After the conclusion of Saturday’s Gameweek 17 fixtures, our Scoreboard rounds up all the action.
Included in this article are the day’s leading teams and players for shots, chances created and expected goals (xG).
This is official Opta data from our Premium Members Area, which is available for our subscribers after full-time in every Premier League game.
Meanwhile, the attacking returns and projected bonus points are from LiveFPL.
A reminder that these are the ‘current’ bonus projections. The Bonus Points System has been revised this season, so there could be further changes over the next 24 hours.
SATURDAY IN BRIEF
The most-sold and most-benched midfielder of Gameweek 17 was the latest player to profit from Manchester City’s ongoing slump.
Morgan Rogers (£5.3m), jettisoned by 340,000 managers ahead of Saturday’s deadline and benched by a further 890,000, delivered his biggest-ever FPL score – 14 points – by scoring and assisting in Aston Villa’s 2-1 win over the faltering reigning champions.
It was an eighth blank in 12 starts for the shot-less Erling Haaland (£14.9m), while there were duck-eggs for the cautioned Josko Gvardiol (£6.1m) and Rico Lewis (£4.6m).
At least some transfers paid off. Alexander Isak (£8.8m), the most-bought forward of Gameweek 17, bagged his first-ever Premier League hat-trick as Newcastle United swatted aside sorry Ipswich Town.
Jacob Murphy (£4.9m) continued his good form by contributing two attacking returns for the third Gameweek in a row.
There were goals galore at Selhurst Park, too, but Bukayo Saka (£10.6m) wasn’t amongst them. A hamstring injury forced the winger off early on, with assessment to follow.
A resurgent Gabriel Jesus (£6.7m) was Crystal Palace’s bogeyman for the second time in 72 hours, following up his midweek treble with a brace in south London.
Nottingham Forest’s impressive backline meanwhile passed their latest test with flying colours, shutting out the division’s highest scorers in home matches – Brentford – with minimal fuss.
Six clean sheets is a tally that only Arsenal can better, while goalscorer Ola Aina (£4.9m) now sits proudly atop the defenders’ FPL points table after his 15-point haul.
Finally, in east London, another blank for Joao Pedro (£5.9m) and a busted clean sheet for the ninth match in a row for Brighton and Hove Albion.
Jarrod Bowen (£7.4m) made it to 10 attacking returns for the season with an assist in that fixture.
GAMEWEEK 17: SATURDAY’S GOALS, ASSISTS AND PROJECTED BONUS POINTS
GAMEWEEK 17: SATURDAY’S PLAYER AND TEAM STATS
GOAL ATTEMPTS – TEAMS
EXPECTED GOALS (XG) – TEAMS
GOAL ATTEMPTS (TOT) – PLAYERS
MORE STATS IN OUR MATCH CENTRE
Click on the result of each game below to see the full player and team data:
| Crystal Palace | 1 – 5 | Arsenal |
| West Ham United | 1 – 1 | Brighton and Hove Albion |
| Ipswich Town | 0 – 4 | Newcastle United |
| Brentford | 0 – 2 | Nottingham Forest |
| Aston Villa | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
CHECK YOUR LIVE FPL RANK
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