fantasy premier league tips midfielders GW7 – player rankings

Fantasy Premier League, Player Rankings

Here’s our fantasy premier league tips midfielders GW7 article in our player rankings series. There’s a table of stats to help you make a transfer choice and some brief explanatory narrative afterwards including their fixtures

fantasy premier league tips midfielders GW7 – player rankings

This is the 2nd article in our player rankings series. See the defender and GK player rankings article.

Methodology

I’ve started with a selection of midfielders that I think will start GW7 and have some longevity in the team.

I’ve then taken their expected goals and assist information from 17/18 and converted it into projected points through adjustments for minutes played bonus and fixtures. There’s also adjustments for any specific relevant 18/19 factors. For fixtures I’ve increased the view to 6 games.

Whether you believe the rankings or not there’s plenty of information to make your own decision

We are obviously only 5 gameweeks in so it’s inevitable that the large basis of information is based on last seasons stats

Stats definitions

Pts per 90: the FPL points earned per 90 minutes played in 17/18

Fixture ease ranking so you can see who has the best fixtures from GW7-12 and GW7-9. See our fixture ease article

Underlying stats ranking is from our end of season underlying stats article where projected goals are turned into raw points. It’s their rank in relation to each other not for every midfielder. Info from the excellent free site understat.com article

VFM rank. I have divided their projected points by their price to get a rough value for money assessment

ATGS GW7 – 1 bookies anytime goalscoring odds for the player. It assumes they start and doesn’t include assist potential

The comments are a very brief but with 23 midfielders I would be doing it all day unless that was the case.

The schedule

Here’s the schedule.  You can copy and paste it by using this link to the google spreadsheet



fantasy premier league tips midfielders GW7

Salah

Producing underlying stats even better than last years incredible season.  An explosion is imminent.  It’s just when

Chelsea (A)
Man City (H)
Huddersfield (A)
Cardiff (H)
Arsenal (A)
Fulham (H)

Hazard

Was poor against West Ham and underlying stats are pretty ordinary but consistently shown an ability to over perform them.  Has the big bonus of pens.

Liverpool (H)
Southampton (A)
Man Utd (H)
Burnley (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Everton (H)

Fraser

Just playing out of his skin at the moment.  Even the loss to Burnley saw 4 shots and 4 key passes.  Has shown a real ability in the past to over perform his underlying stats as well.

Crystal Palace (H)
Watford (A)
Southampton (H)
Fulham (A)
Man Utd (H)
Newcastle (A)

Alli

Playing well just hasn’t got the rewards he’s deserved.  Looks much more like the goalscorer of last season.  Great next 2 fixtures

Huddersfield (A)
Cardiff (H)
West Ham (A)
Man City (H)
Wolves (A)
Crystal Palace (A)

David Silva

The Cardiff game showed that it’s not necessary for him to play every game in the absence of De Bruyne.  Now becomes a rotation risk like everyone else but on the pitch looks constantly looks like an assist and goalscoring threat

Brighton (H)
Liverpool (A)
Burnley (H)
Spurs (A)
Southampton (H)
Man Utd (H)

Mane

A poor game against Southampton isn’t representative of a good season so far.

Chelsea (A)
Man City (H)
Huddersfield (A)
Cardiff (H)
Arsenal (A)
Fulham (H)

Sterling

Hindered by the fact that he will always get a rest and attacking output not up to the standard of last season

Brighton (H)
Liverpool (A)
Burnley (H)
Spurs (A)
Southampton (H)
Man Utd (H)

Bernardo Silva

The Cardiff game showed he could deputise for his namesake in the CM position.  Still rotation effected

Brighton (H)
Liverpool (A)
Burnley (H)
Spurs (A)
Southampton (H)
Man Utd (H)

Eriksen

Has got set pieces but a shadow of himself at the moment.  All about fixtures and not much else.

Huddersfield (A)
Cardiff (H)
West Ham (A)
Man City (H)
Wolves (A)
Crystal Palace (A)

Pogba

Has the rare midfield boost of penalties but another United player way behind last seasons performances

West Ham (A)
Newcastle (H)
Chelsea (A)
Everton (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Man City (A)

Sanchez

Hard to believe it’s even the same player of FPL seasons past

West Ham (A)
Newcastle (H)
Chelsea (A)
Everton (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Man City (A)



Walcott

Some pretty mixed performances and looking a bit of a sub magnet but has the potential still.

Fulham (H)
Leicester (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Man Utd (A)
Brighton (H)
Chelsea (A)

Maddison

Hard to really assess him on 5 PL games but produced 3 good sets of stats in the last 3 games.  Has some set pieces and direct free kicks

Newcastle (A)
Everton (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Ham (H)
Cardiff (A)
Burnley (H)

Ramsey

Finally broke his duck with 2 fairly fortuitus assists vs Everton.  The CAM psotion doesn’t seem to suit him and his attacking output is very por compared to last season

Watford (H)
Fulham (A)
Leicester (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Liverpool (H)
Wolves (H)

Schurrle

Great shooting volumes but hasn’t shown himself to being a particularly clinical finisher

Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Cardiff (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Huddersfield (A)
Liverpool (A)

Richarlison

If you’re wondering why he’s assessed so low then the reason is that he has to show that he can finish off the plentiful chances he creates.  Something that 3 games this season can’t change after woeful finishing stats for Watford last season.  If you believe he can finish and last season was an aberration then he ranks far higher than this as he produces good shot stats

Fulham (H)
Leicester (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Man Utd (A)
Brighton (H)
Chelsea (A)

Sigurdsson

Has set pieces but that’s about it

Fulham (H)
Leicester (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Man Utd (A)
Brighton (H)
Chelsea (A)

Pereyra

Really gone off the boil after a good start

Arsenal (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Wolves (A)
Huddersfield (H)
Newcastle (A)
Southampton (A)

Gundogan

A great score against Cardiff but rotation risk and some ordinary shot and assist stats limit him

Brighton (H)
Liverpool (A)
Burnley (H)
Spurs (A)
Southampton (H)
Man Utd (H)

Moura

Just has been flattering to deceive and his attacking underlying stats to be honest have been pretty ordinary despite playing as a striker.  Add to the fact that you’ve got Son and Lamela waiting in the wings at the very least as subs for him.  These are the reasons for the low ranking.  Great next 2 fixtures though so would be a brave man to sell even with the limitations

Huddersfield (A)
Cardiff (H)
West Ham (A)
Man City (H)
Wolves (A)
Crystal Palace (A)

Ozil

Has been a shadow of himself. The RAM position just isn’t working for him

Watford (H)
Fulham (A)
Leicester (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Liverpool (H)
Wolves (H)

Lingard

Another player who has just been very poor.  Also a substitution magnet.

West Ham (A)
Newcastle (H)
Chelsea (A)
Everton (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Man City (A)

Knockaert

Some promising performances so far this season but alot to do to be an option.  Terrible entry fixture

Man City (A)
West Ham (H
Newcastle (A)
Wolves (H)
Everton (A)
Cardiff (A)

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