Why I reject the ‘stats vs eye test’ debate when making FPL decisions

Three-time top 5k finisher Seb Wassell compares FPL statistics against the famed ‘eye test’
| Player | Team | Price | Progress | Tonight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | ARS | 7.2m | 99.4% | Likely |
| Richarlison | TOT | 6.3m | 90.2% | Likely |
| Saka | ARS | 9.9m | 55.3% | Likely |
| Casemiro | MUN | 5.8m | 87.2% | Likely |
| Hinshelwood | BHA | 5.1m | 61.7% | Likely |
| Van Hecke | BHA | 4.6m | 71.2% | Likely |
| Mateta | CRY | 7.6m | 82.6% | Likely |
| Kroupi.Jr | BOU | 4.6m | 71.3% | Likely |
| F.Kadıoğlu | BHA | 4.4m | 79.9% | Likely |
| Gyökeres | ARS | 8.9m | 44.9% | Maybe |
| Mitchell | CRY | 5.0m | 87.5% | Unlikely |
| Szoboszlai | LIV | 7.0m | 22.6% | Unlikely |
| Leno | FUL | 4.9m | 80.8% | Unlikely |
| Dewsbury-Hall | EVE | 5.2m | 42.8% | Unlikely |
| Osula | NEW | 5.4m | 65.1% | Unlikely |
| Groß | BHA | 5.6m | 9.4% | Unlikely |
| Sarr | CRY | 6.4m | 10.5% | Unlikely |
| Truffert | BOU | 4.7m | 70.2% | Unlikely |
| Bruno G. | NEW | 6.8m | 54.6% | Unlikely |
| B.Fernandes | MUN | 10.4m | 41.6% | Unlikely |
| Gakpo | LIV | 7.3m | 61.3% | Unlikely |
| Richards | CRY | 4.4m | 61.0% | Unlikely |
| Ngumoha | LIV | 4.3m | 59.9% | Unlikely |
| Henderson | CRY | 5.1m | 35.1% | Unlikely |
| Ndiaye | EVE | 6.2m | 54.0% | Unlikely |
| Igor Jesus | NFO | 5.9m | 44.1% | Unlikely |
| Haaland | MCI | 14.7m | 5.2% | Unlikely |
| Doku | MCI | 6.5m | 2.3% | Unlikely |
| Lacroix | CRY | 5.2m | 9.4% | Unlikely |
| Aït-Nouri | MCI | 5.7m | 55.9% | Unlikely |
| Verbruggen | BHA | 4.6m | 1.9% | Unlikely |
| Cherki | MCI | 6.6m | 17.2% | Unlikely |
| Mitoma | BHA | 6.1m | 43.2% | Unlikely |
| Shaw | MUN | 4.5m | 50.3% | Unlikely |
| O'Reilly | MCI | 5.3m | 2.0% | Unlikely |
| Welbeck | BHA | 6.4m | 7.4% | Unlikely |
| Minteh | BHA | 5.5m | 42.0% | Unlikely |
| Bijol | LEE | 3.9m | 45.5% | Unlikely |
| Stach | LEE | 4.8m | 31.9% | Unlikely |
| Muñoz | CRY | 5.9m | 5.2% | Unlikely |
| Player | Team | Price | Progress | Tonight |
|---|
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | ARS | B, Vs | |
| No Change | MCI | B | |
| No Change | CRY | C | |
| No Change | EVE | C, Vs | |
| No Change | BHA | B | |
| No Change | LEE | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | ARS | B, Vs | |
| No Change | MCI | A | |
| No Change | CRY | B | |
| No Change | EVE | C, Vs | |
| No Change | BHA | B | |
| Up | TOT | B | |
| Up | FUL | B | |
| No Change | BOU | B, £ | |
| No Change | LIV | B | |
| No Change | NEW | C | |
| Down | LEE | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | MUN | B | |
| No Change | MCI | A | |
| No Change | ARS | A, Vs | |
| No Change | FUL | C | |
| Up | BHA | B, Vs, £ | |
| Up | EVE | A, £ | |
| Down | CRY | C, Rest | |
| No Change | AVL | B | |
| No Change | LIV | A | |
| Down | NFO | A, Inj |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | MCI | B | |
| No Change | BRE | B | |
| No Change | WHU | A | |
| Up | BHA | B | |
| Up | ARS | A, Vs | |
| Down | AVL | B, Rest | |
| No Change | LEE | B | |
| No Change | CHE | B |

Three-time top 5k finisher Seb Wassell compares FPL statistics against the famed ‘eye test’

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