Metrics

How the top 10k FPL managers set up for Gameweek 5

A number of Fantasy Premier League managers inside the top 10,000 deployed key chips for Gameweek 5.

5.2% of them opted to use the Wildcard over the international break, while 2.6% went for a Triple Captain.

With each passing Gameweek, the top 10k becomes less and less influenced by those who used multiple chips in the earliest rounds.

With Gameweek 5 now in the mix, only 37.9% of those in the highest echelon of FPL have deployed two chips.

12.7% have used three while 3.8% have already committed four of their chips.

As things stand, 32.2% of those in the top 10k have now used their Wildcard and we can also take a look at which players were the most popular in the Gameweek 5 editions.

By far, the most fashionable option in Gameweek 5 Wildcards among top 10k managers is Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne (£9.8m).

He has been selected in 77.2% of such squads, 7% more than any other player – which made for plenty of frustration when it was revealed he was on the bench for the trip to Norwich City.

Behind the Belgian is, not surprisingly, budget Sheffield United defender John Lundstram (£4.2m), who has been racking up regular game-time in the Blades’ central midfield trio.

Interestingly, it would appear that a number of Fantasy managers at the top level are opting for a double-pivot of bargain bucket defenders.

41.8% of top 10k managers who Wildcarded for Gameweek 5 also included Crystal Palace’s injured centre-back Martin Kelly (£4.1m) in their side.

That brings the total of top 10k managers in possession of both Lundstram and Kelly to 23.7%.

It is clear that the double savings in defence were influenced by interest in the more expensive Manchester City attackings.

Raheem Sterling (£12.3m) was snapped up by 66.2% of top 10k Wildcarders for Gameweek 5 with 58.4% going for Sergio Aguero (£12.1m), making him the most-fashionable forward in such squads.

Interestingly, a total of 30.2% of the top 10k Wildcarders opted for both players in their brand new squads, although the two combined for just one attacking return against Norwich.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), who scored nine points in Saturday’s lunch-time game also features in the Wildcard picture here with 65.4% of those wielding that chip among the top 10k retaining faith in him.

The 35.7% who brought in Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) will be very happy with his huge haul away at Wolves and it’s interesting to see that he was preferred to fellow goal-scorer Mason Mount (£6.4m), who did not feature among the most popular midfield assets.

Instead, the man in that price bracket who drew the attention of Wildcarders in the top 10k was Daniel James (£6.2m), although he blanked against Leicester while Mount found the net late-on at Wolves.

We saw that Gameweek 3 Wildcards at this level largely featured a disposal of Liverpool defenders, but they are clearly back in fashion despite failing to keep a second clean sheet of the campaign against Newcastle.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.1m) and Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) both feature among the most popular defenders in top 10k Wildcards, the right-back selected in 45.9% of these and his centre-back colleague in 29.9%.

Gameweek 5 Captains

Meanwhile, there was a big difference between the top 10k and everybody else when it came to choosing captains for Gameweek 5.

Those in the upper echelons largely favoured Aguero, with 39.1% of them handing the Manchester City man the armband.

Salah was backed by 30.9% and Sterling 19.2%.

The vote was much more evenly split from an overall perspective with Salah just about the most popular with a share of 23.3%.

Sterling was just behind him on 21.5% while Aguero was off in third place with 15.4%.

Not surprisingly given Norwich’s situation coming into Gameweek 5, there were also a number of Triple Captain chips deployed in the top 10k.

As already mentioned, 2.6% of them played this enhanced captaincy chip.

The majority of these were played on Aguero, 1.2% of those in the top 10k choosing the Manchester City forward, 0.6% on Sterling and 0.6% on Salah.

Data taken from LiveFPL.net. Visit it HERE.

1,737 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Norwich city were wonderful last night 🙂

    The reason why i love football

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Me too

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      They played some lovely football at times!

      It was as if Man City were in yellow/green!

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        And what about the fans !!!

        They were the 12th man in real sense

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Couldn’t agree more!

      2. TheBrazilianRonaldo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        The playing out and building from the back was incredible around the high press

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          And they kept their calm when doing it! They kept making these triangles and just passing it between themselves In Tight spaces, was really impressive to see someone stick to their game plan against City instead of trying to park the bus.

          1. TheBrazilianRonaldo
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Yep!

    3. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      agree, the way they played out from the back was unreal and Buendia was in beast mode!

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        watched the full game there an hour ago and turned up the TV (even in my hungover state) as the atmosphere at Carrow road seemed epic!

  2. Sz21
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Current Team-
    Ryan.
    Robertson, Coleman, VVD.
    Sterling, Cantwell, KDB, Ceballos, Salah.
    Pukki, King.
    Button, Lundstram, A Smith, Wickham.
    1FT, 2.0m ITB.

    A very bad GW followed by a brutal GW!
    1. WC and just be done with it. (Make wholesale- well 5 or 6 at least changes including ridding of the double Liv defence).
    2. Abraham-> King and sit with that.
    3. Other moves with a hit.

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd take a hit and do two transfers rather than wasting your wildcard. You've got quite a lot of great players already

  3. SheBangsTheDrums
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How long has Maitland Niles got before Bellerin is back?

