Kevin Nolans last 5 returns have been 2,2,1, 2 2 and close to 44,ooo have sold him in the 3 game weeks prior to this in fantasy premier league. So should we be selling him now or is it just a blip that will come right?
First of all let’s look at the context of those 5 games. They were
Stoke H
Tot A
Man U A
Che H
Liv H
Not exactly the easiest games ever for kevin nolan. However despite these fixtures he was still 4th in the last 6 shots stats showing that he should have had returns far better. You still have to remember that he with Fellaini followed by Michu are a class apart in the shooting stats.
So lets do a comparison between the last 6 game weeks and his first 6 game weeks when his returns were 10,1 8,3, 7, 4. The stats for pen box touches and shooting inside the box and his average position were all down but still at a healthy level 70-80% level which you would expect for such hard fixtures.
Lets look at his upcoming 9 fixtures
| 16 Dec 16:00 | Gameweek 17 | West Brom (A) |
| 22 Dec 15:00 | Gameweek 18 | Everton (H) |
| 26 Dec 15:00 | Gameweek 19 | Arsenal (A) |
| 29 Dec 15:00 | Gameweek 20 | Reading (A) |
| 01 Jan 15:00 | Gameweek 21 | Norwich (H) |
| 12 Jan 15:00 | Gameweek 22 | Sunderland (A) |
| 19 Jan 15:00 | Gameweek 23 | QPR (H) |
| 30 Jan 19:45 | Gameweek 24 | Fulham (A) |
The next 3 arent easy thats for sure but after that its 6 very good fixtures. Personally its a HOLD for me but I may think of holding off buying until game week 20. At £6.9m he’s not expensive either if you compare him to say the misfiring Cazorla at £9.4m
Hope that gives some food for thought in your decision on what to do with Kevin Nolan in fantasy premier league.
