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New stats in the FFScout Members Area

Fantasy Football Scout is delighted to add a host of new statistics to our Members Area.

Numbers are a staple part of our diets as Fantasy Premier League managers and while some fall into the marmite category, I think we can all agree that the game would not be the same without them.

WHAT’S NEW?

Over the last couple of weeks, a number of new stats have appeared for Fantasy Football Scout members to feast on. When creating a table in the My Stats Tables section of the Members Area, subscribers now have the following additional options:

  • Goals Non-Penalty
  • Penalties Taken
  • Total Shots On Target
  • Fantasy Assist Potential (Shots)*
  • Expected Goals On Target (xGOT)
  • Shooting Goals Added
  • xGOT Delta
  • xG Prevented

*coming soon

Penalties

Both new stats are fairly self-explanatory: ‘Goals Non-Penalty’ is simply goals scored excluding goals from penalties, and ‘Penalties Taken’ is, you guessed it, the number of penalties taken. It means you can now create tables like this one:

New Shot Stats

Total Shots On Target’ combines two metrics – ‘Shots on Target’ and ‘Blocked Shots’. The reason for creating the new stat is that, according to Opta, blocked shots must be on target and:

Shots blocked by another player, who is not the last man, are not counted as shots on target.

– Opta

‘Total Shots On Target’ covers all shots on target.

Fantasy Assist Potential (Shots)’ goes one step further and includes all three shot types that can lead to a rebound assist: Shot on Target, Shot Blocked, Shot Hit Woodwork. Combined with ‘Fouls Won’, managers now have a quick and easy way to assess Fantasy assist potential. Fantasy assists make up 22% of total assists.

Post-Shot Expected Goals

Marmite lovers: get ready for a new taste sensation. ‘Expected Goals On Target’ (xGOT) goes one step further than Expected Goals (xG). 

xG factors in everything up to the moment of the shot – it measures the quality of the chance. What it doesn’t do is tell you how well the player takes his chance: does he fluff it completely or does he stick it in the top corner?

xGOT is different. Not only does it take into account the quality of the chance, it also measures the quality of the shot

It assigns a value to where the shot ends up within the frame of the goal. Shots in the corners are given a higher value than shots down the middle. The thinking behind this is fairly intuitive – shots in the corner of the goal are generally harder to save than shots in the middle of the goal.

xGOT only includes shots on target because if a shot is off target, there’s a 0% chance that it will result in a goal.

xGOT is termed a post-shot expected goal model, whereas xG is pre-shot

How can xGOT help us?

One thing it can do is to give us a better understanding of finishing skill.

For instance, let’s compare Jamie Vardy and Raheem Sterling this season. 

The table above shows the xG and xGOT totals excluding penalties.

What’s noticeable is that Vardy has done very well with the chances he’s been presented with – his shooting prowess means that he’s turned his xG of 9.69 into an xGOT of 11.97. 

Sterling, on the other hand, has done the opposite – his shooting ability has let him down, from an xG of 12.08 he’s produced an xGOT of 10.16.

So this confirms that Vardy is an excellent finisher and Sterling, well, isn’t.

Now I can hear all the eye-test fans immediately shout, “I could tell you that from watching them play, it’s obvious!”. But that, frankly, is the point. If a stat is going to be useful it should mirror reality. 

Not all FPL managers are able to watch a lot of games, like Simon March when he won FPL. And you want stats that can be relied upon to paint an accurate picture of what happened in a football match. 

Is it Skill or Luck?

By measuring the quality of the shot, xGOT tells us more than xG alone.

The next stat compares the two. Shooting Goals Added (SGA) uses both xGOT and xG to quantify finishing ability. 

This is essentially what we’ve just done. Looking at Vardy, we can see above that this season he has an SGA of +2.28. His xGOT is exceeding his xG. In other words, he is executing better quality shots, given the quality of his chances.

If SGA is a useful indicator of finishing skill, xGOT Delta is a guide to luck. It compares goals scored with xGOT. 

Interestingly, Vardy has not been as lucky as you might have imagined. Earlier in the season, there was a lot of talk about how Vardy’s goalscoring run was unsustainable, how it wasn’t possible for him to keep exceeding his expected goals. 

Well, as we’ve seen, expected goals doesn’t take into account finishing skill. Compare his goals tally to his xGOT and Vardy hasn’t overperformed to the same extent. In 2019/20, he’s scored two more non-penalty goals than we would have expected. 

The luckiest player is arguably Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Arsenal forward has scored four more goals than we would have expected given the quality of his shooting and the chances he’s been presented with. Perhaps he’s faced some poor goalkeeping this year.

