Here’s a fantasy premier league article where Keith Spencer looks at how to get the best out of the crowded upcoming schedule. He also talks through his thinking on DGW22. Keith finished with an incredible rank of 325 last season
fantasy premier league – Keith Spencer looks at maximising the upcoming fixture schedule and DGW22
The fixture Groups
When I look at the upcoming schedule I have broken down the fixtures into three separate groups.
GW21-22 and GWs 23-26 and then the totals of the groups of games
The reason for this schedule wise is that the following happens:
Group 1. GW21 and GW22 are close together and have very limited time in between games.
Group 2. After GW22 there are a lot of games with rotation and possible replays:
Jan 5-8 FA Cup 3rd Round
Jan 9-10 EFL Cup Semi-finals Round 1 (CHE, ARS, MCI)
Jan 13-15 GW23
Jan 16-17 FA Cup 3rd Round Replays
Jan 20-22 GW24
Jan 23-24 EFL Cup Semi-finals Round 2 (CHE, ARS, MCI)
Jan 26-28 FA Cup 4th Round
Jan 30-31 GW 25
Feb 3-4 GW 26
Group 3 is the totals of the groups of games
After this regular play resumes and then we have Champions league Final 16 / Europa final 32 to deal with so we will attack this possibly in a later article if the interest is there.
Ranking the fixtures and DGW22
So what I have done is ranked each of the next 6 fixtures looking at the home and away statistics of each team this far with a look also at possible rotation as well as time between each game. For instance let’s look at Arsenal. Arsenal is the 3rd best Home team behind MU and MC; however, they are also the 9th best away team. So I have broken down each division of teams in 5 categories. 1-4 gets a 5, 5-8, gets a 4 and so on.
So from the table below, HOME team is in caps, I am thinking of for GW21 I am staying put for an extra transfer for GW22. I am planning on getting in minimum 2 Tottenham attackers (Kane + 1, Eriksen I am predicting more points than Alli but might take Alli or Son as a differential) and at least 1 West Ham attacker probably Arnie.
After Tottenham, West Ham have hud, BOU, CPL, bha, and WAT. After GW22 depending on their performance I might even add another player. That is a run that is the best over the next 6 weeks from GW 23 to GW27. The next best run goes to MCI and BHA. The worst runs are SWA, NEW, and BUR.
So the major decision for me as I am still a little behind in most my leagues is to take a minimum 4 point hit GW22 and possibly 8. I do believe that it is easily possible if Sterling plays against WAT he could possibly outscore all of the WHM option even though they have a DGW.
I have Morata and Hazard so I am hoping they pay off for me this week before I get rid of possibly both of them next week.
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