Here’s our fantasy premier league GW32 (part 1) review where we look for the players and teams with the best underlying stats from the first round of games in GW32 only. It’s an easy way to check on how one of your FPL team performed in that part of the gameweek.
Fantasy premier league GW32 review – the best underlying stats from the first part of GW32
If you’re needing to plan transfers use Joseph Crilleys google spreadsheet which is an excellent team planning tool.
Remember, the stats are just for the first part of GW32 (up to and including Arsenal v Newcastle) and not cumulative.
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.
The 2nd part is just the ranking of team defensive and attacking performances which is the rank by xG and xG conceded.
The stats are all from the excellent free site understat.com.
Here’s the link to the google spreadsheet. It includes more names than the schedules below with everyone who played more than 45 minutes on it.
Best midfielder attacking underlying stats in part 1 of GW32
I’ve turned the xG and xA from the first part of GW32 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus, clean sheet or appearance points. Top 37 only. Only players who’ve played 45 mins or more
| Player | Mins | xG | xA |
| Anthony Martial | 80 | 2.37 | 0.01 |
| Gylfi Sigurdsson | 86 | 0.68 | 0.61 |
| Bernard | 90 | 0.79 | 0.15 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 76 | 0.26 | 0.89 |
| Luka Milivojevic | 90 | 0.76 | 0.05 |
| Abdoulaye Doucouré | 90 | 0.73 | 0.06 |
| Lucas Moura | 83 | 0.71 | 0.02 |
| Andros Townsend | 80 | 0.53 | 0.18 |
| Raheem Sterling | 89 | 0.35 | 0.41 |
| Willian | 90 | 0.22 | 0.59 |
| Christian Eriksen | 90 | 0.10 | 0.75 |
| Ryan Babel | 89 | 0.52 | 0.00 |
| Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 90 | 0.43 | 0.12 |
| James Maddison | 90 | 0.33 | 0.26 |
| Richarlison | 90 | 0.42 | 0.07 |
| Ross Barkley | 90 | 0.42 | 0.05 |
| Bernardo Silva | 90 | 0.19 | 0.38 |
| Ryan Fraser | 90 | 0.02 | 0.65 |
| Youri Tielemans | 90 | 0.12 | 0.47 |
| Nathan Redmond | 90 | 0.12 | 0.37 |
| Ilkay Gündogan | 90 | 0.16 | 0.28 |
| Alex Pritchard | 90 | 0.24 | 0.13 |
| Dwight McNeil | 90 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| Mohamed Salah | 90 | 0.29 | 0.00 |
| Roberto Pereyra | 90 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Stuart Armstrong | 77 | 0.14 | 0.20 |
| Víctor Camarasa | 90 | 0.24 | 0.00 |
| Aaron Ramsey | 68 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Will Hughes | 84 | 0.12 | 0.10 |
| Sadio Mané | 90 | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| Moussa Sissoko | 90 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
| Demarai Gray | 90 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| James Milner | 78 | 0.00 | 0.22 |
| Pedro | 54 | 0.04 | 0.15 |
| Max Meyer | 46 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Yves Bissouma | 90 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Gerard Deulofeu | 77 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
No Pogba, Harvey Barnes, Dele Alli, Jota or David Silva. All failed to make the top 37
Best forward attacking underlying stats in part 1 of GW32
I’ve turned the xG and xA from the first part of GW32 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus or appearance points. Only players who’ve played 45 mins or more
| Player | Mins | xG | xA |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 89 | 0.64 | 0.65 |
| Jamie Vardy | 90 | 0.95 | 0.00 |
| Wilfried Zaha | 90 | 0.44 | 0.61 |
| Alexandre Lacazette | 90 | 0.67 | 0.17 |
| Sergio Agüero | 58 | 0.45 | 0.43 |
| Roberto Firmino | 90 | 0.41 | 0.22 |
| Callum Wilson | 90 | 0.55 | 0.00 |
| Marcus Rashford | 90 | 0.46 | 0.06 |
| Michy Batshuayi | 73 | 0.47 | 0.00 |
| Karlan Grant | 90 | 0.40 | 0.00 |
| Chris Wood | 90 | 0.35 | 0.00 |
| Troy Deeney | 90 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Danny Ings | 68 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| Glenn Murray | 90 | 0.21 | 0.00 |
| Joshua King | 75 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 78 | 0.12 | 0.00 |
| Harry Kane | 90 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Ivan Cavaleiro | 63 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Ashley Barnes | 90 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
| Marko Arnautovic | 68 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Floyd Ayité | 65 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Oumar Niasse | 86 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Salomón Rondón | 90 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Ayoze Pérez | 78 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lucas Pérez | 47 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
In case you were wondering Aubameyang and Jimenez didn’t play 45 minutes.