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Same question

  4. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    20k to 1m rank is only separated by approx 50pts. 325pts / 275pts

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      That actually makes me feel better. First time I've been ranked over 1m in many seasons

    2. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Where do you check this?

      1. FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Also 2nd place in my work mini league is 325 pts and in top 20k and 27th place is 274 and approximately 1.1m

      2. juho
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/314/standings/c?phase=1&page_new_entries=1&page_standings=406

        replace "406" with a much larger number to locate 1m ranked players

        1. FPL Forward Thinker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          VERY GOOD TIP AND LINK

          THANK YOU

    3. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Sorry, but the page you were looking for can't be found.

      1. FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Reply fail

    4. juho
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      i'm sat at 1.6m with 264 points

      fine margins, this

  5. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Don't you just love it when the players you own haul and people start scrambling to get them in! Namely Tammy and Son.

    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      ban

    2. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Sorry, but the page you were looking for can't be found.

    3. Warblers
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not that petty....

    4. TheBrazilianRonaldo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Isn’t that just part of the game. The game is getting great players right from the start or soon after. See a graph on adoption life cycle to see why it take a while for everyone to fully jump on board

    5. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Transferred Pukki in for gw2, nice feeling. I have no regrets on having Salah and playing Lundstram this week, wanted to wait and see whether I will get Barnes, Abraham or Callum Wilson. Since Son has been more than able to blank had decided to wait until he shows decent form.

      Salah (Greenwood) > Abraham + Son done yesterday (-4)

  6. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    bottomed

    Please suggest the best way to bring Son into this team...

    Adrain
    AWB Digne Zin
    Sterling Mane Martial Mount
    Auba Pukki Tammy

    Kentwell Lund Kelly

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Martial to son.
      Awb to whoever is available

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        forgot to mention 0.0 ITB...so will be 1.0 short with this move

      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Son away to Leicester? Wrong week surely. And well AWB is offering more value than Zinc right now 🙂

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          You might want to check hua stats against leicester

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Go on - share them.

            Now Son is out of 5.5 mode and motoring to 11.0 I’m getting him in. Curious what you’ve found that makes this the week to do it.

    2. Jamizz
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Why do I feel like you're just bragging about your GW team. But you may have to loose either Sterling,Auba or Mane

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        May be because that's what you always do 🙂

  7. el polako
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Double edge sword.
    You get the money from price rises but you loose the "differencial" factor - ie. those who went Pukki or KDB from the start.

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Reply fail to Jurgen Flopp

    2. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yes true but Son it seems will still remain a differential at least for another week lol

  8. JurgenRodgers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Got away with Kane over Kdb this week, getting harder to hold him though..

    (A) Kane/Trossard - Kdb/Barnes -4

    (B) Trossard - Wilson/Iwobi FT

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Son over kane

  9. dshv
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Please help fellas

    Heaton

    Vvd - robbo - digne - walker

    Sterling - david silva - salah - mount

    Pukki - Wilson

    (Lund, dendo, green)

    1. David silva to who?
    2. Wilson to abraham?
    3. Stick

    1 FT the question here is because i am waiting till now with that callum wilson and i am feeling i have to keep him for the next 3 weeks..

    But guys give me an advices because i am bad on my leagues..

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      2

    2. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Silva to Son
      VVD to 4.5

  10. juho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Members Area question: is there a Team Stat that shows xG against (excluding penalties awarded to opposition)?

  11. Warblers
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Speaking of kneejerk, any thoughts on Aurier? Anyone advise how he looked?

  12. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Can Son and Auba match Sterling and Haller over the next 5 GW’s?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Most definitely

  13. Bobadoba
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Robinson or Perez out for Cantwell?

    (In order to fund Kane > Aguero)

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Perez

  14. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Is Martial likely back for next week?

  15. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Button Heaton
    Robertson VVD Montoya Digne Kelly
    Salah Sterling KDB Dendoncker McGinn
    Greenwood Pukki Haller

    What would you do with this team?

  16. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    unexpected lund rise

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      this has some meaning in indian language

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Hahahahaha

  17. Macam Dave
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I now need some advice pls guys use my 2 FT (or do-4) or wild card to change 5-6 players to maximise team...

    Pope button
    Vvd taa zinch digne Lund
    Salah mane kdb mount dend
    Pukki Barnes greenwood

    A) I want son and Tammy. So thinking upgrading mount to son, greenwood up to Tammy by Salah to mane and taking our prem defenders (this is my wild card approach) or

    B) zinch mount greenwood to 4.5 cantwell Tammy?

    C) something else!

    Thanks

    1. Macam Dave
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone please?! Thx

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I did Salah (Greenwood) to Son and Abraham yesterday for -4. Feel free to copy that move.

      1. Macam Dave
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks

        Would like mane bit could get him.im next week guess

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Mane has Che away and he is better at Anfield, so that can wait. Son and Abraham will get expensive fast.

          1. Macam Dave
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Thx for reply mate

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      You cannot have 2x Mane

      1. Macam Dave
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Whoopssy I have sterling not mane!!

  18. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Any more thoughts on this potential WC?

