FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFERS GW9 – MIDFIELDERS “ONES TO WATCH”

Here’s our fantasy premier league transfers GW9 article where we rank the choice of midfielders in our “ones to watch” series. There’s a table of stats, plus some key comments on players and the fixtures for each player. Hopefully this will help you make you choice of transfers for GW9.

FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFERS GW9 – MIDFIELDERS “ONES TO WATCH”

Here’s the table of stats. It’s important you read the key to understand them. I have notionally ranked the players although there are enough stats for you to apply your own judgement. It’s important to understand that the ranking assesses them as a transfer target for this gameweek. So there is a weighting towards someone who is home to Burnley as opposed to someone away to Spurs. Obviously not the only factor but one.  So for example there’s no Tadic or Chadli who have difficult fixtures away To Man City and Liverpool respectively.

Below that are some keys comments on the players

Key:

Pts Per Match: FPL Points per match
Consistency %: the % of games that a player gets a goal or assist
Fixt ease 6/3 games: The ease of the next 6 and 3 fixtures (6/3) coming up. The lower the better fixtures
Last 4 points: the number of returns and points from the last 4 FPL games
ICT PM: The ICT scores per match. These are taken from the FPL website and are there to represent the players underlying stats. I is influence, C creativity and T threat. The underlying stats that will reprsent the possibiltiy of a goal or assist
Anytime Goal Scorer Odds: The anytime goalscoring odds for the next match from 1 bookie. Its £’s return for £1 invested

KEY COMMENTS

Here’s a few key comments on players where there is something relevant to say:

All the players in the Champions League clubs of Leicester, Man City, Arsenal and Spurs are rotation risks as they try to navigate through the fixture maze.  Less so for the Teams in the Europa League of Man Utd and Southampton where a reserve type team often turns up.

Sanchez is a midfielder playing as a central striker which is a big attraction.

Heung-Min Son has played striker in Harry Kanes absence through injury in preference to Janssen although only once. Pochettino playing 4-1-4-1 gives a greater chance for Son to be included in the midfield if thats required

Sigurdsson played as a false 9 striker against Arsenal.  Whether that was a mechanism to improve the defence remains to be seen.

Antonio played last week as a wing back.  Given West Ham got a clean sheet that may mean he stays in that position which lessens his threat.

Firmino also has had some time as a central striker although it can be termed as a false 9 meaning he drifts around more than a conventional striker

Hazard and Arnautovic (Bojan may take them if on the pitch) have penalty duties. Snodgrass may take them if Hernandez doesn’t play.

De Bruyne, Payet, Sigurdsson Coutinho, Ozil, Eriksen, Mahrez, Snodgrass and Arnautovic all have a reasonable share of set piece duties

Some people not on there.

Injury issues are there for Redmond and Joe Allen although both are expected to be fit for GW9.  Same for Wijnaldum.

Redmond and Tadic (away to Man City), Stanislas (home to Spurs), Chadli (away to Liverpool) are left off due to tricky fixtures

Capoue and Allen are not on due to my feeling that they are more a 5th midfielder than a 4th midfielder.

Nolito would be on but is too much of a rotation risk

NEXT 6 FIXTURES OF THE TEAMS INVOLVED

Arsenal

Middlesbrough (H)
Sunderland (A)
Spurs (H)
Man Utd (A)
Bournemouth (H)
West Ham (A)

Chelsea

Man Utd (H)
Southampton (A)
Everton (H)
Middlesbrough (A)
Spurs (H)
Man City (A)

Everton

Burnley (A)
West Ham (H)
Chelsea (A)
Swansea (H)
Southampton (A)
Man Utd (H)

Hull

Stoke (H)
Watford (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
West Brom (H)
Middlesbrough (A)

Leicester

Crystal Palace (H)
Spurs (A)
West Brom (H)
Watford (A)
Middlesbrough (H)
Sunderland (A)

Liverpool

West Brom (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Watford (H)
Southampton (A)
Sunderland (H)
Bournemouth (A)

Man City

Southampton (H)
West Brom (A)
Middlesbrough (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Burnley (A)
Chelsea (H)

Spurs

Bournemouth (A)
Leicester (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Ham (H)
Chelsea (A)
Swansea (H)

Stoke

Hull (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Watford (A)
Burnley (H)

Swansea

Watford (H)
Stoke (A)
Man Utd (H)
Everton (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Spurs (A)

West Ham

Sunderland (H)
Everton (A)
Stoke (H)
Spurs (A)
Man Utd (A)
Arsenal (H)

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