Below I’ve ranked the best defences and then put what I think is the with the best defenders in Barclays fantasy premier league, Sky Sports Fantasy Football and Telegraph Fantasy Football.
Ive ranked the teams using Goals conceded (GC) and clean sheets (CS) (these are shown) plus some underlying stats to rank them (that’s why the order may differ from the GCs and CS’). Its very early in the season and the rankings are totally on this years games. I haven’t made any major adjustments for fixture difficulty so far to date which will distort some of the rankings. Utd who’ve played Liverpool Chelsea and Man city in the first 5 games is probably the most obvious example. West Ham who have had a fairly easy run with stoke Cardiff and Newcastle are the reverse.
With the defenders I’ve rated them on value and game time security with a bias on the fantasy premier league defenders towards CBs due to the bonus situation. I think everyone who comes to the site know’s that I’m wary of premiums for attacking potential and the Distin at £5.0m vs Baines at £7.5m debate so I wont dwell on it
Here’s the table then and I’ve made a few comments below regarding it:
Rank | Team | GC | CS | Best FPL def | Best Sky def | Best TFF def |
1 | Tottenham | 1 | 4 | Dawson £5.1m | Rose £4.7m (inj) | Rose £3.2m |
2 | Chelsea | 2 | 3 | Cole £6.5m | Cole £7.6m | Cole £4.6m |
3 | Everton | 4 | 3 | Distin £5.0m | Baines £7.7m | Coleman £3.5m |
4 | Southampton | 2 | 3 | Fonte £4.7m | Lovren £5.2m | Fonte £2.8m |
5 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | Agger £6.0m | Agger £6.9m | Agger £3.9m |
6 | Man City | 4 | 3 | Kompany £6.3m | Zabaleta £7.4m | Zabaleta £4.4m |
7 | West Ham | 4 | 3 | Collins £4.6m | Reid £5.6m | Reid £3.2m |
8 | Man Utd | 6 | 2 | Vidic £6.0m | Vidic £7.4m | Vidic £4.5m |
9 | WBA | 4 | 2 | Ridgewell £5.0m | Mc Auley £5.5m | McAuley £3.1m |
10 | Stoke | 5 | 2 | Wilson £4.5m | Huth £5.8m | Wilson £2.9m |
11 | Arsenal | 6 | 1 | Mertescaker £5.4m | Sagna £6.7m | Gibbs £3.5m |
12 | Swansea | 7 | 2 | Williams £4.9m | Davies £5.3m | Davies £3.1m |
13 | Newcastle | 8 | 2 | MYM £4.5m | Coloccini £5.2m | Coloccini £2.9m |
14 | Cardiff | 6 | 1 | Bturner £4.0m | Bturner £4.4m | KTC £2.6M |
15 | Hull | 7 | 1 | Davies £4.5m | Davies £4.5m | Davies £2.7m |
16 | Norwich | 6 | 1 | Mturner £4.4m | Mturner £5.2m | Mturner £3.0m |
17 | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | Vlaar £4.4m | Luna £4.0m | Luna £2.4m |
18 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 0 | ???? | ???? | ??? |
19 | Fulham | 7 | 1 | Hangeland £5.0m | Hangeland £5.4m | Reither £3.3m |
20 | Sunderland | 11 | 0 | Celustka £4.5m | Celustka £4.4m | Celustka £2.5m |
Comments
Biggest surprises:
- Spurs: finally getting the returns their underlying stats deserved. Last year they were so unlucky with their clean sheet total. they have had good fixtures but look a must for investment with value in all formats
- Southampton: I’ve been a fan since Pocettino took over and the stats back that up good value in all formats
- Everton: Who would have though Martinez would make such a strong defensive team. Good value and worth investing
- Arsenal: Haven’t performed despite good fixtures. Injuries haven’t helped but have been carelessly conceding in victory
- Remember Sky and TFF give negative points for goals conceded so be careful which teams you insert into that format