Big Numbers

FPL Gameweek 12: analysis of the key underlying stats

With Friday’s Gameweek 12 deadline hurtling into view, we take a look at the data available in our Members’ Area and present the eye-catching stats that may be of interest to Fantasy managers.

We’ve run down the stand-out figures in every position, as well as looking at the strengths and weaknesses of various teams to assess which Fantasy Premier League assets could have a profitable weekend.

Subscribers can read on for our analysis below, while those wishing to sign up to our site – and see a list of the benefits that membership brings – can do so by clicking here.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 11

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  1. George James
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Wilson >> Rashford worth a hit?

    1. Warby84
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Never

    2. Stockport Hatter
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      No

    3. Pooodle
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Tempting

  2. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Otamendi + Salah + Wilson --> Willems + Mané + Vardy (-4)? I'm 0.1 short on making it Soy > Willems.

    Will look at Maddy + Jim next GW...
    ---

    Pope
    VVD | Tomori | Otamendi | Rico
    Salah | Sterling | KDB | Mount
    Tammy | C.Wilson

    Button | Lunstram | Cantwell | Greenwood [2FT + 0.7m ITB]

    1. Warby84
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Otamendi Wilson —-> Willems Vardy

      1. Warby84
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        And C

      2. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        I'm 0.1m short of that.

        1. Warby84
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Lascelles/Janmaat?

          1. The Count of Monte Cristo
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Prefer Willems just cos he's in good form and I'm happy to take 4 points on Salah -> Mané

            1. Warby84
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Ok I decided on lascelles because I was 0.1 short for Willems.. In a way I’m quite happy as he is their C also 5/9 goals for Newcastle have come from their CB

  3. Dakers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Bench 1 from:

    A) Mount* (CRY)
    B) TAA (MCI)
    C) Soyuncu (ARS)
    D) Lundstram (tot)
    E) Rico (new)

    Currently wavering between C/D... tricky one.

    1. reeceon
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Soy

    2. Niho992
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Rico

    3. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Soy

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Actually, no, I'd say Rico.

        1. Dakers
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Really? How come?

          Easiest fixture of the defenders and on set pieces

          1. The Count of Monte Cristo
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            It's between Soy and him for me. I've watched Bournmouth's last 3 matches and though he played well their set pieces really weren't great. A lot more seemed to be going down the right hadn side against Man UTd with Smith (I thinkk it was him)?

            Wilson has looked absolutely awful in the last 3 - which is when I brought him in too.

            It's definitely close but I prefer Soy here. Especialyl as an Arsenal fan. The only pass we made into the box yesterady was from a FK for the goal.

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Why are you copying my team? 🙂 Exact question here and am on D ... and could change to C last minute ...

    5. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I've the very same dilemma.

      Rico has the best fixture. TAA is basically an attacker in defender's shoes. Soy plays for the quality form team. Lund is Lund but has a tough-ish away fixture.

      I'm tentatively leaning towards C at the moment.

    6. clempro
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      C. Surely Arsenal will manage to score one. Also lower ceiling than the other players. But once we know more about Mount it'll help. I fear he could just come in for a few minutes, so currently on my bench as well

    7. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Soy. He's not an attacking threat and playing a team that can score goals. By contrast, TAA, Lundstram and Rico have all been getting attacking points.

  4. reeceon
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Wilson to Jiminez for free? Can afford the rise but can't see any issues doing it now?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I can't see why not

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      100%

    3. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      im advising against wolves because of fixture overload

  5. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Saving transfer this week ... fingers though itchy. Any advice? 😉

    1. ItOnlyTook9Years
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Put your hands in a bucket of ice water

    2. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      find something warm to put them in

  6. Sepp Blattered
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Martial or Jiminez?

    Also anyone worried Martial may be rested on weekend as he’s played 180 mins already this week?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      United do not have luxury to rest their best players. They are not City ...

    2. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Jim played the same amount of minutes

    3. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      He won't be rested.

    4. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      neither?

  7. Nightf0x
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Willems or saiss

    1. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Willems

  8. ItOnlyTook9Years
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Who to bench?
    A) TAA
    B) Lund
    C) Rico
    D) Pereira

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Ha, those are my options but set on playing TAA and Pereira. Think Rico is probably the one to bench.

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Rico,

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      B

    4. FeverPitch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      D I think... Maybe C but Newcastle have looked vulnerable down Rico’s flank

  9. Miguel Sanchez
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Play one:

    A) Rico (new)
    B) Lundstram (tot)

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Head says Rico, but Lundstram just breaks all rules.