    Pope (Button)
    TAA Digne Lowton/Yoshida (Lund)
    KDB Son Pepe Mount (Cantwell)
    Aguero Abraham Pukki

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Looks good not too sure about Pepe atm has not shown that much

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Will assess him today

    2. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      brave one...

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Think that implies it is a bit punty which I guess is what I was looking for.

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yoshida?
      Nah.. Lowton looks good

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        It's both but Yoshida to potentially start in GW6 to avoid Burnley double up against the Yellow Jugernauts

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Have you thought about Newcastle defender instead of Yoshida?

    4. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mane/ salah are surely essential ?

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Can't split them so figured I might go without for a bit as the fixtures get a bit trickier. Aguero can always be downgraded to bring in one of them.

      2. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Don't think so.
        I might go with Firmino instead

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          If on WC i’d Get him

        2. Miguel Sanchez
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Or Firmino for Aguero once Jesus comes back fully

    5. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Very nice

      Moving towards similar in next 2/3 weeks but think I’ll go Mane over Pepe. Suspect that’s value unless and until Pepe explodes.

      On your set up I’d have Kun now with Siggy perhaps where you have Pepe - two nice fixtures next week. That allows you to jump on either Auba or Pepe with one or two FTs. Think Auba is the one really.

  19. Lionel Ronaldo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    On WC:

    (A) Otamen / Guendoz / Aubam
    (B) Zinch / Dendon / Aubam
    (C) Soyunc/ KDB / Barnes
    (D) Maitland / Mount / Firmino

    Surely (B) or some variant?

    1. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C with Tammy

      1. Lionel Ronaldo
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        In all cases, Tammy is already the second striker

      2. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        This

        1. Lionel Ronaldo
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          See above

          1. All For One
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            yeh my reply posted just as your new post updated lol

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What about Pepe instead of Auba?

      1. Lionel Ronaldo
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I am too scared not owning Aubam. His stats, the following fixtures, Laca potentially not "stealing" his points, On penalties.

        1. Winston.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Aguero probably a better pick if you want premium striker. What about Haller and upgrade elsewhere.

          1. Lionel Ronaldo
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            4.4 DEF / Guendoz / Aguero ?

            This feels like a downgrade

    3. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

  20. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    punted on ceballos...hoping for a good result today

    1. Dannyb
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pepe (C) here, gl dude

  21. matiakez
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Stick or twist with Kane? Hugely disapounted with yesterday but should i be more hopeful that Spurs have at least hit some form?

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Get rid of Kane, get Son instead

    2. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Son seems way better value, no?

    3. Dannyb
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Kane out Son in if you want Spurs. Kane just an overpriced decoy.

      1. gergin
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        3 goals 2 assist in 5. Including Man City and Arsenal away. Ok, I`ll take it.

    4. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Son better value.

  22. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    This is GW6 team and it’s staying put...

    Pope
    VVD Alex-Arnold Digne
    Cantwell Sterling C DeBruyne Salah Mount
    Pukki Haller

    Think it’s pretty gtg, any thoughts? Sterling Hat-trick of tap ins next week..

  23. marcus2704
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Am having a good start to the season with an OR of 8388.

    My midfield restricts what can be done elsewhere, but so far its worked well for me and I'm reluctant to lose any of the big 4 midfielders.

    My bench is terrible but so far I have always managed to field 11.

    Any other moves I should look at this week or shall I roll the FT?

    Pope
    Digne - VVD - Zinchenko - Lundstram
    Mane - Salah - Sterling - KDB - Dendon
    Pukki

    Button, Greenwood, Kelly, Wickham

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Well I can't really suggest you anything because you are anyways waaaaay ahead of me.

      Still, money ItB?

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Can you do Dendo to Cantwell??

      1. marcus2704
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        0 money ITB, thats the one transfer I looked at this week but no-can-do

        1. Warby84
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I work definitely hold then

  24. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Dare I get Boly from that horrible wolves defence if Schär is out after all?

  25. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Tielemans+jota to lamela+pukki?

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Avoid Lamela in my opinion. When Alli is back he won't keep his place

  26. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Another solid performance from Kane in defensive midfield and he even bagged an assist...back on the watchlist 😉

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      If KDB had made Kanes assist it'd be talked about non stop.

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        was a good assist but he did feckall else attacking wise!

  27. Old Gregg
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Heaton
    Vvd-Zinc-Coleman-Lundstram
    Sterling-Salah-Mount-KDB
    Wilson-Pukki

    4m-Dendonck-Greenwood-Rico

    2FT - 1.8 ITB

    Any suggestions appreciated?

  28. rodragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pickford button
    Awb taa digne Kelly lundstram
    Salah Tielemans David Silva Cantwell Dendonker
    Vardy Aguero Jota
    Play wc or save? Ty

  29. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Who will return more points for the season

    A) Martial + Mount
    B) Son + Kentwell/Lund/Kelly (rotating)

  30. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Robertson, Greenwood > Lowton, Tammy

    1. Jones Kusi
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What do you think?

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Who else can u lose other than Robertson