There are some interesting run in’s at the end of the season, particularly when it comes to having matches against the big 6.
I think it’s fair to say that planning for points against these top teams generally comes down to expecting two points for appearances, hoping for an odd goal or assist, and praying for no bookings or own goals.
With that in mind I have done some analysis of the PL teams and their home and away matches against the top teams over the run in.
The Big 6 themselves have fewer matches to play against the rest of the top 6 – another reason to look to these teams for FPL points. Certainly though, getting players from these teams can be expensive. Looking at this analysis might help in potential bench planning in case we need to dip into our reserves in case of unexpected injury or suspension.
Results
Liverpool and Arsenal have (on paper) the best deals, closely followed by City and United. At the other end of the spectrum Watford have to face all of the Big 6 away from their own turf; not so great on the one hand but potentially opening up more Ben Foster clean sheet opportunities at Vicarage Road. Fulham don’t have to travel to any of the Big 6 so if they can tighten up that leaky defence on the road then there might be some (albeit small) potential in a cheap Cottagers defender.
Anyway, if planning against the Big 6 is something that floats your boat here’s how it looks:
Arsenal – 1 home, 2 away
Bournemouth, 3 home, 2 away
Brighton – 1 home, 3 away
Burnley – 2 home, 4 away
Cardiff – 2 home, 3 away
Chelsea – 1 home, 3 away
Crystal P – 2 home, 2 away
Everton – 5 home 1 away
Fulham – 4 home, 0 away
Huddersfield – 2 home, 3 away
Leicester – 3 home, 3 away
Liverpool – 2 home, 1 away
Man City – 3 home, 1 away
Man Utd – 3 home, 1 away
Newcastle – 1 home, 3 away
Southampton – 2 home, 2 away
Tottenham – 1 home, 3 away
Watford – home, 6 away
West Ham – 1 home, 4 away
Wolves – 2 home, 2 away
Does anything from this particularly stand out to you?
5 years, 3 months agoThanks for this!
I'd like to dig into it a bit more in terms of when the fixtures come of course, but it's an interesting analysis and shows us overall who could be in for some tough games. I think this is quite useful for some fantasy draft formats, where you can't swap players around as much as in FPL - even for the FPL draft leagues this is the kind of stuff that's important. In FPL I'll be focusing largely on individual performances, form, and fixtures with more detail, with this in the back of my mind