Metrics

Which Liverpool triple-up is the most popular among the top 10k?

Close to 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers in the top 10,000 have already played their second Wildcard for the 2019/20 season.

Before the Gameweek 23 deadline, 5.5% of those at this level had already pulled the trigger, but that figure rose to 9.6% on Saturday morning.

That’s the biggest increase from one Gameweek to the next since the second Wildcard became available.

It has not escaped our notice that those re-shaping their squads this weekend have done so just days before Double Gameweek 24 when Liverpool have two relatively favourable fixtures.

Therefore, we have examined the selections made by these high-performing Wildcards to see how they are investing in Jurgen Klopp’s team.

It seems clear that top 10k managers playing their Wildcard in Gameweek 23 are favouring the offensive double-up on Liverpool options.

Sadio Mané (£12.4m) and Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) are both among the most popular midfield assets, but Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) is the only Liverpool man among the most fashionable defenders.

The Senegalese international is the most widely-owned of the trio, sat in 80.2% of Wildcard squads in the top 10k for this weekend, Salah only in 41.6%.

Meanwhile, Alexander-Arnold has been selected of 76.6% of these managers, while Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) does not break into the top-five.

Brandon Williams (£4.1m) has been chosen by 47.1% while 29.5% still retain some faith in Çaglar Söyüncü (£5.1m).

Todd Cantwell (£4.9m) remains the go-to fifth-midfielder, it would seem, with 51.5% of Gameweek 23’s top 10k Wildcarders selecting him, making him the third-most-popular in this position.

Meanwhile, 28.7% have seen enough from Jack Grealish (£6.5m) to believe he is worth holding onto. That decision was rewarded as he scored Aston Villa’s only goal in a 1-1 draw at Brighton.

Interestingly, 34.8% of these managers have taken the opportunity of a Wildcard to get Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) into their sides.

The Manchester City forward now has five goals and an assist in his last two outings as he netted twice against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.

It would appear that the large remaining majority of the top 10k has not yet made a final decision on their Liverpool triple-up.

Alexander-Arnold (79.5%) and Mané (76.6%) are already sat in the vast majority of squads at this level, but they are the only two Reds’ players present in the Most Owned template.

By comparison, Salah has an ownership of 29.3% among the top 10k while Robertson is sat on 21.5%.

Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) continues to offer potential as a differential, owned by just 6.5% of top 10k managers in Gameweek 23.

Fantasy managers who captained Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) will be hopeful of green arrows in Gameweek 23 after Kevin de Bruyne (£10.7m) blanked against Crystal Palace.

The Belgian was unfortunate not to get any attacking returns on Saturday afternoon but, nevertheless, he left a large number of Fantasy managers with a captaincy blank.

De Bruyne was the most-backed for the armband this weekend both in our captain poll and among the top 10k.

In this upper echelon, 38.3% handed him the captaincy after his nine-point haul against Villa’s porous defence.

However, in the end, Palace’s back-line proved to have more about it than the Villans, leaving the door open for Vardy-backers to get the upper hand.

The Leicester man was captained by 32.1% of the top 10k for Gameweek 23 ahead of a Sunday afternoon trip to an out-of-form Burnley.

However, the real winners, depending on Vardy’s exploits at Turf Moor, are those who backed Aguero for his 13-point haul against Palace.

Just 8.8% of the top 10k backed him with the armband – almost certainly acting as the fuel for a big green arrow considering his still relatively low ownership at this level.

The 6.4% who went for Mané and 4.7% who captained Salah will be hoping for similar hauls against Manchester United considering de Bruyne’s blank.

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  1. Goooo Rickie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So who else playing their Wildcard in GW24?

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

      Casuals who need 3 Liverpool players and have no TC chip probably.

  2. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Tempted by Kdb to son...?
    What transfers should I make..?

    Guiata

    Sidibe Soyuncu Taa

    KDB Salah Mane Richarlison

    Ings Vardy Mason

    Bench:Button,Todd,Lundy,Hanley

    0 ITB 2 FT ...

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone..?

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

        I think I am among many others...