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Lundstram - just more upside. You'll be more gutted that way around than if you played A and B did the usual

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      A unless playing defensive to cover Lund high ownership

    4. EMBOLOFAN
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      a

    5. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Both great options but feels like the Lord is unbenchable so B

    6. FeverPitch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B but would love to play both

  10. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Looks like a Martial train is ready to depart, top of fpl stats in no time.

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Choo-choo. It's an express train too.

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Many United supporters out there

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Got Rashford already ... but will become Firmino next week so Martial may come in ...

  11. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Does this bench order look good?

    Soyuncu(ARS) Cantwell(WAT) Greenwood(BHA)

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Spot on. Not much in it between 2 and 3 tho

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Noticed that Greenwood scored today, mainly why I asked. Cheers!

        1. The Count of Monte Cristo
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Likelihood is that they're both benched.

  12. Fernando Torres
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Pope
    TAA Tomori Lund
    Maddison Mount KDB Sterling Mane
    Vardy Abraham

    Button, Soyuncu, Pieters, Greenwood.

    2FT 0.7 ITB. Any ideas?

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Pope -> Gazzaniga?

    2. Warby84
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Sterling to Salah

    3. FeverPitch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Greenwood to one of Connolly or Mousset

  13. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Debate: Soy vs Tom

    With Kante back coming back soon, would you still consider Soy a better pick?

    Debate: Salah vs Mane

    With Salah on pens and only a price difference of only, would you still consider Mane to be a better pick?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      nothing between soy and tomori, both equally good picks. soy arguably has less competition but i think tomori is nailed now

      salah unquestionably better value at current price points

      1. FC Hakkebøf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Well Salah has been far from Clinical lately.. I envy those who brought in Mane a 11.5

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          not interested in lately, interested in his record over 84 games. dont think footballers lose/gain abilities depending on what month it is. variance just exists

    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      of only 0.3*

    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      I think Leicester will keep more clean sheets than Chelsea even when Kanye is back.

      Mane looked better lately, no doubt. I'm keeping Salah though, refusing to get Mane over him. Salah will hit form any time.

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Racist

        1. Warby84
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Brilliant but I totally agree, Salah stays put

  14. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    I wonder what John Lundstrams life is like currently lol

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      A party...

    2. GreennRed
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Hoping Henderson, Diet, Delph get injured.

    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Lordish

  15. GreennRed
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    The end of the f**king world, just seeing it for the first time. Looks nice and bleak and fft up. Worth starting at the beginning on All4?

    1. Warby84
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Great series.. Watch the lot

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Cheers. All4 it is. I'm an amateur rep for that app!

    2. Warby84
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      The Affair is epic as well.. Get away from FF haha

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Sound. If you like Italian crime drama with beautiful women and without gangstas check out Thou Shalt not Kill on More 4.

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Rachel Riley is about to begin.

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I need hands free drama.

  16. Francescoli
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Play one:
    A) Rico
    B) Janmaat

    Captain
    1) Vardy
    2) Tammy
    3) Jimenez

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      A1

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

      Janmaat Vardy

    3. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Dno

      And I'm on 2 right now

  17. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Would you play Lundstram over TAA or Robertson this week?

    Gazzaniga
    TAA Willems Robertson
    Mane KDB Maddison Martial Pulisic
    Abraham Vardy

    Button Lundstram Rico Greenwood

    1. aleksios
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Nope.

    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      No. The Liverpool pair have more attacking threat IMO.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not a chance

    4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No, but over Willems

  18. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    this gy from the ffs scoutcast chat "Deaf Cassette​I: had Lundstrum back in the 2004 season!"
    the oiginal 😀

  19. Nightf0x
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Which

    A) willems or saiss
    B) madison/tielemans (have vardy) or son
    C) jimenez taa/robbo or auba matip

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Willems Maddison Jimenez TAA

  20. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Finally got Haller out. Planned Jiminez all week but I’ve gone rogue with Jota. I’m sure I’ll get stung, but let’s see how the dice fall.

    Also brought Son back in only 3 weeks after getting rid. Out goes Raheem. Ending me on -4.

    Pope
    TAA / Robertson / Söyüncü
    KDB / Son / Richarlison / Mount
    Vardy (c) / Abraham / Jota

    McGovern / Cantwell / Lascelles / Rico

    £4.0m in the bank for Richarlison to Mane/Salah after he plays Norwich.

    Damn, just realised after typing this out that I’ve got a good few differentials (Richarlison, Son and Jota). Any other season I’d love that, but this one I was intending to play a lot safer, could be trouble looming.

  21. aleksios
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Anything worth a hit here? 2.6 itb.

