Here’s our fantasy premier league GW21 review where we look for the players and teams with the best underlying stats from GW21. It’s an easy way to check on how one of your FPL team performed
Fantasy premier league GW21 review – the best underlying stats from GW21
They are just for GW21 and not cumulative. It only includes selected players who started no subs.
The article is in 2 parts. We’ve started with the attacking stats for the players divided by position. Effectively we’ve taken their xG stats and their xA stats and converted them into FPL points and then ranked them. We don’t show the points but that’s how they’re ranked. It’s far more useful than just ranking them by xG and xA separately. I haven’t attempted to rank every player.
There’s shots and key passes so you get a volume perspective as well as a quality perspective.
There’s defender rankings although one off games don’t give a realistic picture. It’s better to look at cumulative stats
The 2nd part is just the ranking of team defensive and attacking performances which is the rank by xG and xG conceded. I’ve also included the GW21 fixtures so you can remind yourself who was playing if needed
The stats are all from the excellent free site understat.com
Best midfielders in GW21
I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW21 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them
Best forwards in GW21
I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW21 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them
Best attacking defenders in GW21
I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW21 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them
Best team defences in GW21
I’ve ranked the team defences by the lowest xG conceded.
Team | xG conceded | Shts conceded |
Chelsea | 0.16 | 6 |
Burnley | 0.62 | 9 |
Everton | 0.63 | 8 |
Man Utd | 0.63 | 14 |
C Palace | 0.66 | 9 |
Brighton | 0.66 | 13 |
West Ham | 0.71 | 13 |
Southampton | 0.85 | 17 |
Leicester | 0.87 | 17 |
Bournemouth | 0.99 | 11 |
Spurs | 1.03 | 6 |
Liverpool | 1.18 | 9 |
Cardiff | 1.29 | 13 |
Man City | 1.38 | 7 |
Arsenal | 1.71 | 9 |
Wolves | 1.88 | 17 |
Newcastle | 2.55 | 16 |
Huddersfield | 2.62 | 16 |
Watford | 2.87 | 25 |
Fulham | 4.43 | 16 |
Best team attack in GW21
I’ve ranked the teams in order of the highest xG
Team | xG Attack | Shots |
Arsenal | 4.43 | 16 |
Bournemouth | 2.87 | 25 |
Burnley | 2.62 | 16 |
Man Utd | 2.55 | 16 |
C Palace | 1.88 | 17 |
Fulham | 1.71 | 9 |
Liverpool | 1.38 | 7 |
Spurs | 1.29 | 13 |
Man City | 1.18 | 9 |
Cardiff | 1.03 | 6 |
Watford | 0.99 | 11 |
Everton | 0.87 | 17 |
Chelsea | 0.85 | 17 |
Brighton | 0.71 | 13 |
Wolves | 0.66 | 9 |
West Ham | 0.66 | 13 |
Newcastle | 0.63 | 14 |
Leicester | 0.63 | 8 |
Huddersfield | 0.62 | 9 |
Southampton | 0.16 | 6 |
Notes of interest from the GW21 lineups
I use the excellent site sofascore for lineups and some stat data
£5.3m fwd Calvert Lewin played up front for Everton
Richarlison played AML
£5.3m Leicester defender Pereira played FLW in a front 3
Kolasinac played LWB
£5.4m Mid Iwobi played AMR for Arsenal
Fulham mid Cairney moved back to CM
Cardiffs Paterson played RM instead of CF
Son was Kane’s strike partner
Eriksen played ML instead of AML
Deulofeu was Deeney’s striker partner
£4.6m Watford Mid Sema played AM
£4.4m Burnley Mid McNeil played LM
Gross played CM not CAM or SS for Brighton
Hazard played FLW in a front 3 not CF/false 9
Pogba played CAM
£7.2m forward Rashford played CF over Lukaku
Salah played FLW in a front 3 but changed to CF later in the game
GW21 fixture reminder
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