FPL underlying stats GW33 – expected goals totals

Fantasy Premier League, Gameweek analysis

Here’s our FPL underlying stats GW33 article where we presented expected goals totals up to and including GW32. We look at stats for individual players by position including projected attacking points as well as a points per million calculation. There’s also a GW33 xG/xA wildcard team at the end as a summary to help you think about this weeks transfers.

FPL UNDERLYING STATS GW33 – EXPECTED GOALS TOTALS

There’s alot of stats to come so if you’d rather just look at the wildcard team for GW33 then go to  the end of the article.

BACKGROUND

Expected goals is a stat where the probability is evaluated that any given shot will end up as a goal.

Expected goals are based on a number of factors, such as where the shot was taken from and where the opposition defenders are at the time. The shot assumes it is being taken by someone of average ability in the league. To state the obvious , a shot from inside the 6 yard box in front of goal with no defenders around will have a very high probability it will end up as a goal.

In essence it shows you what should have happened rather than what has happened.

The expected goals are now all wholly from the excellent free site understat.com




TEAM RANKINGS FOR DEFENCE AND ATTACK

Here I rank the teams overall for defence and attack and then home and away by expected goals

TEAM DEFENCE

Ovr Rank xGA Home RankAway Rank
1Manchester City11
2Tottenham23
3Chelsea42
4Liverpool36
5Manchester United54
6Leicester88
7Arsenal125
8Brighton107
9WBA99
10Southampton612
11Burnley1310
12Newcastle United1113
13Huddersfield1414
14Crystal Palace1515
15West Ham720
16Watford1811
17Swansea1617
18Everton1716
19Bournemouth2018
20Stoke1919

TEAM ATTACK

Ovr Rank xG Home RankAway Rank
1Manchester City11
2Liverpool32
3Tottenham43
4Arsenal210
5Manchester United54
6Chelsea65
7Crystal Palace78
8Leicester87
9Watford146
10Newcastle United129
11Everton911
12Southampton1015
13Bournemouth1513
14West Ham1812
15Brighton1119
16Stoke1318
17WBA1616
18Huddersfield1917
19Burnley2014
20Swansea1720

METHOD AND CAVEATS FOR PLAYER RANKINGS

This is just one part of ranking players it’s not the be all and end all. I do a player rankings series which uses more stats than just xG and xA. There’s no filtering here for gametime security or injuries.

Here I have taken the Non penalty xG per 90 minutes (NPxG90) and the xA and converted them into goals and assist points and then total points as if they were playing over the whole season 90 minutes each game. I haven’t added on appearance points, adjusted for average minutes or bonus points or clean sheets for defenders. It’s purely just the goals and assist points. There was a minimum minutes played of 500 minutes. I’ve also added a points per million column.

Players don’t perform on a straight line with the stats. Some like Hazard and De Bruyne have shown they can over perform. Others like Tadic have a history of under performing. I have not tried to adjust for this. That’s more for the player rankings articles.

Don’t concentrate too much on the points. They are principally for ranking purposes. If you wonder why the random numbers of players it’s because I went down to a certain threshold and then it was whatever number of players ended up.

This article is very time consuming and laborious and easy to make mistakes so apologies if there is any

Player Stat abbreviations

Value £m: The FPL price at the time of the article. In this case the 3rd April

NP xG90: the non penalty expected goals per 90 minutes played

xA90: the expected assists per 90 minutes played

ProjPts: the projected attacking points based on the current NPxG90 and xA90 if the player played 38 games 90 minutes in each. No points for starting,no bonus, no clean sheet points, just goals and assists points.

Pts/£m: the projected points above per £m value. This is for Mids and Fwds only. An average is around 10 and it gives you an indication of value for money. The average is around 10.

