Here’s our fantasy premier league best midfielders “ones to watch” article for GW5. Here we have a table of stats plus some narrative on their prospects and the next 6 fixtures. The players are ranked but there’s enough information for you to make up your own mind
fantasy premier league best midfielders – GW5 “ones to watch”
The core midfielders
Here I’ve differentriated between the proven midfielders from top teams who will make the core of the midfield. I’ve also added to this group those with high ownership by the top 10 FPL managers I follow. I’ve also added top quality players new to the league like Sanchez was last season.
| PPG Rank | Name | value | Minute per FPL point 14/15 | Consistency 14/15 | % of 10pt + | Fixture ease | Last 2 seasons | 10 top FPL mans own |
| 1. | Silva | £10.2 | 13.2 m | 3/4 75% | 1/4 25% | 1/1 | 13.9m 14.3 m | 5 |
| 2. | YYT | £8.9 | 11.3m | 3/4 75% | 1/4 25% | 1/1 | 17.5 m 12.1m | 2 |
| 3. | Mahrez | £6.1 | 8.1m | 3/4 75% | 3/4 75% | 12/14 | 20.4m | 10 |
| 4. | Sterling | £8.9 | 15.0m | 2/4 50% | 0/4 0% | 1/1 | 19.3m 16.8m | 1 |
| 5. | Pedro | £9.5 | 8.7m | 2/2 100% | 1/2 50% | 16/16 | 1 | |
| 6. | Sanchez | £11.0 | 23.2m | 1/4 25% | 0/4 0% | 14/17 | 14.2m | 5 |
| 7. | Hazard | £11.4 | 36.0m | 1/4 25% | 0/4 0% | 16/16 | 14.5m 14.3m | 3 |
| 8 | De Bruyne | £10.0 | 0 | |||||
Key:
Minute per FPL points: This is how many minutes it took to get an FPL point. The lower the better
Consistency: the % of games that a player returned a goal or assist. Sub appearances are counted
10+ point %: The % of games 10 FPL points or more are scored
Fixt ease: The ease of attacking fixtures coming up. Next 6/next 3
Last 2 seasons: The FPL points per minute for the last 2 season
Top 10 FPL Mans own: The amount of times the player appears in the top 10 FPL managers I follow
Here’s some narrative on the players prospects in both the above ands the next 6 fixtures
Silva
Playing centrally where he can be the most effective. It will be interesting to see how the effect of De Bruyne has on his returns
Crystal Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Newcastle (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Man Utd (A)
YYT
Started in great form even in the 2 of 4-2-3-1 he’s a danger going forward. No underlying shooting or creating chances stats mean nothing historically.
Crystal Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Newcastle (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Man Utd (A)
Mahrez
Has started in stupendous form with 4 goals in his first game. Also looks to have pens. Has an injury which is expected to be ok by the time of GW5. Owned by all 10 of the top FPL managers I follow. Very good shooting stats to back up the returns
Aston Villa (H)
Stoke (A)
Arsenal (H)
Norwich (A)
Southampton (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Sterling
1 goal and 1 assist in his first 4. Did move up front for part of the Watford game which was an interesting development.
