Well it was appropriate for this season that after West Ham failed in the so called easier game against Swansea they then came up trumps against one of the best defences in the league of Man Utd. This had a very positive impact on the 10 FPL managers scores with 9 out of 10 having green arrows. There was also an incredible points spread.
Ok so here’s the introduction for our fantasy premier league gameweek 38 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 38 tips – analysing 10 top FPL managers -Part 2
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
GW37 average score and rank
The average score of the managers in DGW37 was 94 compared to the average of 55. Thats 39 points and 71% above the average. The high score of the 10 was 129 (with bench boost). The low score was 58 (with triple captain). A incredibly wide spread of 71. 9 of the 10 had green arrows. It’s worth remembering there was an average of just over 4 points of hits taken.
The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers took a good step forwards to 22k from 33k in the last gameweek. An improvement in rank of 11k. The best rank is 1.4k and the lowest 79k. It nows looks possible that maybe 5 will get into the top 10k for the end of the season.
If you’re interested my score of 84 with no points hit was above the gameweek average but below the average of the top 10 FPL managers. A quite big improvement of rank from 154k to 117k. An improvement of rank of 37k. I remain ahead of none of the top 10 managers unfortunately. My team value is low at £101.2m. My aim at the moment is to still get under 100k
The average team value
The average team value is £104.6m
GK/Defs by player
Darlow and Cresswell are in 8/10 of the FPL managers teams
Robles and Bellerin is in 7/10 FPL managers teams
Gabriel and PVA are in 5 of the FPL managers teams
Lovren and Simpson are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
GK/Defs by team
Arsenal GK/Defs are represented 12 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
West Ham GK/Defs are represented 10 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Newcastle and Man Utd GK/Defs are represented 8 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Sunderland and Everton GK/Defs are represented 7 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Liverpool and Leicester GK/Defs are represented 7 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Sanchez and Payet are in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Payet is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Hazard is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Firmino is in 4 of the FPL managers teams
Iwobi is in 3/10 FPL managers teams
Forwards
Aguero is in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Carroll is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Defoe is in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Lukaku, Kane and Deeney are in 3/10 FPL managers teams
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 | 120% + | 85% + | 85% ish | |
West Ham def | 100% + | 50% + | 25 % ish | |
Sunderland Def | 70% | 40% + | 11% ish | |
Man Utd Def | 80% + | 70% + | 63% ish | |
Midfield | ||||
Sanchez | 90% | 50% | 18% | |
Payet | 90% | 90% | 36% | |
Mahrez | 10% | 53% | 62% | |
Hazard | 60% | 32% | 15 % | |
Firmino | 40% | 32% | 16% | |
Forwards | ||||
Aguero | 80% | 70% | 30% | |
Carroll | 60% | 43% | 9% | |
Defoe | 40% | 35% | 11% | |
Kane | 30% | 51% | 43% | |
Ok the battle lines of ownership between the top 10k and the 10 FPL managers are
The top 10 FPL managers I follow have backed the Arsenal, West Ham, Sunderland and Everton defence plus Sanchez and Hazard far more the the top 10k.
The top 10k have stuck with Mahrez and Kane
DGW37 Captain Choice
Payet was the captain in 7/10 teams.
Carroll was the captain twice
Hazard was the captain once.
Hits
7/10 of the managers took a points hit. 3 took a 4 point hit and 4 took an 8 point hit
How many have used their wildcard/chips
8/10 of the 10 have used their all out attack chip.
10/10 have used their 2nd wildcard.
10/10 have used their Bench Boost. 2 using it in this gameweek
10/10 have used their triple captain. 8 using it in this week.
Transfers
Transfers out
Kane was transferred out 6 times
Sakho were transferred out 3 times
Alli, Sturridge and Wijnaldum were transferred out twice
No one else was transferred out more than once
Transfers in
Carroll was transferred in 6 times
Hazard was transferred in 5 times
Cresswell was transferred in 4 times
Willian and Defoe were transferred in twice
No one else was transferred in more than once
Formation
9 FPL managers played 3-4-3
1 played 4-3-3
Focus on 2 players teams
Here’s the highest and lowest scores:
Top 10 managers combined team
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