Here’s my rating of all the fantasy premier league defences home and away from 1-40 coming into GW17
fantasy premier league – rating the defences – home and away
Now we’ve got a bit more data 16 gameweeks in to the fantasy premier league season I’ve rated the defences home and away to help with your fantasy premier league defence strategy
I’ve ranked them 1-40 with each defence home and away. I’ve based it on goals conceded and clean sheets plus some underlying defensive shots. They’re ranked in the table below with GC (goals conceded) and CS (clean sheets) in the columns for reference. If you cant be bothered with the detail then below the table I’ve put a couple of paragraphs with the implications. I’m also going to follow this with a new form “ones to watch” defenders as well
Here’s the table:
Team | GC | CS | ||
1 | Man City Home | 5 | 5 | |
2 | Hull Home | 3 | 5 | |
3 | Southampton Home | 6 | 4 | |
4 | Stoke Home | 5 | 4 | |
5 | Arsenal Home | 6 | 4 | |
6 | Tottenham Away | 8 | 4 | |
7 | Liverpool Home | 5 | 3 | |
8 | Chelsea Home | 7 | 2 | |
9 | Man Utd Home | 7 | 3 | |
10 | Everton Away | 8 | 4 | |
11 | Newcastle Home | 8 | 3 | |
12 | West Ham Home | 10 | 4 | |
13 | Everton Home | 7 | 4 | |
14 | WBA Home | 11 | 2 | |
15 | Chelsea Away | 11 | 2 | |
16 | Arsenal Away | 11 | 2 | |
17 | Norwich Home | 8 | 2 | |
18 | WBA Away | 11 | 2 | |
19 | West Ham Away | 9 | 4 | |
20 | Swansea Away | 9 | 2 |
21 | Tottenham Home | 12 | 3 | |
22 | Villa Away | 9 | 3 | |
23 | Man City Away | 13 | 1 | |
24 | Liverpool Away | 13 | 2 | |
25 | Crystal Palace Home | 10 | 3 | |
26 | Southampton Away | 9 | 2 | |
27 | Cardiff Home | 10 | 3 | |
28 | Villa Home | 12 | 2 | |
29 | Man Utd Away | 12 | 1 | |
30 | Swansea Home | 12 | 3 | |
31 | Cardiff Away | 12 | 2 | |
32 | Sunderland Away | 14 | 2 | |
33 | Palace Away | 14 | 1 | |
34 | Fulham Home | 16 | 1 | |
35 | Sunderland Home | 16 | 2 | |
36 | Newcastle Away | 14 | 2 | |
37 | Stoke Away | 15 | 2 | |
38 | Hull Away | 16 | 0 | |
39 | Norwich Away | 29 | 2 | |
40 | Fulham Away | 17 | 1 | |
What does this mean for your fantasy premier league team?
The table identifies 2 types of teams:
1. The good all round defensive teams that you can hope for home and away clean sheets:
- Arsenal (home rank 5, away rank 16) – 6 clean sheets total
- Chelsea (home rank 8, away rank 15) – 4 clean sheets total
- Everton (home rank 10, away rank 13) – 8 clean sheets total
Everton are the strongest defensive team despite the hiccup home to Fulham. The really strong Arsenal away record fell unsurprisingly after the defensive nightmare at Man City but they are still a strong defensive team overall. Chelsea need a lot of faith at the moment with the expense of the defence and the fact that they have only 1 clean sheet in 11.
2. The budget teams good at home but not away
- Hull (home rank 2, away rank 38)
- Southampton (home rank 3, away rank 26)
- Stoke (home rank 4, away rank 37)
3. Expensive teams good at home who struggle away
- Man City (home rank 1, away rank 23)
- Liverpool (home rank 7, away rank 24)
I expect City to improve and to move into the first group
On to picking the best defenders
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