Sorting the table in the opposite direction reveals the unluckiest players. 

With only eight goals from an xGOT of 10.84, Roberto Firmino is arguably the unluckiest of all. Unlike Aubameyang, maybe he’s come up against some goalkeepers in outstanding form, or had a few attempts cleared off the line. He’s scored nearly three goals less than expected.

Also making the list is Liverpool team-mate, Mohamed Salah, along with two players each from Newcastle and Wolves. Could Matt Doherty’s luck change as we enter the final third of the season? 

The Irishman has been unfortunate not to score two more goals.

Guardians of the Net

The final use of xGOT helps us to evaluate goalkeepers. 

By looking at the quality of shots they’ve faced and comparing it to the number of goals they’ve conceded, we get an idea of how well our custodians are performing. 

Courtesy of Opta (now part of Stats Perform) we can see just how well Alisson has done this season.

He’s let in six goals from an xGOT Conceded of 7.3, meaning he has an xG Prevented of 1.3.

However, the best-performing stoppers this campaign have been Martin Dubravka and Dean Henderson, who have an xG Prevented of 7.1 and 6.2 respectively.

Both, however, have faced a much greater xGOT and conceded more goals than Alisson.

Sorting the table in the opposite direction reveals the worst performing ‘keepers this season. And it will come as no surprise to Chelsea fans to discover who is top. 

It’s also easy to understand why Alex McCarthy replaced Angus Gunn in goal for Southampton considering the latter’s -7.4 xG Prevented.

Testimonial

Our very own Pro Pundit Simon March, aiming for his fourth top 10,000 finish this year, won FPL in 2014/15 watching just four live matches over the entire season and in his winner’s interview, explained how much studying the data helped him:

If there is any advantage to this, then it’s that good performances in the real world don’t always translate into FPL points. I’ve often watched matches in the past and thought that a certain player looked good and transferred them in on that basis, only for them to do nothing except waste another transfer when I had to get them back out. Meanwhile, players that seem to barely touch the ball are somehow racking up the points. There obviously are advantages to watching matches, though, but not being able to can force you to think about players differently and, perhaps, in terms closer to how FPL is scored. And adopting that mindset can definitely work to your favour.

– Pro Pundit Simon March, FPL winner 2014/15

Please, sir, I want some more. And you shall have some more, young Oliver. 

We will continue to develop and improve the metrics available to Fantasy Football Scout Members and will keep you informed of progress. Thank you to Matzi11a for implementing the new stats. Hopefully, you find them useful and they give you an edge over your rivals.

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729 Comments Post a Comment
  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy >> Joelinton (-4)?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      he'll come good

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Agree. 40million was a lot though

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          bung job that surely

  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    OMG that City news. Top 5 will be really tight till the end which is good for us fpl managers

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They'll appeal and get off

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This

      2. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        They do not have much time left to appeal and they cannot leave it till very last second before the season has ended.

        UEFA are not going to just pull the wool over everyone's eyes. City's sponsorship deals have been under scrutiny for a while now. The hammer has dropped, just like many thought Chelsea would not get a transfer ban by appealing.

        If City appeal and lose their appeal it may end up worse depending on the UEFA sanctions.

      3. Toby Lerone
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        100%

    2. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Do we know that 5th play would qualify, or would England lose a CL spot ?

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I'd imagine the latter

        1. Marmalade Forest
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Do you? I’d imagine the former!

          What happened when Malaga lost out five or so years ago?

          1. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            the next team got the place

        2. elchilangles
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          without a doubt the former

      2. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Already announced. 5th place gets a CL slot.

  3. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What even is this gameweek

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

      Long...

    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A slow torture

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      `paul pogba is ready to be sold . i guarantee you he is fit

    2. squits
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Great read. So true.

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This

    3. Kaiser123
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Load of cack, MC did wrong and have been caught out.

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You clearly didn’t read it

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    on another note, VAR is really terrible. I demand my Dohery pts !!! he even went bleeding to bring pts for my team. Justice for Doherty and Bolly owners.

    and simply you can't trust the human factor at what point in time they are going to draw that offside line !!!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I trust the VAR lines more than I trust the official's eyes (and in fact anyone's eyes) in real time.

    2. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If I can have my Boly goal

    3. Party time
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Write a letter to the Football Association highlighting your reasons

      • Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Here's a shock:

        The Premier League, coaches, players, referees etc doesnt care about our FPL teams.

        I know, I know, Im devasted too.