Best defender attacking underlying stats in the first part of GW32
I’ve turned the xG and xA from the first part of GW32 only into theoretical FPL points and ranked them. Only attacking points no bonus, clean sheet or appearance points. Only players who’ve played 45 mins or more
| Player | Mins | xG | xA |
| Nicolás Otamendi | 90 | 0.73 | 0.00 |
| Marcos Alonso | 90 | 0.20 | 0.82 |
| Patrick van Aanholt | 90 | 0.27 | 0.67 |
| César Azpilicueta | 90 | 0.60 | 0.00 |
| Jeffrey Schlupp | 90 | 0.39 | 0.03 |
| Ricardo Pereira | 90 | 0.13 | 0.46 |
| Seamus Coleman | 90 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
| Joe Bryan | 90 | 0.03 | 0.51 |
| Kyle Walker | 90 | 0.24 | 0.03 |
| Lucas Digne | 90 | 0.07 | 0.33 |
| Luke Shaw | 90 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| Daryl Janmaat | 58 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Wes Morgan | 90 | 0.21 | 0.00 |
| Sead Kolasinac | 90 | 0.00 | 0.36 |
| Andrew Robertson | 90 | 0.00 | 0.36 |
| Bernardo | 90 | 0.08 | 0.14 |
| Ben Chilwell | 90 | 0.03 | 0.21 |
| Chris Löwe | 80 | 0.12 | 0.02 |
| Virgil van Dijk | 90 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| Aymeric Laporte | 90 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Bertrand | 90 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| Jonny | 90 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | 90 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Joe Bennett | 90 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Sean Morrison | 90 | 0.00 | 0.12 |
| Kurt Zouma | 90 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Michael Keane | 90 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
| Christopher Schindler | 90 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Lewis Dunk | 90 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Shane Duffy | 90 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| James Tarkowski | 90 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Lee Peltier | 90 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Maya Yoshida | 90 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Martín Montoya | 90 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| David Luiz | 90 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Juninho Bacuna | 80 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| Cyrus Christie | 90 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Among others no Trippier, Chambers, Wan Bissaka, Ake, Rice or Boly all of which didn’t make the cut.
Best team defences in GW32 part 1
I’ve ranked the team defences by the lowest xG conceded.
| Team defence | xG conceded | Shots against |
| Arsenal | 0.04 | 3 |
| Everton | 0.09 | 3 |
| Burnley | 0.40 | 8 |
| Chelsea | 0.45 | 8 |
| Southampton | 0.56 | 14 |
| Wolves | 0.57 | 5 |
| Man City | 0.66 | 5 |
| Leicester | 0.79 | 8 |
| Brighton | 0.86 | 8 |
| C Palace | 0.93 | 15 |
| Newcastle | 1.04 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 1.05 | 11 |
| Spurs | 1.09 | 14 |
| Man Utd | 1.36 | 20 |
| Bournemouth | 1.90 | 18 |
| Cardoff | 2.11 | 21 |
| Fulham | 2.32 | 24 |
| Watford | 2.64 | 8 |
| West Ham | 2.68 | 17 |
| Huddersfield | 2.85 | 19 |
Best team attacks in GW32 part 1
I’ve ranked the team attacks by the highest xG
| Team attack | xG | Shots |
| C Palace | 2.85 | 19 |
| Everton | 2.68 | 17 |
| Man Utd | 2.64 | 8 |
| Man City | 2.32 | 24 |
| Chelsea | 2.11 | 21 |
| Leicester | 1.90 | 18 |
| Watford | 1.36 | 20 |
| Liverpool | 1.09 | 14 |
| Spurs | 1.05 | 11 |
| Arsenal | 1.04 | 7 |
| Huddersfield | 0.93 | 15 |
| Southampton | 0.86 | 8 |
| Bournemouth | 0.79 | 8 |
| Fulham | 0.66 | 5 |
| Burnley | 0.57 | 5 |
| Brighton | 0.56 | 14 |
| Cardoff | 0.45 | 8 |
| Wolves | 0.40 | 8 |
| West Ham | 0.09 | 3 |
| Newcastle | 0.04 | 3 |
Notes of interest from GW32 part 1 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. The advanced positions aren’t guarantees they will continue in that position.
Fulham Def Chambers played in Defence not CDM
Fulham mid Chambers played CF in Mitrovic injury absence
Bernardo Silva played RW in 4-3-3. Sterling LW. De Bruyne and D Silva were CMs
Leicester played 4-1-4-1 with Maddison and Tielemans behind Vardy
Pogba played LCM in 4-3-1-2 with Mata CAM. Rashford and Mid Martial were the strikers
Mid Deulofeu played striker in 4-2-2-2 for Watford
C Palace def Schlupp played LM in 4-3-3. Forward Zaha LW.
Jimenez was sub for Wolves. Mid Jota played striker in 3-5-2
Murray played CF for Brighton with Jahanbakhsh and Knockaert ether side in 4-3-3
Southampton Mid Redmond played striker in 4-2-2-2
Perez and Arnautovic were strikers for West Ham in 4-4-2. Def Rice played CM
Niasse played CF for Cardiff with Camarasa CAM
Hazard was a sub for Chelsea.
Kane and Mid Moura were strikers for Spurs in a game with many changes
Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan were subs for Arsenal. Lacazette CF in 3-4-2-1 with Izobi and Ozil behind
Forward Perez played RM for Newcastle.
Results
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