Here’s our “ones to watch” fantasy premier league best midfielders for GW9. They are ranked in a table of stats. Plus there’s some narrative about their prospects and the next 6 fixtures. We’ve also suggested a few cheap fillers for your team
fantasy premier league best midfielders – “ones to watch” GW9
The midfield is an interesting area at the moment dominated by a number of high ownership players. You can see that they also dominate the squads of the top FPL managers I follow. Here’s the latest ramkings with alot of stats though to help you make your own view. There’s also a key to the table and narrative plus the next 6 fixtures. Also there’s a short section on cheap fillers for your 5th midfielder
| Rank | Name/ ownership % | value | Minute per FPL point 14/15 | Consistency14/15 | % of 10pt + | Last 4 gamespoints | fixt ease | top 10 FPL managers own |
| 1. | Sterling (52%) | £9.0 | 13.7m | 5/8 63% | 2/8 25% | 24 pts | 2/(7) | 8 |
| 2. | Chadli (12%) | £6.4 | 12.4m | 4/7 57% | 1/7 14% | 18 pts | 4/(3) | 0 |
| 3. | Fabregas (53%) | £9.7 | 14.5m | 6/8 75% | 2/8 25% | 18 pts | 6/(10) | 8 |
| 4. | Di Maria (42%) | £10.2 | 10.0m | 4/6 67% | 3/6 50% | 31 pts | 17(17) | 9 |
| 5. | Sanchez (11%) | £10.3 | 13.4m | 4/7 57% | 1/7 17% | 22 pts | 11/(4) | 1 |
| 6. | Hazard (14%) | £9.9 | 16.1m | 4/8 50% | 1/8 13% | 21 pts | 6/(10) | 0 |
| 7. | Tadic (6%) | £7.6 | 14.1m | 4/8 50% | 1/8 13% | 32 pts | 7/(2) | 5 |
| 8. | Eriksen (8%) | £7.8 | 15.4m | 3/8 38% | 2/8 25% | 25 pts | 4/(3) | 0 |
| 9. | Siggy (47%) | £7.8 | 14.6m | 4/8 50% | 3/8 38% | 17 pts | 8/(9) | 10 |
| 10. | Barkley (4%) | £6.7 | 10.8m | 1/1 100% | 0/1 0% | n/a | 1/(5) | 0 |
Player/FPL ownership %: self explanatory at the time of the article
Value: At the time of the article
Minute per FPL point 14/15: This seasons minutes it took to earn an FPL point. The lower the better obviously
Consistency 14/15 : This seasons % of games where the player got a goal or assist
% of 10 + pts: The % of games where the player has got 10 FPL points or more
Last 4 games points: Self explanatory
Fixture ease: The rank of the 20 FPL teams easiness of the next fixtures from an attacking point of view. The next 6 are first with the next 3 in brackets. See article
Top 10 FPL managers ownership: How many of the top 10 FPL managers I follow own this player. See article
Sterling
After coming so close to winning the league last year it’s a real eye opener that suddenly a 19 year old is carrying the club. Did so again at QPR. No Sturridge either at the moment to help. However he still seems to be holding his form and the fixtures are good. Still has the best overall underlying stats. Too good to risk with 52% ownership
Hull (H)
Newcastle (A)
Chelsea (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Stoke (H)
Leicester (A)
Chadli
Didn’t really perform against Man City but if you’re ever going to take the plunge with Chadli GW9 is the time to do it home to Newcastle. Has performed reasonably consistently and has excellent shooting stats as well as playing in an advanced position. The best shooting stats of any midfielder
Newcastle (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Stoke (H)
Hull (A)
Everton (H)
Chelsea (A)
Fabregas
The most consistent of the midfielders. Despite a relatively deep starting position has kept grinding out the points. Got his first goal against Palace but although has great creating chances stats doesn’t really have great shooting stats. However while part of a great attacking team with some good fixtures and 53% ownership he’s a risky player to ignore
Man Utd (A)
QPR (H)
Liverpool (A)
West Brom (H)
Sunderland (A)
Spurs (H)
Di Maria
Went off against WBA with a thigh injury and it won’t be until the Friday press conference that we find out if he will be fit for GW9. Has been sensational since joining Man Utd even though notionally starts deep. Historically is more of an assist based player rather than someone who scores but still got 3 goals in 6 games and has excellent shooting stats. Now the fixtures get tricky and will be the real test. Has the majority of set pieces.
Chelsea (H)
Man City (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Arsenal (A)
Hull (H)
Stoke (H)
Sanchez
Sensational against Hull with a goal and an assist as well as sensational last night in the win against Anderlecht. Really looking the part at the moment. Reasonably good fixtures as well. In overall shooting and creating chances underlying stats only Di Maria and Sterling are better. Has a good share of set pieces and direct free kicks.
Sunderland (A)
Burnley (H)
Swansea (A)
Man Utd (H)
West Brom (A)
Southampton (H)
Hazard
Has really had a mixed season with some great games and then some invisible ones. This isn’t difefrent than last year except this year so far the big scores just haven’t come. He also has nothing like last years underlying stats. Still you just can’t argue with the quality which will always be there and seems to still have the gametime security from Mourinho. Has pens.
Man Utd (A)
QPR (H)
Liverpool (A)
West Brom (H)
Sunderland (A)
Spurs (H)
Tadic
There’s not much you can say about a 23 point haul apart from wow. Has very good underlying stats but not really underlying stats at the top class level. Still really good next 4 fixtures so still has the chance to perform. Should have pens.
Stoke (H)
Hull (A)
Leicester (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Man City (H)
Arsenal (A)
Eriksen
Good performance and goal against Man City and the main set piece taker now has some good fixtures.
Newcastle (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Stoke (H)
Hull (A)
Everton (H)
Chelsea (A)
Siggy
Blanked against Stoke despite 1 really good scoring opportunity. Not great underlying stats but the ownership is the reason to hold plus the ability to get big scores
Leicester (H)
Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Man City (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
QPR (H)
Barkley
Started his first game last week with an assist and an impressive performance. Also started against Lille but was subbed with an eye injury. Playing 2 games may mean he could start from the bench. However it’s a gametime and fixture gamble around his central attacking positioning and his good relationship with Lukaku
Burnley (A)
Swansea (H)
Sunderland (A)
West Ham (H)
Spurs (A)
Hull (H)
The Cheap fillers
Boyd, Burnley £4.4m – Probably the most reliable gametime wise of the cheap fillers
Obertan, Newcastle £4.4m – Started the last 2 after being isolated and has returned in both games.
Davis Southampton £4.8m – More expensive. Has reasonable gametime security and attacking threat. Started 7/8.
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fantasy premier league best midfielders
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