Metrics

Salah the most powerful FPL asset inside top 10k for Gameweek 22

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) has a firm grip on the top 10,000 Fantasy Premier League managers in Gameweek 22.

Ahead of a midweek meeting with Brighton, the Egyptian is, by far, the most heavily backed captain of the latest round.

As a result, his effective ownership inside the top 10k is sure to be ominous for anyone without Salah.

As you can see from the pie chart above, a whopping 80.8% of the top 10k handed Salah the captain’s armband for Gameweek 22.

That is a particularly staggering figure, especially in contrast to the latest Fantasy Football Scout captain poll, in which Salah won with just a 44.6% share.

The fact that previously popular premium assets such as Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m), Harry Kane (£11.1m), Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) and Sadio Mané (£11.9m) are all facing injury problems appears to be a factor here.

But it is certainly telling that the top 10k were more certain of a big haul for Salah than Fantasy Football Scout voters this week.

The Egyptian’s majority compared to the other popular captains is also massive.

Just 7.2% of the top 10k captained Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) for Gameweek 22, making for a gap of 73.7 percentage points.

Bruno Fernandes (£11.4m) was close behind the Manchester City man with the backing of 7.1%, despite earning roughly double that share in the latest Fantasy Football captain poll.

Such is the extensive support for Salah, the fourth and fifth-most captained options for Gameweek 22 were picked only by 1.2% and 0.9% of the top 10k respectively.

Ahead of a trip to Burnley, those assets are João Cancelo (£6.0m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.8m).

Salah’s overall power to do damage to non-owners in the top 10k is gargantuan for Gameweek 22.

Thanks to ever-increasing backing and the glut of captain armbands, his effective ownership at this level has come in at 173.0%.

Fernandes is the only other player with over 100% effective ownership among the top 10k midweek although he is still 69.4 percentage points behind Salah in this department.

And following his 15-point haul against Leicester, Patrick Bamford (£6.6m) ranks third on this metric but still trails Salah and Fernandes by a significant amount.

The impact of a long injury list and out-of-form premium assets is also highlighted in the overall template of players inside the top 10k after the Gameweek 22 deadline.

Between the two most recent rounds, Salah’s ownership in the upper echelons of FPL has risen by 20.7 percentage points, the biggest shift in the template this week.

That came in a Gameweek where he was transferred into 600,000+ new squads, the top 10k playing their part in that trend.

Son Heung-min (£9.7m) may have been one of the players discarded in favour of the Egyptian as his top 10k ownership dropped from 57.9% to 50.2% between Gameweeks 21 and 22.

Despite his first blank since Gameweek 18, Gündogan’s ownership in the top 10k remains relatively stable, dropping only by 1.2 percentage points after Tuesday’s deadline.

With Salah at the heart of so many transfers this week, the defensive and forward positions have not seen too many fluctuations between Gameweeks 21 and 22.

Bamford has increased his share of managers in the top 10k by just over 11 percentage points, although that number is sure to be influenced as much by those who used his points to get a green arrow as well as those who signed him.

Meanwhile, Michail Antonio (£6.6m) has earned an increase of 2.9 percentage points despite his blank against Liverpool but Dominic Calvert-Lewin‘s (£7.6m) stock is already travelling in the opposite direction.

51.5% of the top 10k owned the Everton man for Gameweek 21, just 45.8% of them still in possession of him after Tuesday’s deadline.

It was another slow week for the chips among the top 10k with the Wildcard used by just 0.4% of them for Gameweek 21.

Chip Use Overall

However, it is worth noting how many managers worldwide pulled the trigger on a new squad in midweek.

1.9% used the Wildcard overall for Gameweek 21, roughly 150,000+ in total, perhaps influenced by the recent slew of injuries to highly-owned players.

Either way, it is certainly quite interesting to see any chip used more extensively by the rest of the world than in the top 10k this far into a campaign.

Even though the Wildcard was not widely used in the top 10k this week, it is still worth considering any emerging trends from those that did.

The template here largely brings Wildcarders in line with the main top 10k template with a few exceptions.

