Here’s my GW4 best forwards “ones to watch” article for strikers over £6m. There’s a table of stats to help you make your choice. There’s a number of injury doubts so make sure you read the narrative. The press conferences of managerson Friday will be important so read my lineup article later
Fantasy premier league best strikers over £6.0m – gameweek 4
The premium strikers haven’t started that well apart from Costa and Aguero so it’s a difficult table to say the least. We’re also faced with a number of injuries so read the narrative
| Rank | Name/ ownership % | value | Minute per FPL point 13/14 | consist13/14 | Minute per FPL point 14/15 | consist 14/15 | fixt ease | top 10 managers own |
| 1. | Costa (46%) | £10.6 | n/a | n/a | 10.8 mins | 3/3 100% | 17/(10) | 6 |
| 2. | Aguero (8%) | £12.1 | 9.8 mins | 68% | 8.6 mins | 2/3 66% | 19/(19) | 0 |
| 3. | Sturridge (25%) | £11.5 | 11.5 mins | 72% | 22.5 mins | 1/3 33% | 1/(8) | 0 |
| 4. | RVP (2%) | £12.5 | 14.1 mins | 57% | 33.5 mins | 0/2 0% | 11/(3) | 1 |
| 5. | Falcao (5%) | £11.0 | N/A | N/A | n/a | n/a | 11/(3) | 0 |
| 6. | Rooney (38%) | £10.4 | 12.9 mins | 62% | 24.5 mins | 1/3 33% | 11/(3) | 9 |
| 7. | Ballotelli (4%) | £10.0 | n/a | n/a | 30 mins | 0/1 0% | 1/(8) | 0 |
| 8. | Adebayor (7%) | £8.6 | 15.0 mins | 51 % | 15.7 mins | 1/3 33% | 13/(13) | 0 |
| 9. | Welbeck (4%) | £6.9 | 14.6 mins | 23.0 mins | 0/2 0% | 15/(15) | 0 | |
| 10. | Pelle (8%) | £7.5 | n/a | n/a | 27.0 mins | 1/3 33% | 2/(2) | 0 |
KEY:
Player/FPL ownership %: self explanatory at the time of the article
Value: At the time of the article
Minute per FPL point 13/14: Last seasons minutes it took to earn an FPL point. The lower the better obviously
Consistency 13/14: Last seasons % of games where the player got a goal or assist
Minute per FPL point 14/15: As above except 14/15
Consistency 14/15; As above except 14/15
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
Costa
Like many of the strikers he has injury issues although the press at this stage seems to be suggesting he will be ok for GW4. Been absolutely fantastic and it’s been no fluke as his shooting and creating chances stats have been fantastic. Fixtures are mixed but it’s questionable whether fixtures are relevant to the Chelsea machine. Ownership % and form makes it impossible not to own him.
Swansea (H)
Man City (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Arsenal (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Man Utd (A)
Aguero
Disappointing like the whole City team against Stoke but a one game struggle doesn’t take anything away from his talent and his record last year. Very tough fixtures especially the next 2. Surprisingly given his record no injury converns
Arsenal (A)
Chelsea (H)
Hull (A)
Aston Villa (A)
Spurs (H)
West Ham (A)
Sturridge (UPDATE: Liv Echo report out for 2-3 weeks)
A big big injury doubt which makes this a very qualified ranking that he will be fit for the weekend. A great shame considering the fixtures coming up. Consistent performer last season who’sbeen unlucky so far not to have returned more
Aston Villa (H)
West Ham (A)
Everton (H)
West Brom (H)
QPR (A)
Hull (H)
RVP
This is the first of the 3 Man Utd strikers in the article. The fixtures especially the next 3 and the quality of the players makes them impossible to ignore even given the rather poor form to date. RVP will have pens I would think.
QPR (H)
Leicester (A)
West Ham (H)
Everton (H)
West Brom (A)
Chelsea (H)
Falcao
His 34 goals and 2 assists in 40 games for A Madrid in 12/13 really show what a quality player where dealing with. The risks are how he’s recovered from his knee injury and the lack of assists he brings to the table. That has generally been a crucial part to a really top quality forward in FPL at this price bracket. Again the next 3 fixtures couldn’t be much better. Possible he could debut from the bench but no hint so far
QPR (H)
Leicester (A)
West Ham (H)
Everton (H)
West Brom (A)
Chelsea (H)
Rooney
Rooneys considerable ownership has been dropping after 2 blanks and 2 pretty quiet performances to say the least. Also very possible he will drop to the number 10 role to accomodate Falcao becoming a pair with RVP which does result in far less chances for him. Selling before the next 3 fixtures and especially the next one before we know the Falcao impact is a risky move.
QPR (H)
Leicester (A)
West Ham (H)
Everton (H)
West Brom (A)
Chelsea (H)
Ballotelli
Had a number of chances against Spurs and showed good energy up front. Could really benefit from the good fixtures coming up
Aston Villa (H)
West Ham (A)
Everton (H)
West Brom (H)
QPR (A)
Hull (H)
Adebayor
Has played better than the 1 goal and 1 assist to date suggests. Seems to have cemented his first team place. Mixed fixtures to come but Spurs should score goals under the new manager
Sunderland (A)
West Brom (H)
Arsenal (A)
Southampton (H)
Man City (A)
Newcastle (H)
Welbeck
A £6.9m striker for Arsenal is too good to ignore although if you want to see if he starts and how he plays then home to City is the game to sit and wait. Great value and not a bad record last season consaidering he wasn’t always a striker
Man City (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Spurs (H)
Chelsea (A)
Hull (H)
Sunderland (A)
Pelle
A fixture punt for someone who has played very well without getting the reward until last week.
Newcastle (H)
Swansea (A)
QPR (H)
Spurs (A)
Sunderland (H)
Stoke (H)
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Fantasy premier league best strikers
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