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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5 years, 3 months ago
Having A REALLY bad season. Currently ranked at over 450K. Worst rank in 7 years.
I've had 4 GWs ranked at over 4 million.
Bad moves: I decided before the season started to try and hold my WC until the second international break for a change instead of my customary GW3 WC (This was pending any disasters).
In doing so I was too busy putting out small fires that I missed the early bandwagons of Wilson, Fraser, Brooks, Alonso, Mane, Doherty and Moura.
I went with a 4.5/4.0 keeper option (Begovic/Boruc) - didn't work. Bournemouth's fixtures were amazing but it was their attack that needed investment.
Heavy hitters: Whether it was a lack of patience, listening to too many differing opinions (FFS, Podcasts, Twitter) or chasing points - I have had heavy hitters at the wrong time all season...
Alonso:
Owned GWs 5-8 = 4ppg
Not-owned GWs 1-4&9-23 = 5.77ppg
Salah:
Owned GWs 1-7&9-15 = 6.2ppg
Not-owned GWs 8&16-23 = 10ppg
Hazard:
Owned GWs 8-14&20-23 = 4.2ppg
Not-owned GWs 1-7&15-19 = 8.66ppg
Sane:
Owned GWs 16-20 = 3.2ppg
Not-owned GWs 1-15&21-23 6.94ppg
Sterling:
Owned GWs 15-19 = 3ppg
Not-owned GWs 1-18&20-23 8.19ppg
Pogba (Solskjaer era):
Owned GWs 21-23 = 5.33ppg
Not-owned GWs 18-20 = 15.33ppg
Salah is now in my team so expect him to blank this week.
Questions:
How bad has your season been?
What bad choices have you made?
How valuable/handicapping are FF resources? (My best season - 595 OR - was when I was abroad the entire year)
Can't wait for next season...