John Stones (£5.2m) appears to have lost favour following his Gameweek 21 benching, Cancelo and Rúben Dias (£6.0m) the more trustworthy options from this point onwards as far as Wildcarders are concerned.

And Stuart Dallas (£4.8m) appears to be more the popular sub £5.0m option for those looking ahead, interesting considering the absence of Vladimir Coufal (£4.7m) in this Wildcard template.

Meanwhile, the apparent lack of trust in Everton players is made clear by the fact that Callum Wilson (£6.7m) is the third-most popular forward – not Calvert-Lewin.

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1,546 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nine!

  2. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Jebus

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

    Crazy scores.

    13, the LMS safety score currently.

  4. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf just happened?!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      SOU speciality

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Where's my Bruno assist

  6. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Should have captained Bruno 🙁

    1. Jimmy Boy
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      The anxiety at half time simply would not have been worth it

      1. King Drogba11
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I thought he was going to be subbed at HT when martial and Donny were warming up.

  7. King Drogba11
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My Bruno captain risk paid off.

    Not too many Mo please.

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

      Not really much of a risk.

      1. King Drogba11
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        True. More meant in terms of ownership compared to Salah who everyone seemed to captain.

  8. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Noooooooooooooo just checked the scores.

    I owed Martial for 19 friggin gameweeks, then finally sold him (and Bamford) last GW for a hit (for DCL and Richarlison).

    Martial you trollllll

  9. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ole Out!

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yessss

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

        Never listen to the doubters on here.

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If Soton had 11 he wouldn’t have hauled

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He hauled though. Whether it was jammy or not.

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          That's not why you posted the link though right

          1. Coys96
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Posted because I was close to doing it. So close to being insanely lucky!

      2. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        If the referees, VAR did their job and martial wasn’t a cheating rat, he wouldn’t have hauled. You have to own Bruno because this just keeps on happening, it’s a joke. Same thing against Aston Villa cheating for a penalty.

        1. Coys96
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          100%

          Rattiest captain pick ever.

          Just a shame I didn't cap

          1. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I’ve captained him against Brighton in Gw3 getting the pen after the match which was filthy but he’s not a world class player and it’s taking some enjoyment from FPL when there’s this level of blatant referee favouritism.

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

    My vice outscores my captain ONCE AGAIN! And he hasn’t played yet

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I've given up on captaincy tbf. Literally no point anymore.

  11. Hiddenpaw
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    So ... I benched Martial ... that’s all.

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

      WTF?

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

      Why....

  12. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    So we all now hope Mo Salah doesn’t play?

  13. The Frenchie
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Captain Bruno was finally the good choice but it was so stressful to watch!

  14. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno cappers elated.

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wasnt here 1st half... many captain fails going around?

  15. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno (C) Lets go!

  16. King Carlos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Honestly feel bad for the Soton players. Absolutely EVERYTHING went wrong for them tonight! One should only laugh after something like that!

  17. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ole's at the wheel and United's winning the league. The biggest win you will ever see in the premier league in a lifetime. What a team! 😀

    1. STEP rOVERS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You love to see it

  18. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Adams onside goal the real turning point

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      🙂

  19. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My transfer of the season

    McCarthy to Martinez

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Steer on for 1 point!?

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Oh no I forgot to change!

    2. Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Stuff of legends that move

  20. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wow, how was that a red card for David Luiz?

    Game's Gone mental

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It’s always been that way against Arsenal. Watch Mike Riley refereeing with man united against us when we were invincible

  21. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    1. What did Andy do

    2. R.james to shaw?

  22. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks to missus for not waking me up in time to change my team, might've transferred Martial out.

  23. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My poor Dad!!! He has Shaw who went off at half time, Rashford who went off after 59 mins and if Zouma doesn’t play he gets Bednarek in for a -7!!!

  24. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Remember when triple Saints defence was a thing?

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

    0 for McCarthy is incredible considering

  26. dimo_fpl
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve just seen a team with Leno, Luiz, Bendarek, and Pereira captain. Poor lad

  27. QUEN
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bednarek -7 points lol