        1. Champions League Varane
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          ?

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

    B. Williams is surely nailed right?

    1. Slitherene
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Probably not, Shaw likely back.

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

        Shaw is terrible tho and rumours he may be leaving

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

    I have Holgate. Which player is a better backup for GW 24?

    A) Tanganga - Had a poor game
    B) Williams - Shaw back?
    C) Kabasele - Hasn't featured after his RC

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B. Shaw being back doesn't affect Williams gametime!

  5. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    England footballer unveiled on The Masked Singer UK. LOL

  6. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Traore. Keep or Sell?

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sell.

  7. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    anyone else going without Mane for DGW ?

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Not me

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Seen a few who have. Have They have Salah and defence double up or Firmino, Salah and Liverpool defence.

      Not the most popular combo though.

    3. Mo Salah No Mane
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Me
      Salah Taa and Firmino
      Don't wanna lose Kun or Martial and low TV

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        yup. Me too

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Have to ; wanted Aguero.

  8. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Is this a tough decision?

    A) Mane, Egan, Martial

    B) KDB, Robertson, Grealish

    1. Mo Salah No Mane
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      A

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

      A

    3. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

  9. King Carlos
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Scored 17 pts before babs. My bench scored 26 pts...

    1. Snevitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Would you rather your bench players were on form or not?
      I can't see the problem with this if your starting 11 were sensible picks

      1. King Carlos
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        No problem, of course, to have in form players but frustrating to have so many points on bench... Gaz 11, dlc 6, traore 8...

        1. Snevitz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Good support players to have, just unlucky this week that they didn't make your starting 11.

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Dear FPL - my bench boost chip did not play despite me clearly clicking on it (see photoshopped shot).

    3. King Carlos
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Updated points:
      Starting XI: 20 pts
      Bench: 33 pts

      Welcome to my life.

  10. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    McCarthy
    TAA Soy Sidibe
    (TC) Salah Mane KDB Sarr*
    Vardy Jimenez Ings

    McGovern Hayden Lund Simpson

    With 1.7m in the bank, 1 FT and Sarr's hamstring gone, who do you think I should get in? Sarr gives me 7.9m to spend

  11. ol
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance mane rises in value tonight? Or Williams?
    I've got exact money to do maddison and saiss to mane and williams but if either rises in stuffed. I'd rather wait til after the games tomorrow in case of injury ideally...

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      They're both far from a rise, according to this: http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/

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

      Williams rose last night.

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

      im getting both of those as well, certainly not doing it tonight. Dont know Williams is nailed yet and injury risks. They no where near rising, hold on till tomorrow. If Williams dont start then I go Tanganga

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

    Time to choose (triple?) captain and bench in case I slip into a coma before the Tuesday deadline.

    McCarthy
    TAA, Aurier, Rico (BHA)
    Mane, Salah, Pepe, Grealish
    Vardy, Ings, DCL

    Button | Cantwell (tot), Lundstram Baldock (MCI)

    Thoughts appreciated. 0FT. 0.5 ITB

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I’ve gone TC on Salah. Same three as you.

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Same three as well. I’ve gone Mane

    3. Snevitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely time for the TC, no Liverpool mids though so TAA for me

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No TC ; tough away fixtures

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Like when they played Leicester away, and won 4-0?

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Yay ; a one-off with Leicester slammed fixtures.

  13. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Please help! Need to do this tonight!

    Schmeichel
    TAA Williams Kelly
    Mane KDB Martial Traore
    Vardy Tammy DCL

    Button Dendo Lundy Rico

    2 FT 5.0 ITB

    Tammy & Traore to Salah & Deeney for free?

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes why not

  14. SomeoneKnows
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    DCL or Maupay?

    1. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I’m really not convinced by either... DCL if you need to choose

  15. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What to do here guys?

    Henderson
    TAA Soyuncu Dunk
    Mane Salah KDB Grealish
    Vardy Ings Greenwood

    McGovern Lundstram Rico Dendoncker

    1 FT, 1.7 ITB

    Thanks

  16. Party time
      4 years, 2 months ago

      OMG!!! I just saw the Steve Cook wonder save.