    --Pope
    --TAA--Pieters--Tomori
    --Mane--KDB--Mount--Cantwell
    --Vardy--Tammy--Wilson.

    --Stekel--Lund--Rico--Dilva.

    Thanks all guys.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'd be tempted to play Lund or rico over pieters

    2. clodhopper
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Dont bench the highest scoring defender

  22. EMBOLOFAN
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    anyone else saving their wc for the liverpool blank?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      It as long as possible. Could use it then.

    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm trying to work out what that would look like?

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        means i can run 3x liverpool into it and then get rid, bring them back in after leicester game

  23. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Pope
    Taa, Robertson, pereira, tomori, Diop
    Sterling, kdb, Mount
    (v)ardy, Abraham

    Heaton, cantwell, greenwood, d.silva

    Okay to go? No transfers left.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yep. Nothing hit-worthy

    2. WWF
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      GTG or Pope

  24. wolves_simmo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Which option?

    A) Jota & Martial/Maddison
    B) Jimenez & McGinn

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A) for two reasons

      1) Martial or Maddison is a big upgrade on McGinn IMO

      2) I’ve just brought in Jota and hoping he’s going to pick up form

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        What do you think of Diogo over Raùl as a Wolves fan?

    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm just not sure jota has shown enough, so jimenez one

  25. Bggz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    what to do what to do....

    auba isnt performing for his price but arsenal are top of the ticker over the next 3

    S) save
    GM) auba & cantwell or yarmo -> greenwood or connolly & mane
    JR) auba, guilbert -> jiminez, robertson
    M) sterling -> mane
    O) other?

    with jimenez are people factoring his schedule? it goes IB, 24th, 29th, 2nd, 5th, 9th, 13th, 16th
    thats too much for a team like wolves so unlikely to make that move

    already did ota -> Söyüncü before the .2 swing, still have 1FT left

    1FT, 0.1ITB

    pope
    rico - Söyüncü - TAA - lund - Guilbert
    sterling - KDB - james - cantwell - yarmo
    auba - vardy - tammy

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'd give auba this week at least. Not the week for mane

  26. how now brown cow
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Heaton
    Robertson Tomori Saiss
    Salah Sterling Mount James
    Aubameyang Abraham Jimenez

    Button Rico Dendonker Dunk

    1 ft

    A - Salah to Mane
    B - Auba to Vardy
    C - save FT

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Love the saiss pick. Chickened out of it myself.

      I'd save it so I had two for the break. Don't think any of those are too pressing this week

      1. how now brown cow
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers

    2. WWF
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Think it's a good really, good team well done

  27. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Having a real headache here, would appreciate help. Assuming Mount plays then this is my team. If Mount is out then Pieters comes in for 4-4-2. No Pool attack so the plan was Sterling to Mane this week, with two City attackers going forward to cover loss of Sterling. Unfortunately injuries to Dilva and Mount complicates things. 1ft, 0.9 itb. So now considering -

    A) Original plan - Sterling to Mane, bench Dilva, hope Mount plays,
    B) Save transfer
    C) Dilva out (thinking for Martial), do Ster to Mane next week & Martial back to Dilva later

    What's your advice?

    Ryan
    Lund, TAA, Robbo, Rico
    Sterling, KDB, James, Mount
    Abraham, Vardy
    (Button, Pieters, Connoly, Dilva)

    1. Pooodle
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      C

      1. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Could be Martial, could be Maddison etc. Uses more transfers going forward as I'd want Dilva back, but I'm not confident about playing Pieters.

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Your teams good, nothings needed

      1. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers.

        Anyone else?

  28. Pooodle
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pick 2 to start this week;

    A) Lundstram
    B) Soyuncu
    C) Tomori

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Olden times

    2. Gentle_Turks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A and C

  29. pavlev
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    first post! go easy on me 🙂

    Pope
    TAA Tomori Soyuncu Lund
    Sterling Mane KDB McTominay
    Vardy Abraham(c)

    Button VVD Connolly Guendouzi

    0.7m ITM 0FT
    already spaffed this week's free transfer on Cantwell to McTominay, was planning on VVD to Robertson next week but suddenly wondering if i should do Button, or even Pope, to Gazzaniga instead?

    Thoughts?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Worry about that next week. Looks fine for this.

  30. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Still stuck on Martial or Son, think I prefer them as a punt over Maddison - albeit riskier. Any preference?

    Can afford Boly to Robbo either way so it's a straight match up for now, though martial would allow Kdb to sterling.

    1. WWF
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Really like Son and Martial, I'd like both.

      Mane KdB Son Martial Mount?