Fantasy Allsvenskan is on break until Tuesday the 25th of June, without any new football to analyse, we figured we might as well take a look at what players the bonus point system seems to favour, and try to see who might be creeping a bit under the radar. Given that bonus doesn’t work the same way as in Fantasy Premier League, let’s first recap how it’s calculated in Fantasy Allsvenskan.
Breakdown of how bonus points works
There is a maximum limit of bonus points per player (and game) that’s set at two bonus points for offensive contributions, and two for defensive actions. The points are calculated as follows:
Offensive bonus
1 point for every 3 successful crosses (the ball reaches a teammate in the penalty box).
1 point for every 3 key passes (pass that leads to a shot on target).
1 point for every big chance created (like the rest, big chances are determined by Opta).
Defensive bonus
1 point for every 6 clearance, block or interception.
1 point for every 6 ball recoveries.
From what I can tell (the rules doesn’t seem to specify this) there is no requirement that the individual bonus points have to come from different types of action (i.e. 3 successful crosses and 3 key passes), a player can get two offensive bonus points from 6 successful crosses and 0 key passes for instance.
Top performers in the different categories
We’ll take a look at the best players so far in their respective bonus point-giving categories, as well as the top performers overall for bonus.
Top for successful crosses
The perhaps unsurprising leader for successful crosses is Malmö midfielder Anders Christiansen (9.9m) with 23 so far from 11 games played. Christiansen had a bit of a slow start (by his standards) in terms of gathering fantasy points, but since GW8 he’s been outstanding!
The runner up in this category is Jacob Ericsson (4.7m). The Falkenberg defender hasn’t had it easy with the whole keeping clean sheets-business (4 in 12 games, conceding 21 goals in the other 8) but he’s racked up an impressive tally of 22 successful crosses, just one behind Christiansen.
Third for successful crosses is Östersund midfielder Charlie Colkett (6.0m) with 21 so far.
Top for key passes
Yet again Anders Christiansen is number one, and in this category, he really smashes it out of the park with 39 key passes registered – 15 clear of the closest contenders!
Second place is shared between Malmö midfielder Sören Rieks (9.8m) and Helsingborg forward Rasmus Jönsson (7.4m), both on 24 key passes.
Third place in this category is also a tie, this time between Örebro midfielder Nordin Gerzic (6.4m) and Göteborg forward Giorgi Kharaishvili (8.4m), both players managing 23 key passes.
Top for big chances created
This category is actually not spearheaded by Christiansen, rather it’s Hammarby midfielder Muamer Tankovic (9.1m) and Djurgården midfielder Nicklas Bärkroth (7.7m) who both have 6 big chances created so far. Second placed is Djurgården midfielder Jonathan Ring (7.9m) with 5.
Quite a few players are on 4 big chances created so without further ado: Sören Rieks, Sundsvall midfielder David Batanero (8.3m), Hammarby forward Nikola Djurdjic (9.9m), Giorgi Kharaishvili, and finally, AIK forwards Henok Goitom (9.7m) and Tarik Elyounoussi (9.4m).
Top for clearances, blocks or interceptions
This is the category where the defenders (naturally) are quite far ahead of the other positions in terms of gathering points. Number one overall is Östersund defender Noah Sonko Sundberg (5.6m) with a whopping 108 clearances, blocks or interceptions. Second place is Falkenberg defender Carl Johansson (4.6m) with 92 so far. Third place goes to Göteborg defender Carl Starfelt (5.8) with 88.
Top for ball recoveries
This is where the goalkeepers shine, with appearing at all the top placements. Number one is last years bonus and save-point monster William Eskelinen (5.5m). The Sundsvall keeper has gathered 120 ball recoveries so far in 12 games, very impressive! Second in line is Örebro keeper Oscar Jansson (4.9m) with 114 and finally, Helsingborg’s Kalle Joelsson (4.2m) is making a habit out of increasing most managers bench-points with his 113 ball recoveries so far.
Top overall Bonus point magnets
The moment you’ve all been waiting for… What players are the overall bonus point magnets when we’re somewhat shy of the half-way line in Fantasy Allsvenskan? Top five players so far (drumroll please…);
1. Rasmus Elm (7.4m) with 19 bonus points in total (8 offensive, 11 defensive)
2. Anders Christiansen with 18 bonus points (11 offensive, 7 defensive) and Giorgi Kharaishvili (8 offensive, 10 defensive)
3. Gudmundur Thorarinsson (8.3m) with 17 bonus points (9 offensive, 8 defensive) and Markus Holgersson (5.0m), 14 defensive, 3 offensive.
4. Carl Starfelt with 16 bonus points (all 16 defensive)
5. Noah Sonko Sundberg with 15 bonus points (all 15 defensive) Carl Johansson (14 defensive and 1 offensive), Jacob Ericsson (7 offensive, 8 defensive), Nordin Gerzic (6 offensive, 9 defensive).
What does this mean for our planning going forward?
Ideally, you’d want players who aren’t “just” mopping up the bonus but also contributing with fantasy points all around, either through goals, assists, clean sheets or even save points. Top overall bonus points-getter Rasmus Elm only have 43 points overall to his name, with 0 goals 1 assist. Contrary, Anders Christiansen is doing a bit of everything, with 69 points overall courtesy of 4 goals and 2 assists along with the bonus. Giorgi Kharaishvili is another super-interesting option who deserves to be looked at, with 59 points so far coming from 3 goals, 4 assists and all of those bonus points.
Gudmundur Thorarinsson is at 43 overall points (0 goals, 2 assists). Markus Holgersson only has 38 points with 1 assist and remarkably, 0 clean sheets. Carl Starfelt currently sports 58 points (1 goal and 4 clean sheets), while Noah Sonko Sundberg is at 46 points (1 goal, 3 clean sheets). Jacob Ericsson is at 52 points (2 assists and 4 clean sheets) and Nordin Gerzic has 44 points (0 goals, 2 assists).
In summary..
Defenders and goalkeepers are dominating the defensive bonus points overall, with mids and forwards the clear favourites for offensive points, nothing strange there. The most interesting players are those that combine the classical goals, assists and clean sheets with both offensive and defensive bonus. In that category Anders Christiansen and Giorgi Kharaishvili really are standout picks and both are definitely worth looking at when hovering the transfer button in future gameweeks. Keep in mind though that Malmö in five GWs (GW18) has a blank gameweek.
Bonus points shouldn’t be the only factor when looking at transfers, but the way it works in Fantasy Allsvenskan, it can boost some players a lot more than others. Has this information provided you with a bit more insight into the workings of the bonus point system? Are there any standout options that are just below the top performers, who you are considering? And finally, are you excited about Double Gameweek 13 that’s fast approaching? We’ll make sure to have a preview out before deadline looking at different options for that one as well.
Cheers all!
Meltens
4 years, 10 months agoVery happy with my Kharaishvili inclusion on my WC last GW. Starfelt and Sonko Sundberg the most interesting for me to make room for going forward!