        1. Marmalade Forest
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I think they do. I think managers and players look at my team in particular, and rest players when I pick them, or decide to perform once I’ve dropped them.

          They must.

    4. jonnybhoy
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lundy + Soy both on the bench making more points than is in my team so far from 4 players. Lol

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

        Lol

      2. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Sounds like you need Storm Dennis to do you a favour.

      3. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        also have those two first one bench

        luckily got DCL points but I know my bench curse will strike

        best bench points I have had this season is 4 from Gendouzi

      4. teneighty
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Same for me. Fingers crossed for cancelled games here. 😀

    5. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Tempted to wc to this :

      Pope button
      TAA pereira boly rico lascelles
      Salah mane kdb grealish traore
      Ings jimenez dcl

      How does it look?

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

        Ok

      2. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I wouldn’t. Looks good for next few weeks and further in the future

    6. The Boot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Will you be updating the TEAM - Expected table in the members area?

    7. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The funniest thing that could happen in this gameweek is for all games to go ahead and then the the rescheduled Man City game gets postponed for bad weather again.
      Imagine xD

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You have a strange sense if humour 😉

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

          its eclectic 😛

      2. elchilangles
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I've gotta admit, as an Aguero captainer I'm not loving that idea!

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

          This is why im loving this idea

    8. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Jamie Vardy has only registered 4 PL shots in 2020

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

        Might avoid bringing him in now

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 1 month ago

          He'll be fine and will go on a run again, just need Ndidi back

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Can't see it. But not great nailed on alternatives.

          2. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Lol

        • Royal5
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          The guy is 33. Best years are past him imo

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I was hoping a well earned break and he'd bounce back to form. Prob sell him for DCL now.

            1. FourLokoLeipzig
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              You won’t

              1. GreennRed
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Not much else in form. Arsenal, Man U, Chelsea defences not so strong. They scored 2 away to Pool. Not expecting wins but he's well capable of scoring against 3 of them.

                1. FourLokoLeipzig
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  I’ve got DCL, and it’s tempting to hold him, but it would be nuts to transfer him in for Vardy considering their fixtures. I’m moving him out for Jimi

                  1. GreennRed
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    I have Jimenez and Ings. After being class all season he's goalless in 6 games. Had a rest for glute injury, another for winter break. Could be knackered but if he finds form will get him back.

                    1. FourLokoLeipzig
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Good luck, but no way DCL’s scoring more points than Vardy over the next few. If I were to swap him for anyone, it would be Abraham

                      1. Plant Based FPLer
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Leicester haven't looked good for a while now, while Everton can very much gun for a CL spot and will need to score goals to do so. 3 to 4 points out now.

      3. FDMS All Starz
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Chances of pool match getting postponed? Got Salah & TAA with soy & Lunds on bench & kun cap...would be perfect

        1. jtreble
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          0.

        2. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Aguero might not play. Who knows with Guardiola

      4. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        They know the weather forecast, so wouldn't they have cancelled the Liverpool game aleady if they were going to?

        Before all the fans set off in the morning.

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          No. Tight f√x will do all in their powers to get it played for the TV cash.

        2. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Surely the games will go on.

        3. Dank Squid
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I don´t think we need to worry about the fans - if the game is cancelled, they won´t walk from the stadium alone.

      5. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I wonder how the news of the City ban will affect their players rest of the season?

        Cannot be good for the likes of KDB now wondering whether he may not feature in the CL next season and possibly considering his future. He will be 29 this year so will not be able to play CL footbal till 31 if he stays at City.

        1. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          And that depends whether City qualify for CL by that time.

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

          Many will consider moves, for certain. Someone like KDB surely has get out clauses for the event where the a clubs managament is to blame for non CL participation. That kinda thing surely has to be in there with agents these days and the value of such a player, back to Chelsea?

        3. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Most of them signed up to careers as professional footballers in their early teens and the stress and strains that entails. If this affects them and stops them focussing on rest of the season they're in the wrong game.

        4. Dank Squid
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Other countries only offer one domestic cup. Carabao and FA cup - now I finally understand why one simply isn´t enough (who needs a CL title anyway?).

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            More games more TV revenue.

            1. Dank Squid
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Thanks, that makes more sense. Hopefully they can share some of that revenue, so KDB doesn´t go to the chinese league like other great players (Ighalo).

      6. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Let's stop worrying about games being postponed. Nothing we can do if they are. Bad for points.

        Hold thumbs that all games go ahead...

        1. Calderano FC
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Hold thumbs? Is this what youngster's are doing now?

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

            I think he meant cross your fingers, that actually such a perfect translation error of a British saying.

