fantasy premier league GW27 tips – analysing the teams of 10 top FPL managers

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If you think you had a bad week you’re not alone.  10 red arrows among these top FPL managers.  Here’s our fantasy premier league GW27 tips article where we analyse the teams of 10 top FPL managers. These 10 managers have not finished outside the overall rank of the top 10k in the last 3 seasons. Considering how variable the last 3 years have been this is remarkable consistency and shows an ability to adapt strategy in different seasons. It also gives you a view other than my own on strategy and player selection.

FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE GW27 TIPS – ANALYSING THE TEAMS OF 10 TOP FPL MANAGERS

If the article is too long there’s a template team for the top 10 FPL managers analysed towards the end of the article. I also state which player I think will hurt you if you don’t own them

THE 10 MANAGERS STATS

This season we welcome back 4 of last seasons managers who were the subject of our article. We add to that a new 6 managers. Stats of these managers are unbelievable and every bit as impressive as last season

1. The overall average finishing overall rank of the top 10 managers in the last 3 seasons is 2,963

2. The top 10 FPL managers have not been out of the top 10k in the last 3 seasons (ie 30 times playing)

3. All 10 have finished in the top 1,000 in the last 3 seasons

GAMEWEEK REVIEW




A bad week for the top 10 FPL managers. 10/10 had red arrows.

The average score of the managers in GW26 was 41 compared to the game average of 43. That’s 2 points and 5% below the game average score. High score of the 10 was 48. The low score was 35. A low spread of 13 for a low scoring gameweek.

The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers saw a worsening of rank to 262k compared to 210k in the last gameweek. An average rank worsening of 52k. The best overall rank is 22k and the lowest 916k.

The average total points are 1,469

The average value dropped by £0.1m to £104.1m

If you’re interested my score was poor at 37 . It resulted in a 25k red arrow with my overall rank moving to 80k. I had a higher score than 2 of the 10 managers. I’m ahead in OR terms at the moment of 7 of the 10 managers. My team value is slightly lower at £103.4m down £0.2m from the last gameweek. My total points are 1,497 pts. You can see my early thoughts on the FFGeek team article for GW27.

GK/DEFS BY PLAYER

Elliot and Jones are in 8/10 FPL managers teams

Alonso are in 7/10 FPL managers teams

Ogbonna and Mee are in 5/10 teams

Naughton, Kenny and Dunk are in 3/10 FPL managers teams

GK/DEFS BY TEAM

Newcastle GK/Defs are represented 10 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Man Utd, West Ham and Chelsea GK/Defs are represented 8 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Burnley GK/Defs are represented 7 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Swansea GK/Defs are represented 5 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Brighton and Everton GK/Defs are represented 4 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

MIDFIELDERS

Sterling is in 10/10 FPL managers teams

Salah is in 9/10 FPL managers teams

Lingard is in 7/10 FPL managers teams

Shaqiri is in 5/10 FPL managers teams

T Carroll is in 3/10 FPL managers teams

Son, Choupo Moting, Walcott and Hazard are  in 2/10 FPL managers teams

FORWARDS

Aguero is in 8/10 FPL managers teams

Kane is in 7/10 FPL managers teams

Firmino is in 6/10 FPL teams

Wilson is in 4/10 FPL managers teams

GW26 CAPTAIN CHOICE

Aguero was the captain in 8/10 of the FPL managers teams

De Bruyne was the captain in 1/10 of the FPL managers teams

Sanchez was the captain in 1/10 managers teams

The top 10k Overall rank captained Aguero 36%, Salah 20% Kane 11% Sterling 9% and Hazard 4% (provided by FPL Discovery)

The FFGeek poll was Aguero 46%, Salah 9% Kane 9% Sterling 8% and Hazard 4%

FORMATIONS

6 managers played 3-4-3

2 managers played 4-4-2

2 managers played 3-5-2

WILDCARDS, TRANSFERS AND HITS

0/10 have now played their 2nd wildcard.

None of the 10 have played their bench boost

3/10 have played their triple captain chip.

1/10 played their free hit chip.

In this round 3 managers took a 4 point deduction for additional transfers.

8/10 of the managers made a transfer.

Transfers in

Wilson was transferred in 4 times

 Walcott and Chilwell were transferred in twice

No one else was transferred in more than once

Transfers out

Christensen and Calvert Lewin were transferred out 3 times

Son was transferred out 4 times

 No one was transferred out more than once

FOCUS ON 1 MANAGERS TEAM

The celebrity manager we followed last season finished around the 20k mark so he’s not in the group this season. This season were going to focus on the manager each week who had the highest finish last season with an amazing overall rank of 15 believe it or not. The 3 years before that his ranks were 5,529. 1, 550 and 759. Unbelievable.

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A poor score of 36 for the manager. He was the 2nd lowest scorer for the gameweek and his rank is now 315k. A worseningof rank of 77k from the last gameweek rank of 238k. His points total is 1,442. He’s the 7th ranked of the 10 FPL managers.

THE HIGHEST GW26 SCORER

This manager had a score of 48. He’s currently ranked 43k and the 3rd ranked manager. He’s the FFGeek contributor FPL Word

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THE LOWEST GW26 SCORER

This manager had a score of 35. He’s the lowest ranked manager on 916k OR

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THE TOP 10K OVERALL RANK VS THE FPL MANAGERS

Lets look at the differences in the 2:

GKsTop 10k10 FPL managers
de Gea44n/a
Adrián1120
Pope720
Courtois6n/a
Foster620
Ederson4n/a
Fabianski420
Elliotn/a80
DEFs
Otamendi6120
Alonso4870
Jones4880
Azpilicueta2510
Ogbonna1950
Mee1850
Kenny1230
Mbemba1120
Maguire10n/a
Monreal9n/a
Naughtonn/a30
Dunkn/a30
MIDs
Salah9390
Sterling85100
Lingard3470
Son2320
Shaqiri1850
De Bruyne1710
Walcott1420
Loftus-Cheek1010
T Carrolln/a30
FWDs
Kane6470
Firmino6160
Agüero5080
Wilson2840
Vardy13n/a
Jordan Ayew1310
Rodriguez2n/a

The top 10k favour more than the FPL managers (using more than 30% as a significant difference):

De Gea and Otamendi

The top 10 managers favour more than the top 10k (using more than 30% as a significant difference)

Elliot, Lingard, Jones, Ogbonna, Shaqiri and Mee

The top 10k average score was 48 and the 10 FPL managers average score was 41.

All this information is from the excellent site FPL discovery

THE COMBINED TOP 10 FPL MANAGERS TEAM




This is the illustrative combines team for the top 10 managers if you like. It’s cost is around £106m.

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WHO COULD HURT YOUR RANK IF YOU DON’T OWN THEM

Using my rule of thumb of owned by 7/10 of the top 10 FPL managers or 70% of the top 10k then the following players are in that category:

Alonso – 7/10 plus Chelsea defence 79%

Jones – 8/10 plus Man Utd defence 92%

Lingard – 7/10

Sterling – 10/10 plus 85%

Salah – 9/10 plus 93%

Kane – 7/10

Aguero – 8/10

This is not saying you should own them just think carefully before you don’t

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