Everton’s popular attacking assets have underwhelmed Fantasy Premier League managers so far this season.
After two matches, they have scored just once, only Crystal Palace finding the net fewer times than the Toffees at this stage.
Perhaps we should not be too surprised to see Marco Silva’s men struggle in front of goal at this stage.
During their pre-season campaign, they scored just three goals in seven matches, with Richarlison (£8.0m) the only key figure missing for most of it.
One was registered against Kenyan side Kariobangi Sharks, while Monaco and Mainz were the only other teams to concede against Everton.
The Toffees drew blanks in four of their summer friendlies, against FC Sion, Wigan Athletic, Sevilla and Werder Bremen.
Of those who found the back of the net, Joe Williams and Lewis Gibson are not first-team regulars, the former now a permanent Wigan player, while Seamus Coleman (£5.5m) is the only summer goal-scorer to have played in either Premier League match so far this season.
Accordingly, ahead of a Gameweek 3 trip to Aston Villa, Fantasy managers might be looking to move on their Everton attackers.
We have assessed the underlying statistics from their first two matches of the campaign to find out if the Toffees have simply been unlucky not to score more often, or if there are some tangible reasons for concern.
As this article uses data from the Fantasy Football Scout Members Area only those who have signed up for the 2019/20 season can access it in full.
5 years, 1 month ago
Someone talk me out of this?
I'm considering going Ederson + three-way rotation between Pieters/Lundstram/Cantwell over Pope + Walk6/Zinchenko (Can't afford Laporte)
Ederson is essentially a City def who I'd start every week and yes he won't get those saves, but pretty much 6 points in the bag. Rotation of Pieters/Lund/Cantwell means I don't bench points(I'd assume) and I'd start players on their fixtures.
Yes Pope will rack up the saves but I can't see Burnley keeping cs in the coming run. Added the non nailed onness of Zinc/Walker.
Thoughts?