DEFENDERS ATTACK RANKING

Rank  £mNPxG90xA90Proj Pts
1Davide ZappacostaChelsea5.90.140.1144
2Marcos AlonsoChelsea7.20.130.1142
3Sead KolasinacArsenal5.80.080.2041
4Victor MosesChelsea6.50.120.1140
5Calum ChambersArsenal4.70.160.0239
6James MilnerLiverpool6.00.070.1938
7Scott DannCrystal Palace4.60.150.0135
8Virgil van DijkLiverpool5.70.090.1234
9Nacho MonrealArsenal5.60.080.1333
10Serge AurierTottenham5.90.050.1933
11Miguel BritosWatford4.30.090.1032
12Mamadou SakhoCrystal Palace4.60.130.0232
13Ciaran ClarkNewcastle United4.40.110.0531
14Andrew RobertsonLiverpool5.10.020.2331
15Ben DaviesTottenham5.90.050.1731
16Eric BaillyManchester United6.00.120.0230
17Héctor BellerínArsenal5.90.080.1030
18Maya YoshidaSouthampton4.60.110.0329
19Joel MatipLiverpool5.40.110.0329
20Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace5.10.080.0929
21Daryl JanmaatWatford4.80.100.0326
22Harry MaguireLeicester5.60.050.1326
23Kieran TrippierTottenham5.20.020.1926
24Nicolás OtamendiManchester City6.40.100.0225
25Dejan LovrenLiverpool5.30.080.0625
26Craig DawsonWBA4.80.090.0324
27John StonesManchester City5.30.100.0023
28James TomkinsCrystal Palace4.40.100.0023
29Laurent KoscielnyArsenal6.00.090.0223
30Kyle WalkerManchester City6.60.020.1623
31José HolebasWatford4.80.020.1623
32Ryan BertrandSouthampton5.30.060.0823
33Ryan ShawcrossStoke4.80.090.0122
34Danny RoseTottenham6.40.060.0722
35Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool4.30.030.1322
36Wesley HoedtSouthampton5.00.080.0322
37Alfie MawsonSwansea5.10.080.0221
38Jonny EvansWBA4.90.070.0421
39Leighton BainesEverton5.60.030.1119
40Lewis DunkBrighton4.50.080.0119
41Nathan AkéBournemouth5.10.050.0618
42Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace4.70.050.0618
43David LuizChelsea5.70.080.0018
44Shane DuffyBrighton4.60.060.0418
45Wes MorganLeicester4.40.070.0117
46Ragnar KlavanLiverpool4.10.070.0117
47ZankaHuddersfield4.50.070.0117
48Ahmed HegazyWBA4.70.070.0117
49Ben ChilwellLeicester4.40.010.1216
50Aaron CresswellWest Ham5.00.010.1216

MIDFIELD ATTACK RANKING

Rank  £mNPxG90xA90Proj PtsPts per £m
1Mohamed SalahLiverpool10.70.730.2616815.7
2Raheem SterlingManchester City8.70.560.3014116.2
3Son Heung-MinTottenham8.30.480.2712214.7
4David SilvaManchester City8.10.390.3411313.9
5Sadio ManéLiverpool9.50.470.2011211.8
6Alexis SánchezManchester United11.50.400.281089.4
7Anthony MartialManchester United7.90.350.3410513.3
8Jesse LingardManchester United6.00.450.1710517.5
9Aaron RamseyArsenal6.90.370.249814.2
10Marko ArnautovicWest Ham6.90.420.149613.9
11Dele AlliTottenham8.90.330.289510.6
12Erik LamelaTottenham6.30.340.259314.8
13Leroy SanéManchester City8.60.280.359310.8
14Theo WalcottArsenal, Everton6.90.290.268512.3
15Paul PogbaManchester United7.80.310.218310.6
16KenedyNewcastle United4.80.270.268116.9
17WillianChelsea7.10.250.298111.3
18Christian EriksenTottenham9.40.200.35788.3
19RicharlisonWatford6.00.330.137812.9
20Eden HazardChelsea10.60.240.28787.3
21Mesut ÖzilArsenal9.30.180.38788.3
22Kevin De BruyneManchester City10.40.160.41777.4
23Bernardo SilvaManchester City8.10.260.20728.9
24Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace6.80.270.177110.4
25Riyad MahrezLeicester8.90.210.26707.8
26Alex IwobiArsenal5.10.250.186813.3
27Henrikh MkhitaryanArsenal7.80.120.39678.6
28Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingStoke5.40.250.136211.5
29Juan MataManchester United6.80.190.22619.0
30Moussa SissokoTottenham5.30.190.185710.7
31PedroChelsea7.70.230.11567.3
32Junior StanislasBournemouth6.00.210.13559.1
33Luciano NarsinghSwansea4.70.190.165411.6
34Ruben Loftus-CheekCrystal Palace4.40.170.195412.3
35Christian AtsuNewcastle United4.80.200.145411.2
36Yannick BolasieEverton6.40.250.05538.3
37Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainArsenal, Liverpool5.60.140.22529.2
38Cesc FàbregasChelsea6.80.100.28517.5
39Demarai GrayLeicester5.30.150.19509.5
40Jason PuncheonCrystal Palace4.40.220.075011.3
41Tom InceHuddersfield5.50.220.06498.8
42Dusan TadicSouthampton6.20.140.19487.8
43Xherdan ShaqiriStoke6.30.140.19487.7
44Pascal GroßBrighton6.00.070.30487.9
45José IzquierdoBrighton5.90.170.13478.0
46Anthony KnockaertBrighton5.50.170.13478.6
47Jordon IbeBournemouth4.70.140.184710.0
48James Ward-ProwseSouthampton5.00.110.22469.2