Crystal Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Newcastle (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Man Utd (A)
Pedro
Great start with a goal and 2 assists in his first 2 games. Excellent underlying shooting and creating chances stats as well. Everything Hazard doesn’t have at the moment and £2m cheaper
Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Newcastle (A)
Southampton (H)
Aston Villa (H)
West Ham (A)
Sanchez
Only 1 assist in his first 4 games. Has the best shooting stats though of any midfielder and given his quality hard to see it won’t come right
Stoke (H)
Chelsea (A)
Leicester (A)
Man Utd (H)
Watford (A)
Everton (H)
Hazard
Couldn’t have started any worse for last seasons player of the year. Only 1 assist in his first 4 games and very little shooting stats to show it isn’t just bad luck. Has pens and form of the last 2 seasons has been fantastic. It’s all about whether you believe his class will ultimately show through
Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Newcastle (A)
Southampton (H)
Aston Villa (H)
West Ham (A)
De Bruyne
Great record for Wolsburg last season. Will probably play on the right of the attacking midfield 3 in 4-2-3-1. Basic stats are in this article below
fantasy premier league new players – the basics on the late transfer window additions
Crystal Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Newcastle (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Man Utd (A)
The fixture based midfielders
These are the midfielders currently in good form and with good fixtures to come
| PPG Rank | Name | value | Minute per FPL point 14/15 | Consistency 14/15 | % of 10pt + | Fixture ease | Last 2 seasons | 10 top FPL mans own |
| 1. | A Ayew | £7.2 | 11.0 m | 3/4 75% | 2/4 50% | 2/4 | 0 | |
| 2. | Redmond | £5.6 | 11.5m | 3/4 75% | 1/4 25% | 7/8 | 27.0m | 0 |
| 3. | Sako | 5.5 | 7.5m | 2/2 100% | 2/2 100% | 11/11 | 0 | |
| 4. | Shaqiri | £7.0 | 17.4m | 1/2 50% | 0/2 0% | 3/6 | 0 | |
| 5. | Lens | £6.5 | 17.3m | 4/4 100% | 0/4 0% | 6/10 | 0 | |
| 6. | Payet | £7.6 | 17.8m | 2/4 50% | 0/4 0% | 8/3 | 2 | |
Key:
Minute per FPL points: This is how many minutes it took to get an FPL point. The lower the better
Consistency: the % of games that a player returned a goal or assist. Sub appearances are counted
10+ point %: The % of games 10 FPL points or more are scored
Fixt ease: The ease of attacking fixtures coming up. Next 6/next 3
Last 2 seasons: The FPL points per minute for the last 2 season
Top 10 FPL Mans own: The amount of times the player appears in the top 10 FPL managers I follow
Here’s some narrative on the players prospects in both the above ands the next 6 fixtures
Andre Ayew
3 goals in his first 4 games against good opposition is an impressive start. Good shooting stats to back it up. Played as a support striker in the later part of the game against Man Utd. Good record for Marseille last season
fantasy premier league new players to pick – Swansea’s Andre Ayew
Watford (A)
Everton (H)
Southampton (A)
Spurs (H)
Stoke (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Redmond
2 goals and an assist to start the season is a pretty impressive start for the Norwich winger. Has good fixtures to come but it would be a big change of fortune if it were to continue
Bournemouth (H)
Liverpool (A)
West Ham (A)
Leicester (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)
Sako
The Crystal Palace attacking midfielders start of 2 goals and an assist is incredibly impressive especially as 1 of the games was against Chelsea. Great shooting stats as well to back it up. Probably worth waiting until after the Man City game although the way Palace is playing anything is possible
Man City (H)
Spurs (A)
Watford (A)
West Brom (H)
West Ham (H)
Leicester (A)
Shaqiri
The Stoke winger/attacking midfielder has got off to an ok start with an assist in his first 2 games. He does have a good deal of set piece responsibility and good fixtures to come plus a strong pedigree
Arsenal (A)
Leicester (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Swansea (A)
Watford (H)
Lens
The Sunderland winger has 3 assists and a goal in his first 4 games in a pretty ordinary team.
fantasy premier league new players to pick – Sunderland’s Jeremain Lens
Spurs (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Man Utd (A)
West Ham (H)
West Brom (A)
Newcastle (H)
Payet
The West Ham attacking midfielder got off to a good start with a goal and an assist in his first 2 games but then somehow no returns in 6 goals scored in the last 2 games. Not much in the way of underlying stats to explain it either. However his quality has been evident with Marseille.
fantasy premier league tips – new player profile West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet
fantasy premier league tips – new player profile West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet
fantasy premier league tips – new player profile West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet
fantasy premier league tips – new player profile West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet
fantasy premier league tips – new player profile West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet
