Here’s our Best FPL Forwards GW16 article where we rank the FPL forwards for GW16 and beyond. There’s stats and transfer suggestions for your FPL team
Best FPL Forwards GW16 – Forwards Player Rankings And Transfer Suggestions For GW16
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Introduction
This article consists of a schedule ranking forwards based on their underlying stats over the first 15 games of the season. xG90 and xA90 are converted to FPL attacking points adjusted by their average minutes played. Stats are from the excellent free site understat
There’s also their FPL points per match as well as their value for money rating. The higher the better. Above 10 is the gold standard
The rankings are purely mathematical and there is no adjustment for fixtures coming up. The attacking players fixture ease schedule is below
Prices are as of 8 December
Please note there is a possibility that Brighton v Spurs could be postponed due to a Covid outbreak. I have kept these players in the schedule pending more information
The ranking schedule
As I said above the rankings are based on their xG90 and xA90 converted to FPL attacking points adjusted by their average minutes played.
There is no adjustment to a players rank for fixtures upcoming
Transfer suggestions for GW16
Ideally I’m looking for players that have a good entry point fixture as well as a good overall fixture ranking in the upcoming 6 gameweeks plus represent overall value for money and consistency of performances. The suggestions are not in any particular order
Form from forwards has been rather thin on the ground and there are only 3 I would suggest as transfers in.
Ronaldo
I’m writing this before the team sheet comes out so hopefully he is rested as United are Group winners so there seems little point in risking him
So far it’s 6 goals and 2 assists in 10 starts plus 2 as sub. He’s returned a goal or assist in 5 of his 10 starts which is ok although you’d hope for more for the price.
While his underlying stats are clearly better than any other forward he still has more to do to justify that lofty price. Seemingly grabbing penalties from Fernandes is a good start.
A great entry point for a transfer in v Norwich and the fixtures going forward are also excellent.
It’s hard to say this early what the effect of the new manager could be. If he has to fall into line with the pressing detail it could mean more rests however United winning the ball higher up the pitch should surely increase his chances to score.
The Palace game was a reasonable start with 5 shots although the xG of 0.30 is disappointing.
Antonio
A player who with just the 1 assist in the last 6 games has understandably with that run seen alot of negativity towards him not to mention transfers out.
And while the 4 games previous to GW15 did see 4 very poor games from him it should be noted that those games were against the 4 of the top 5 defences in the league as I’ve rated them. The game against Chelsea was a return to him providing underlying stats appropriate for his price.
However it can’t be ignored that he has only scored 2 goals and 1 assist in 11 90 minute starts since GW4.
However now he has a good run of fixtures with Burnley as an excellent entry point and it’s whether you think that the Antonio of last season and GW1-3 is still in there or that his consistent underlying stats over the blank period (those 4 games excluded) warrant taking the risk of putting him in the team
Josh King
5 goals and 3 assists in 12 starts plus 1 as a sub is a pretty good rate of return for the Watford striker as is his 4.2 PPM. He hasn’t been that consistent though returning a goal or assist in 5 of those 12 starts ( 42%).
However overall his underlying stats are very good.
He has a reasonable entry point v Brentford and good fixtures thereafter.
Who’s not in the schedule
Toney, Ings, and Jesus aren’t in as injury doubts
Lukaku and Bamford are just coming back from injury. Lukaku has started in the UCL match tonight but there has to be sufficient doubt whether he will start GW16. Bamford was only a sub for Leeds in GW15 and admitted to being rusty.
Lacazette, Werner, Edouard, Armstrong and Broja were all gametime doubts.
Remember Kane and Maupay could be affected if the Brighton v Spurs game is postponed due to a Covid outbreak with Spurs
The fixture Ease schedule
Here you can see each players upcoming fixtures over the next 6 gameweeks
Other Posts
Analysing the teams of 12 top FPL managers
The FFGeek Fixture Ease Schedule
Joseph Crilley’s transfer planner and points projection tool
The FFGeek Contributors teams for GW16 Part 1
Early thoughts on the FFGeek Team
Defender and GK player rankings GW16
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