Here’s our fantasy premier league GW13 defenders article where we give our defender and GK player rankings for gameweek 13. There’s a table of information and player suggestions to help you make a transfer choice
fantasy premier league GW13 defenders – player rankings for Defs and Gks
Avoiding the preamble
If you just want a quick transfer suggestion I’ve given these after the schedule if you want to skip all the preamble.
Stats definitions:
I’ve firstly ordered the teams by what I think is their defensive strength based their goals conceded, xG conceded and the shots per game conceded. These stats are for 19/20 only. You can see the rank of each stat mentioned above in the first 3 columns.
The stats after that are their:
My suggested defender for that team. I’ve tried to take into account what I think is an appropriate price for the team as well as their attacking and points potential. The table then shows their value and current 19/20 PPM
The likely starting GK for the team with the same price and PPM next to them
A bookies odds for a clean sheet for GW13. The lower the better obviously.
The fixture ease rank. The team facing the easiest attacking teams over the next 6 gameweeks is ranked 1. See our fixture ease article
Prices are as of Thursday 21 November
Gameweek 13 Fixtures
It’s a normal Saturday deadline
The Schedule
If you want access to copy and paste the schedule here’s the google spreadsheet link which I’ve set out differently if you want to sort different columns. Just go File> make a copy to get your own version
The teams are ranked by defensive strength only. Fixtures are not factored in.
Transfer suggestions for GW13
Here I trying to find a combination of defensive strength, a good next fixture and fixtures beyond that for me this week there are 4.
If you want to see the teams next fixtures I’ve put the fixture ease schedule showing the next 6 gameweeks below
Leicester
If you’re looking for the cheapest entry into the defence then Soyuncu is the answer. If you want a more attacking option then I would go for Chilwell. He’s £0.8m more expensive than Soyuncu but £0.6m cheaper than Pereira and has better underlying stats xG/xA wise as well as in volumes.
Liverpool
The fixture ease schedule is distorted by the postponed game in GW18. However in the 5 games coming up there is good clean sheet potential and Liverpool for me are still the best defence despite the lack of clean sheets. Alexander Arnold and Robertson (£7.0m). Alexander Arnold is first and Robertson 4th in my form rankings for defenders underlying attacking stats.
Man Utd
Similar to Liverpool that the underlying defensive stats are their even if the clean sheets aren’t. Unfortunately no one has the attacking potential that Robertson and Alexander Arnold have to provide that hedge if the clean sheets don’t come.
However I think their schedule is good enough for a gamble with say Maguire. £4.0m LB Brandon Williams is an intriguing prospect while Luke Shaw is injured although Young has been the first choice in Shaw’s absence and was suspended for Williams start. Worth monitoring this week and Shaw’s injury position.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United have good overall defensive stats and with Lundstram playing as a pretty attack minded CM and 2nd only to Alexander Arnold on my attacking underlying form stats then he’s a great pick at his price. The GK Henderson has also been impressive but is ineligible this week as a loanee from Man Utd.
The fixture ease schedule
The clean sheet schedule
My schedule tries to focus on the stats that will lead to clean sheets rather than clean sheets themselves but I though it would be worth while getting the clean sheet schedule from the premier league site
Goalkeeper save %
Here’s another schedule which shows you a goalkeeper save %. It’s not a ranking in itself as you can see there’s no correlation between % and clean sheets but does give you some idea of GKs who are good shot stoppers. It’s from the stats site fbref.com
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