample size after this point, given that Jota was injured from Gameweeks 18-21. Nevertheless, a cursory study of the two data sets seems appropriate given the demand he suddenly finds himself in among the Fantasy community.
As well as analysing any improvements in Jota’s game, we will look at how he compares with Jimenez as a Fantasy asset and if his appeal is favourable to other mid-price FPL midfielders.
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