FORWARDS ATTACK RANKING

Rank  £mNPxG90xA90Proj PtsPts per £m
1Olivier GiroudArsenal8.21.120.3621125.8
2Sergio AgüeroManchester City11.70.700.2913911.9
3Gabriel JesusManchester City10.00.790.1213413.4
4Harry KaneTottenham12.70.790.1113310.4
5Álvaro MorataChelsea10.40.630.1411210.7
6Charlie AustinSouthampton5.80.670.0310518.1
7Oumar NiasseEverton4.80.590.1210321.5
8Alexandre LacazetteArsenal10.20.500.16949.2
9Romelu LukakuManchester United11.60.480.18938.1
10Shinji OkazakiLeicester5.30.530.078916.7
11Daniel SturridgeWBA7.90.470.158911.2
12Dwight GayleNewcastle United6.10.460.138513.9
13AubameyangArsenal10.80.510.05837.7
14Cenk TosunEverton6.90.410.188312.0
15Roberto FirminoLiverpool9.70.310.27788.0
16Marcus RashfordManchester United7.40.300.287810.5
17Andre GrayWatford6.30.420.127812.3
18Christian BentekeCrystal Palace7.60.400.137610.0
19Chris WoodBurnley6.30.450.047311.6
20Jermain DefoeBournemouth7.60.400.06688.9
21Danny WelbeckArsenal7.30.360.11679.2
22Tammy AbrahamSwansea5.40.340.076011.0
23Peter CrouchStoke4.80.240.205912.4
24Ayoze PérezNewcastle United5.20.220.215711.0
25Calvert-LewinEverton5.00.260.155711.3
26ChicharitoWest Ham6.70.310.08568.4
27JoseluNewcastle United5.50.300.07549.7
28Glenn MurrayBrighton6.00.320.04538.9
29Sam VokesBurnley5.70.260.12539.3
30Steve MounieHuddersfield5.80.270.09518.8
31Jamie VardyLeicester8.90.270.09515.8
32Ashley BarnesBurnley5.40.280.05488.9
33Callum WilsonBournemouth5.90.250.08478.0
34Salomón RondónWBA6.00.240.07447.4
35Mame Biram DioufStoke5.20.240.06438.3
36Wayne RooneyEverton7.20.190.10405.6
37Joshua KingBournemouth7.00.160.14405.8
38Jay RodriguezWBA5.30.210.06397.3
39Collin QuanerHuddersfield4.60.100.20388.3
40Hal Robson-KanuWBA4.90.220.04387.8
41Shane LongSouthampton5.60.170.08356.2
42Andy CarrollWest Ham5.70.180.06346.0
43Jordan AyewSwansea5.30.170.06336.2
44Troy DeeneyWatford6.30.130.11325.1
45Wilfried BonySwansea5.60.190.02315.6
46Laurent DepoitreHuddersfield5.10.140.08306.0
47Tomer HemedBrighton4.70.180.01296.1
48Manolo GabbiadiniSouthampton6.20.100.04203.2

THE XG/XA wildcard team

 As you may know I have 3 alternate FFGeek teams which you can see in this link.  One is a team based on nothing but expected goal and assist information.  The team has it’s wildcard, Bench Boost, Triple Captain and Free Hit in place and currently has an OR of 77k.  It will follow the general plan of WC 33, BB34 FH 35 and TC 37

So with the bench boost in GW34 the idea is to have 14 DGW34 players plus Salah.  I’ve therefore looked to get a defender from 7 of the 8 teams that have a DGW34.

The 8 are Spurs, Chelsea, Man Utd, Southampton, Leicester, Brighton, Burnley and Bournemouth.

The defenders are more about value and gametime security than attacking potential and the 8 attackers are 1 player from 7 of the 8 teams in order of the value £m.

Here’s the team with their attacking ranking for their category and then it on the FPL site.  The wildcard has been played btw.

category rankvalue rank
De Gean/an/a
Ryann/an/a
Vertonghendidnt registern/a
Alonso2n/a
Cedric63n/a
Chilwell49n/a
Lowton66n/a
Salah14
Willian1718
Lingard81
Izquierdo4540
Mahrez2542
Austin63
Wood1911
Kane418

It’s worth mentioning that I didn’t put Son in as with Kane back and Lamela in the team I didn’t think his gametime was absolutely secure plus Kane also fits as a captain option for GW34.  Value wise it was also marginal between Kane and Alli but again Kane gave the captain option.  The team value is a pretty pathetic £100.6m

Here’s the lineup for GW33:




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