Fantasy premier league GW26 review – the best underlying stats from GW26 

Fantasy Premier League, Gameweek analysis

Here’s our fantasy premier league GW26 review where we look for the players and teams with the best underlying stats from GW26 only. It’s an easy way to check on how one of your FPL team performed in the gameweek.  You can also see how they are ranked in the previous few gameweeks to establish recent form

Fantasy premier league GW26 review – the best underlying stats from GW26 





They are just for GW26 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 GW26 fixtures so you can remind yourself who was playing if needed

The stats are all from the excellent free site understat.com. Player values are as of Monday 4 February.

Here’s the link to the google spreadsheet if you want it

Best midfielders in GW26

I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW26 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus or appearance points.

Their ranking for previous gameweeks is also included. If there is a blank it could mean they didn’t play or were a sub or I just didn’t include them for whatever reason.  This week I’ve tried to give reasons for absences or shown if they were a sub.  I’ve split it into 2 for the latter players.



Fantasy premier league GW26 review

The non playing midfielders or subs

Fantasy premier league GW26 review

Best forwards in GW26

I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW26 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus or appearance points.

Their ranking for previous gameweeks is also included. If there is a blank it could mean they didn’t play or were a sub or I just didn’t include them for whatever reason.

This week I’ve tried to give reasons for absences or shown if they were a sub.  The latter players are at the bottom.

 Fantasy premier league GW26 review

Best attacking defenders in GW26

I’ve turned the xG and xA from GW26 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus, clean sheet or appearance points

Their ranking for previous gameweeks is also included. If there is a blank it could mean they didn’t play or were a sub or I just didn’t include them for whatever reason.

This week I’ve tried to give reasons for absences or shown if they were a sub.  The latter players are at the bottom

Fantasy premier league GW26 review

Best team defences in GW26

I’ve ranked the team defences by the lowest xG conceded.

Team DefencexG concededShots against
Liverpool0.3912
Southampton0.406
Wolves0.449
Watford0.659
Man City0.9012
Arsenal1.1615
Leicester1.2112
Burnley1.2716
Huddersfield1.479
Everton1.537
Cardiff1.6414
C Palace1.746
Brighton1.799
Fulham2.1115
Man Utd2.1815
Newcastle2.3422
West Ham2.4725
Bournemouth2.5320
Spurs2.7620
Chelsea4.0415

Best team attacks in GW26

Team AttackxGShots
Man City4.0415
Leicester2.7620
Liverpool2.5320
C Palace2.4725
Wolves2.3422
Fulham2.1815
Man Utd2.1115
Burnley1.799
West Ham1.746
Southampton1.6414
Watford1.537
Arsenal1.479
Brighton1.2716
Spurs1.2112
Huddersfield1.1615
Chelsea0.9012
Everton0.659
Newcastle0.449
Cardiff0.406
Bournemouth0.3912

Notes of interest from the GW26 lineups

Where a player is playing in a more advanced position that his FPL classification I’ve put this in italics.  Most players will be in the schedules above

 Def Chambers plays as a CDM for Fulham

Man Utd play 4-3-3 with Pogba an LM

Salah plays RW in a 4-3-3

King plays CF in 4-5-1

Mid Deulofeu plays striker in4-2-2-2 until Gray comes on

Tosun plays CF for Everton in 4-2-3-1.  Richarlison plays RAM

Tom Davies plays CAM for Everton

Def Schlupp plays LM in 4-3-3 for Palace

Def Rice plays CDM for West Ham in 4-1-4-1

Mid Redmond plays striker in 3-5-2 for Southampton

Arter plays CAM for Cardiff in 3-4-1-2

£4.5m Mid Diakhaby and £4.8m fwd Kachunga play as strikers for Huddersfield.  Puncheon plays CAM

Mkhitaryan, Lacazette and Iwobi are the front 3 for Arsenal

Gross plays RM for Brighton in 4-3-3

Mid Son HM plays striker in 4-3-1-2.  Eriksen plays CAM

Mid Gray plays CF for benched Vardy until he comes on as sub

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