I thought I would do this article in 2 parts as I don’t know about you but I was very curious to see the top 10 FPL managers teams. In short as I managed to work out before the gameweek started 8/10 have used their wildcard. Some key questions are answered. Sanchez or Ozil, How many kept Mahrez and Kane are just 2 of the questions answered.
Ok so here’s the introduction for our fantasy premier league gameweek 34 tips article. If you haven’t seen this before, 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 34 tips – analysing 10 top FPL managers
The 10 managers FPL stats
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
GW33 average score and rank
I’m leaving this for part 2
The average team value
As above I’ll leave this for part 2
GK/Defs by player
Robles, Darlow and Bellerin are in 8/10 of the FPL managers teams
Skaho and Gabriel are in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Simpson is in 5 of the FPL managers teams
Delaney is in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Lovren and Jagielka are in 3/10 FPL managers team
GK/Defs by team
Arsenal GK/Defs are represented 15 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Everton GK/Defs are represented 12 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Newcastle, Everton and Liverpool GK/Defs are represented 9 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Leicester GK/Defs are represented 7 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Man Utd GK/Defs are represented 7 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Sanchez is in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Payet and Coutinho are in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Bolasie, Mahrez and De Bruyne are in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Ozil and Firmino are in 3 of the FPL managers teams
Forwards
Lukaku is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Aguero are in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Mirovic is in 5/10 FPL managers
Comparison with the top 10k overall rank
Here’s a comparison between the players that make up the top 10 FPL managers and the top 10k overall ranked teams in FPL. The information is from the excellent site FPL discovery. We’ll show you the info and then talk through some thoughts on the meaning. Obviously with the 10 top managers the percentages are always going to be a factor of 10. % at or greater than 100% could mean that 1 team has more than 1 player in that defensive team
| Player | top 10 FPL managers % | Top 10k ovr | Overall | |
| Defence | ||||
| Arsenal Def | 150% + | 90% + | 60% ish | |
| Spurs def | 10% + | 60% + | 50 % ish | |
| Evertn def | 120% | 30% + | -% ish | |
| Leices Def | 70% + | 75% + | 40% ish | |
| Midfield | ||||
| Mahrez | 40% | 83% | 67% | |
| Payet | 60% | 71% | 32% | |
| Ozil | 30% | 38% | 41% | |
| Alli | 20% | 57% | 31% | |
| Barkley | 20% | 30% | 36% | |
| Sanchez | 80% | 30% | 13% | |
| Forwards | ||||
| Aguero | 90% | 84% | 33% | |
| Lukaku | 100% | 73% | 45% | |
| Kane | 20% | 67% | 45% | |
| Vardy | 10% | 40% | 50% | |
So for the first time it’s on. The top 10 FPL managers are in full on battle vs the top 10 k. Here are the battle lines
The top 10 FPL managers have backed the Arsenal and Everton defence and Sanchez far more the the top 10k. Also to a lesser extent Lukaku
The top 10k have stuck with the Spurs defence. Mahrez, Alli and Kane will also affect the top 10k’s rank if they get big points. To a lesser extent Vardy.
So today is going to be very interesting
GW33 Captain Choice
Lukaku was the captain in 6/10 teams
Hits
1 of the managers took a 4 point hit.
How many have used their wildcard/chips
Prior to the gameweek no one has used their 2nd wildcard as yet. 1 used their all out attack chip so now 8 of the 10 have used their all out attack chip.
8/10 have used their 2nd wildcard
Transfers
I won’t be doing this analysis this week as the transfers are dominated by wildcards
Formation and brief team structure notes
3-5-2 was used 6 times
3-4-3 was used 3 times
4-3-3 was used once.
This is a function that now the wildcard has meant that 5 proper midfielders have been selected. It’s also points to the dearth of 3rd striker options
Focus on 1 players team
Here’s the team of our leading manager. Currently 2,228 overall. Also the highest scorer so far in the gameweek with 48 pts. The average score after Saturday at the moment seems to be around 35
So interesting that he’s gone for 15 DGW34 players and has 10 GW35 players. Add 2 transfers and you’ve got 1 spare for injury. A bit of a Liverpool gamble on defence but apart from that he’s gone for players who are certain to play. Also his penchant for gambling on fixtures irrespective of form with 1 player is in evidence with Bolasie in the team.
A combined top 10 managers team
So here’s the combined team at a value of around £104m
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