            1. Big Mac 24
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No, it’s what others do in different countries, I think mostly Germanic speaking and some others in Eastern Europe - fingers being crossed is considered to be untrustworthy.

              In Switzerland they do this for example. To each their own, Brits cross fingers, the Swiss “push their thumbs in”.

              1. Party time
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Yeah. True fact.

                  "Ich drücke dir die daumen" wie man in Deutschland sagt

                • GreennRed
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Is it same for German, Italian and French-speaking Swiss people?

                  1. Big Mac 24
                    • 11 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Haha, that is a very valid question

                    1. Big Mac 24
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      I can’t say, never thought about it.

                • have you seen cyan
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  push their thumbs in where 😀

          2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Not for me Ive got 16 points waiting on the bench

        2. Henning
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Vardy and Perez worth keeping?

          1. Bobby Digital
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I'm looking at getting in Vardy or Perez for GW28.

        3. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Still haven't had a single goal from Jimenez owning him last season and this season. Absolutely ridiculous troll for me considering how consistent he really is...

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Just keep him. If you ship him out he trolls you as well.

            1. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Yea I sold last time before the brace against SOU... who were top for defensive stats over last 4 games at the time..

              1. FOO FIGHTER
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                He had loads of chances tonight. Any other night could have been a hattie. I own him as well. Rather him than Vardy who looks like he has is in nomansland at this point.

          2. Bobby Digital
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            One of those players you need to keep for a whole season.

          3. Dank Squid
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            He usually scores from set pieces (Moutinho missing until the 81st minute) or counterattacks (not many of those in this particular game), or pens ("penalty merchant").

            He has served me well overall (I regret dropping him GW 22), don´t lose hope yet.

            1. BobbyDoesNotLook
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              And from Traore's crosses which were not available the whole game. Good analysis tbh.

          4. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            In for Vardy next week barring injury.

          5. PascalCygan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I still really want him for the next GW! Keep the faith

          6. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            He does the same to me this season too Bross. I probably shouldnt have sold him the first time...he went on a scoring/assist run that didnt really stop.

        4. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          3pts from 2, down to top2k.. 🙁

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Can we swop ranks? I am at 86k.

          2. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            The heart bleeds.

          3. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Some brag posts are so thinly disguised.

            1. GreennRed
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Sure I'm Sir Alex Ferguson.

            2. Bobby Digital
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Triggered

          4. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Been there done that...

        5. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Boly and Lundstram both in my Xi, praise me

          1. Bobby Digital
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Hail

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

              😀

          2. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I am getting Boly in. What a player.

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

              Yea if im honest I only saw like 20 mins and had a long ass walk in the middle where Boly scored, but then it got disallowed, that was the highest and lowest part of the walk :/

          3. TRIPOS TOPPER
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            nice work

          4. Dank Squid
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I just listened to "Praise you" by Fatboy Slim.

            I often feel that the Boly attacking threat is slightly underestimated (while Saiss attacking threat is overestimated).

            Still wondering how many CS Wolves will get going forward, with EL on the horizon. Boly is the MVP of the Wolves defense, imo, but they struggled with clean sheets when the season started even if he was fit back then.

            That being said, confirmed fixture in GW 31 means I will likely bring him into my team.

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

              4.7 is so cheap

              1. Dank Squid
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                True. I thought about his value compared to someone like Lascelles (only 4.2 and also has a decent chance of scoring), but I can fit both of them into my squad.

        6. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          This GW started on the 8th and only ends on the 19th. So painful.

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I like it. It's set and forget it for 2 weeks.

        7. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yep, just Evans 3rd on my bench. Week after week it continues to take the pi$$ even after quitting caring lol. Zero point to the game.

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

            Last season for you?

            1. IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Hopefully

          2. FourLokoLeipzig
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Why third?

          3. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Evans third on the bench makes no sense.

          4. Party time
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Evans 1st on my bench 🙁

            • Yank Revolution
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Zeke your bench is too good if he's third on it. Your bench should be, in order 1) Decent, but not good, player 2) Shaky player 3) Garbage cheapy

          5. PascalCygan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I’ve had Vardy since GW1 and had to endure some fallow weeks at the start so, given the positive turn in Leicester’s fixtures from 28 onwards, I’m willing to stick with him again. Others keeping?

            1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Going for Jim next week I need some sort of team for 31

              1. PascalCygan
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Good idea. I really want him too. Considering selling DCL and Martial for Jim and Traore for -4. Struggling to find other ways I want to do it.

            2. elchilangles
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              already got rid, also had him from early in season but you have to recognize when a player is not on form and just blanking on you every week!