      That is a beautiful way to pick up a red card

      1. Mo Salah No Mane
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Definite highlight of the gw

        1. Party time
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Lmao. That is the Save of the Season

        2. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          The only time Steve Cook has been compared to Suarez.

      2. jimmyabs1987
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know we all keen to TC but so we not think likely mane or Salah could get benched one of the games?

        1. Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          It's a possibility!

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

          They are 6 days apart, how often have they been benched so far?

        3. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Still unlikely cause almost a week between games. Would think the saints game after that quick turnaround is more at risk

        4. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Klopp isn't bothered enough about the cup to rest his key players in the league

          Miracles do happen, but it's unlikely with so many days between the league games

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Might have been a slight risk if Liverpool had a nasty fa cup game

        5. zotter
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Same possibility of the other TC options to be benched later really. League is done.

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

            No, not yet. Klopp cannot lose or risk it. He has too much to lose.

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

          Liverpool are going to go for the jugular these next two games. The earlier they wrap up the title, the earlier they can concentrate on the business end of the cup and CL.

      3. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        A. Deeney
        B. Maupay
        C. Greenwood

      4. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I have Rico and Willems as 4th and 5th defs and 1FT.

        Should I just lose one of them for free or both for -4?

        Options include:
        Williams
        Cathcart
        Holgate

        Current defence is:
        McCarthy (McGovern)
        TAA, Lunds, Soy, (Willems, Rico)

        Thanks

      5. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        A : Son and Firmino or
        B : Mane and Deulo/Deeney

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          B

        2. Mo Salah No Mane
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          I'd go A cos I'm chasing

      6. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Happy to have the grace period of tonight to decide on this a or b?

        A) Rashford and Grealish to Greenwood and Mane -4
        B) KDB and Tomori to Mane and Williams

        Hoping it is B and that Rashford is fit for Burnley

        1. Mo Salah No Mane
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          B if Rash is fit

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

        only a 17k drop so far i will take it! Gonna be much bigger tomorrow tho unless Mane and Vardy quiet and Salah hauls. Please 🙂

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          It will happen as I own Mane and Vardy and no Salah.

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

            idk, I normally have a howler on the last day of the GW lol.

      8. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Narrowed it down for rico replacement

        A) Cathcart
        B) holgate

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

          Also look at Lascelles - 26 not great of course but after that glorious

          Holgate - who I have - feels like a stopgap looking at fixtures

      9. Greenbackbøøg…
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Zabaleta to start both dgw games? (for draft purposes)

        1. Mo Salah No Mane
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Same Q for fpl purposes

      10. DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Salah + TAA owner. It comes down to this:

        A) Willems > Robertson for free

        B) Ings > Firmino for free

        C) Grealish + Maddison > Cantwell + Mane -4

        Pretty much most of my ML own Mane and a huge Mane haul will hurt me massively in my ML and overall. So its a big decision. Regardless who i bring in, im TC Salah

        1. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          A makes sense but I agree Mané ownership that if he hauls and you don’t have then end of season probably in ML - same issue for me so getting Mané but captaining Salah. Only thing is not keen on losing Grealish- any other option ?

      11. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Who to move out to get Mané in?

        A KDB
        B Aguero

      12. LewanGOALski
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Fck, I sold Jimenez over Tammy...

      13. Nailed Jesus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Do you trust FFFix or FPLStats more? Got exact cash to bring in Salah and Greenwood but rather hold off until tmr...

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Stats

          1. Nailed Jesus
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks TM, looks like it's gonna have to be done tonight then!

      14. Big_Bear
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Pretty dead set on using my TC chip on Salah. Is that the right thing Todo?

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          I’ll tell you after the DGW 😉

          But I’m doing it.

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

          Makes sense unless like me you’re waiting on Kun in 38 🙂

          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            In cotton wool before the CL final.

      15. Dosh
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Have exact funds for Tammy, KdB, Traore --> Salah, Mane, Greenwood for a -4.

        Do it tonight?