fantasy premier league form – underlying stats form tables up to GW17

Here’s our fantasy premier league form article where we provide the underlying stats over the last 10 and  5 games to show players and teams recent form.

fantasy premier league form – underlying stats form tables up to GW17

People have different views as to what form constitutes. I think 4-6 games is way too short by itself and distorted by fixtures and one off performances so this season it will be for the last 10 gameweeks with 5 gameweeks as a very recent form check.

I’ve taken all the information from the amazing free site understat.com. They and whoscored.com which is also free, are all the underlying stats you need

Methodology

I’ve taken the last 10 gameweeks expected goals per 90 minutes (xG90) and expected assists per 90 (xA90) and turned them into projected FPL points over a hypothetical season and ranked them (rank 10). I’ve then adjusted it for the average minutes played per appearance.

There’s also the last 5 game weeks as a comparison (rank 5)

Average minutes can be distorted by sub appearances and injury returns but those are imperfections I will have to live with to make it a viable article time wise

I’ve also added a value for money column for Mids and Fwds where I’ve just taken the projected points and divided them by the players value.

For attackers there’s no appearance clean sheet or bonus points. Just raw attacking points. For defenders the same.

Just because a player is in the schedule doesn’t mean he is fit or a guaranteed selection.

Values as of Wednesday 11 December

In each I’ve done the first 30 or so

or so. If a player isn’t on there they either didn’t qualify through points or minutes

Midfielders

The table is sorted by projected goal and assist only season FPL points adjusted for average minutes over the last 10 gameweeks. No adjustment for clean sheet, bonus or appearance points. Minimum minutes 360 over the last 10 gameweeks. 180 minutes minimum over the last 5

Top value for money midfielders over the last 10 gameweeks

El Ghazi

Martial

Grealish

Ward Prowse

H Barnes

Perez

Salah

Willian

Mane

Notables who aren’t in the top 31

Zaha 35, Traore 37, Pepe 39, McNeil 41, Cantwell 45, Tielemans 46, Fraser 49, Sigurdsson 52, Eriksen 61

Forwards

The table is sorted by projected goal and assist only season FPL points adjusted for average minutes over the last 10 gameweeks. No adjustment for bonus or appearance points. Minimum minutes 360 over the last 10 gameweeks. 180 over the last 5.

Top value for money forwards over the last 10 gameweeks

Wood

Rashford

Vardy

Abraham

Ings

Jota

Jimenez

Defenders

The table is sorted by projected goal and assist only season FPL points adjusted for average minutes over the last 10 gameweeks. No adjustment for clean sheets, bonus or appearance points. Minimum minutes 360 over the last 10. As clean sheets are a major factor in defenders points there is no value for money calculation.

A few players who didn’t make it

Pieters 46, Rico 49, Van Dijk 52, Wan Bissaka 78

Team defence

The fantasy premier league form table is sorted by xG Against over the last 10 gameweeks. I’ve also shown the difference between goals against and xG Against. A positive figure is over performance.

Team attack

The table is sorted by xG over the last 10 gameweeks. I’ve also shown the difference between goals and xG. A positive figure is over performance . A negative under performance.

Fixture Ease Schedules

Here’s the fixture ease schedules for attackers and defenders just in case you want to chack out who any particular player is up against over the next 6 gameweeks

A fixture ease schedule for attacking players

Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the defences they face over the next 6 gameweeks.

A fixture ease schedule for defensive players

Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the attacking teams they face over the next 6 gameweeks.

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