              1. PascalCygan
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                True. There is that (and I’m wary of being stubborn!) but I still think Leicester are a good side who will come good when the fixtures turn.

                1. Eastman
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Keeping. Not going to judge on an away game at Wolves and like his fixtures. All teams and players have a spell of not clicking.

            3. BobbyDoesNotLook
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Cant get rid with those fixtures. Let's see what happens and re-evaluate

          6. HD7
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Hi Mates,

            Can someone explain why Patricio has 3 saves in the match and is taking 3 bps vs Schmeichel having also 3 saves and zero bps?

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

              Patricio made more recoveries, interceptions etc

              1. HD7
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Ok, thanks bro

                1. FPL Daniel
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  caught saves are huge in bp. he had caught saves.

          7. elchilangles
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            everyone talking about "if City win the champions league this season".... do you honestly think they will beat Real Madrid?!

            1. Rhinos
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              clue's in the if

            2. GreennRed
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No they won't. You need a few defenders who can actually defend to go far in CL.

            3. Yank Revolution
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Stranger things have definitely happened. RM wont be big favorites.

          8. IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Vardy and Maddison to Ings and Son a masterstroke so far

            1. FOO FIGHTER
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Son and Ings still need to play.

              1. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Pretty easy to infer from the ‘so far’ suffix..

              2. GreennRed
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Be difficult to do worse than Vardy and Madison.

                1. Dthinger
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  I mean, Son has been sent off twice this season, so its not that hard to imagine.

            2. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Owning those duds in the first place is casual af

              1. Sloane426
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                What about Mousset?

                1. Yank Revolution
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Sell

          9. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            4 at the back just cant be ingored anymore for its value.
            Double pool defence and these to choose from - Lascelles, Fernandez, Boly, Saiss, Blades, Taylor - which ever one, and someone like Aurier (who will come good).
            Theres so many and they all dirt cheap... This week im playing:
            Boly - Lunds - Lascelles - TAA
            (VVD in soon)

            things like this will allow you Grealish>Son

            1. Rhinos
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              no time for boring people who go Boly when they could have Doherty

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

                Dohertys returns vs price (and mins) been garbage this season, Boly been inured but a fit Boly will be way better and he gets more baps when they dont egt attacking return.
                Its like owning Pereira over Soy again

                1. Rhinos
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  still boring

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

                    give it 3 weeks, I had him

                  2. Dank Squid
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    I was about to write "points over excitement" (also being an advocate of 4 atb right now), but seeing your current rank I should definitely switch to the exciting approach.

            2. GreennRed
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Not sure Grealish to Son is such an upgrade. Bench him GW28 and drive on. Having a class season.

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

                just an example

          10. Rhinos
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            VAR in its current form is not fit for purpose. We shouldn't be forensically analysing passages of play, Doherty had blood seeping from a wound anyway so technically shouldn't even have been on the pitch to assist Boly. That wouldn't have been reviewed though, total logic vacuum

            1. GreennRed
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              As long as The Doc is good for Slovakia, sure that's the main thing 😉

          11. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Traore in feels good, he even feels like arm band option. But Salah has West Ham... and I guess thats too good to pass up, and his EO will be through the roof.
            Its so boring capping Salah

            1. Rhinos
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              im selling him

              1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                You’re not

            2. SADIO SANÉ
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I'm all over Mane (c) for that game

              1. SADIO SANÉ
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                I do have Traore, but I'm not convinced - not really any better than playing Cantwell, although fixtures are nice

            3. Niho992
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Traore as C ? Lol lol lol

            4. BobbyDoesNotLook
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No way captain option. He spends almost all of his time in the sideline so goal potential is not high enough. And FPL form is not convincing enough in general.

          12. FPLMarc
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Soyuncu as sub #1 of course. Now watch Storm Dennis do nothing!

            Salah, KDB, Martial, Grealish - Vardy, Jimenez, Ings

            I'm wondering what to do for my 3rd Liverpool player and Leicester coverage:

            A) Firmino & Ayoze Perez (with Son also coming in)
            B) Mane & Vardy (with a cheap 5m mid)
            C) Van Dijk & Vardy (with Son and a cheap 5m mid)

          13. bobinjo
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            When will we know all the games that will be played on GW 31?

            1. FPL Daniel
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              before gw 29 apparently

          14. Connor's Calling
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Well written article topmarks. Thank you

            1. Connor's Calling
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              (People should read it rather than just race to comment!)

            2. Optimus.
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Hello mate, you are a blast from the past 🙂

              1. Optimus.
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                K