Another difficult week with 7 of the 10 managers suffering a red arrow.
Ok so here’s our fantasy premier league gameweek 26 tips article. If you haven’t seen this before then , this article includes the scores of the top 10 FPL managers as well as the team selection points. These are just not the current top 10 but 10 managers who’ve been successful over the last 3 years. The 10 managers have never finished outside the top 10k in the last 3 years (30 times playing FPL). The article is all about giving you another view point other than mine. Also the managers I have picked have been consistent showing they can adapt to different seasons.
fantasy premier league gameweek 26 tips – analysing 10 top FPL managers
The 10 managers FPL stats
I’ll give the FPL managers stats, their GW25 scores and then outline their teams and structure. The stats of the top 10 managers are incredible.
1. The overall average finishing position of the top 10 managers is 1,464
2. The top 10 FPL managers have not been out of the top 10k in the last 3 years (ie 30 times playing)
3. 9 of the 10 have finished in the top 1,000
4. 5 of the 10 managers have finished in the top 100
GW25 average score and rank
The average score of the managers in GW25 was 61 compared to the average of 55. The high score of the 10 was 74. The low score was 45. A big spread of 29. 7 had red arrows 3 had green
The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers took a small leap backwards to 277k from 255k in the last gameweek. An decrease of 22k. The best rank is 28k and the lowest 639k.
If you’re interested my score was another ordinary one. Not thanks to Mahrez going but Walker and Mert losing their places at 60. A decrease in the rank to 554k from 509k. A decrease of rank of 45k. I remain ahead of 2 of the top 10 managers. My team value is a disaster though at £102.2m
The average team value
The average team value of the FPL managers remained at £105.7m
Key trends and observations
Sanchez continues to build up owners slowly
Vardy’s ownership is being rebuilt
Mahrez’s returns to form after 2 assists in the last 7 games
Firmino continues his form as a striker
Aguero continues as the captain default
Ozil returns to form
GK/Defs by player
Moreno and Simpson are owned by 8/10 FPL managers
McCarthy is in 7/10 of the FPL managers teams
Wollscheid Butland and Bellerin are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Baines Hennessey and Ward are in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams
GK/Defs by team
C Palace GK/Defs are in 14 of the 10 FPL managers teams (I’ve counted both Hennessey and McCarthy)
Leicester, Liverpool and Stoke GK/Defs are in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Spurs and Everton defenders are in 5/10 of the FPL managers teams
Chelsea and Arsenal are in 4 of the FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Mahrez is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Payet is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Alli is in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Ozil is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Firmino and Sanchez are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Westwood is in 3/10 FPL managers
Forwards
Kane and Aguero are in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Lukaku is in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Vardy is in 3/10 Managers teams
GW25 Captain Choice
Aguero was the captain in 10/10 of the managers teams
Hits
Only 1 of the managers took hits
How many have used their wildcard/chips
No one has used their 2nd wildcard as yet. 6 of the 10 has used their all out attack chip.
Transfers
Everyone made at least 1 transfer this week.
Transfers out
Lukaku was transferred out 6 of his owners.
No one else was transferred out more than once
Transfers in
Vardy was transferred in 3 times
Sanchez was transferred in twice
No one else was transferred in more than once
The most common transfers
Lukaku to Vardy was done 3 times
When were the transfers done?
There were 15 transfers in total
2 transfers were done on the Wednesday 3 February
2 on Thursday 4th February
5 Friday 5th
6 Saturday 6th
Formation
9 used 3-4-3
1 used 3-5-2
Team structure
Typically the GK was a cheap GK with McCarthy/Hennessey as a reserve although 3 now are using an elite GK of DeGea and LLoris
In the main 2 or 3 defenders from the group of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool and Spurs were in the team. No one is using 4 like myself.
The pressure of getting Aguero in has significantly reduced the amount of proper 5th mids. 7/10 now have a 5th mid under £5.0m
Lukaku bring sold has mixed up the strikers
More and more players over £6.0m are outside the teams of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool and Spurs.
Focus on 2 managers team
So we focus this week on the top scorer vs the bottom scorer when it was such a big difference. Here they are top first
So interestingly quite different teams.
Kane, Aguero, Payet, Alli, Mahrez and an Everton defender plus a Crystal Palace def/GK are the only similarities.
5 of the 8 attackeers are the same but virtually all the defence are different. The 3 different attackers are Firmino, Barkley and Giroud which made a 14 point difference. The defence made a 15 point difference which shows the influence it can have.
An overall team to represent the top 10 managers
I’ve gone for a 5 man midfield which means it’s a little expensive at £107m
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