Here’s our fantasy premier league tips article for GW8 with our fixture ease schedules. Here we look at the teams and players with the best fixtures from an attacking players and a defensive players perspective over the upcoming gameweeks and then give player suggestions from those teams
Fantasy Premier League Tips – The FFGeek Fixture Ease Schedules For GW8
Additional content on the FFGeek Patreon site
£2 plus Vat per calendar month
* Weekly podcasts with myself and the FFGeek Contributors
* All the articles on www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk advert free
£2.50 plus Vat per Calender month (plus the above)
* access to the FFGeek Contributor tracker team incl live transfers (OR 8k 20/21)
*access to Joseph Crilleys transfer planner and points projection tool
* Imaginary wildcard articles
*Bandwagon and Sinking Ships articles
*Slack Channel access
*Gameweek analysis
* Following the teams of 12 top FPL managers who’ve finished in the top 10k OR the last 3 seasons
*The FFGeek team including live transfers and the early thoughts article will this season be on the Patreon site last 5 seasons ORs 17k, 17k, 36k, 17k & 21k
No Commitment beyond 1 Calender month although 16% discounted annual membership availablehttps://www.patreon.com/fantasyfootballgeek
Subscribe to FFGeek on Youtube
Introduction
I’m now only using 21/22 stats. There’s only 7 games so it is a bit volatile and subject to previous fixtures and injuries. I’ve made adjustments to some teams but mainly left them alone. Possibly the major surprise is the form of Brentford this season
The strength of the defence or attacking teams are based on the averages of their expected goals for/against and their actual goals for/against with a general adjustment for home and away. . The teams are then divided up into 5 colours of 8 home/away teams each.
Player values and PPMs are as of Tuesday 12 October
A fixture ease schedule for attacking players
Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the defences they face over the upcoming gameweeks. There’s attacking player suggestions below.
Attacking player stats from teams with the best fixtures
Here I’ve picked out the 4 teams with the best fixtures. T
hey are Chelsea, Southampton, Brentford and Arsenal
Chelsea
The rotation of the midfield and in particular the attacking midfield makes it very difficult to pick anyone other than Lukaku with anything remotely resembling certainty
£11.7m Fwd Lukaku – PPM 4.8
Southampton
At a push
£6.0m Fwd A Armstrong – PPM 3.0
Brentford
Maybe best to bring in a player after the Chelsea game
£6.3m Fwd Toney – PPM 4.4
£5.5m Mid Mbeumo – PPM 3.9
Arsenal
£6.3m Mid Saka – PPM 4.1
£5.4m Mid Smith Rowe – PPM 3.6
A fixture ease schedule for defenders and GKs
Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the attacking teams they face over the upcoming gameweeks. There’s defender and GK suggestions below.
Defender and GK player stats
Here I’ve picked out the 4 teams with the best fixtures. They are Leeds, A Villa, Southampton and Chelsea
Leeds
GK Meslier £5.0m – PPM 2.7
Def Llorente £4.5m – PPM 5.7
Aston Villa
GK Martinez £5.5m – PPM 5.0
Def Targett £4.8m – PPM 2.7
Southampton
GK McCarthy £4.5m – PPM 3.3
Def Livramento £4.2m – PPM 3.0
Chelsea
Rudiger has started all 7 games but is an injury concern. Azpilicueta has started 6 of the 7.
Def £5.8m Rudiger – PPM 5.1
Def £6.1m Azpilicueta – PPM 5.1
GK Mendy £6.0m – PPM 5.0
Other Posts
Analysing the teams of 12 top FPL managers
2 FFGeek Contributors teams for GW8
Joseph Crilley’s transfer planner and points projection tool
Follow us on Social Media and auto join the FFGeek League
Auto join the FFGeek League or use the league code mcuqbo
Follow FFGeek on YouTube and twitter for article updates and news