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.
The non playing midfielders or subs
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.
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
Best team defences in GW26
I’ve ranked the team defences by the lowest xG conceded.
Team Defence | xG conceded | Shots against |
Liverpool | 0.39 | 12 |
Southampton | 0.40 | 6 |
Wolves | 0.44 | 9 |
Watford | 0.65 | 9 |
Man City | 0.90 | 12 |
Arsenal | 1.16 | 15 |
Leicester | 1.21 | 12 |
Burnley | 1.27 | 16 |
Huddersfield | 1.47 | 9 |
Everton | 1.53 | 7 |
Cardiff | 1.64 | 14 |
C Palace | 1.74 | 6 |
Brighton | 1.79 | 9 |
Fulham | 2.11 | 15 |
Man Utd | 2.18 | 15 |
Newcastle | 2.34 | 22 |
West Ham | 2.47 | 25 |
Bournemouth | 2.53 | 20 |
Spurs | 2.76 | 20 |
Chelsea | 4.04 | 15 |
Best team attacks in GW26
Team Attack | xG | Shots |
Man City | 4.04 | 15 |
Leicester | 2.76 | 20 |
Liverpool | 2.53 | 20 |
C Palace | 2.47 | 25 |
Wolves | 2.34 | 22 |
Fulham | 2.18 | 15 |
Man Utd | 2.11 | 15 |
Burnley | 1.79 | 9 |
West Ham | 1.74 | 6 |
Southampton | 1.64 | 14 |
Watford | 1.53 | 7 |
Arsenal | 1.47 | 9 |
Brighton | 1.27 | 16 |
Spurs | 1.21 | 12 |
Huddersfield | 1.16 | 15 |
Chelsea | 0.90 | 12 |
Everton | 0.65 | 9 |
Newcastle | 0.44 | 9 |
Cardiff | 0.40 | 6 |
Bournemouth | 0.39 | 12 |
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
GW26 results
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