fantasy premier league – rating the defences coming into GW17 – home and away

Fantasy Premier League

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:

 

TeamGCCS
1Man City Home55
2Hull Home35
3Southampton Home64
4Stoke Home54
5Arsenal Home64
6Tottenham Away84
7Liverpool Home53
8Chelsea Home72
9Man Utd Home73
10Everton Away84
11Newcastle Home83
12West Ham Home104
13Everton Home74
14WBA Home112
15Chelsea Away112
16Arsenal Away112
17Norwich  Home82
18WBA Away112
19West Ham Away94
20Swansea Away92
21Tottenham Home12   3
22Villa Away93
23Man City Away131
24Liverpool Away132
25Crystal Palace Home103
26Southampton Away92
27Cardiff Home103
28Villa Home122
29Man Utd Away121
30Swansea Home123
31Cardiff Away122
32Sunderland Away142
33Palace Away141
34Fulham Home161
35Sunderland Home162
36Newcastle Away142
37Stoke Away152
38Hull Away160
39Norwich Away292
40Fulham Away171

 

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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