GW21 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 21. This post contains some highlights, fixtures and charts, for complete and more detailed statistics go to THIS GOOGLE SPREADSHEET.

TRANSFERS AND POINT HITS

	Top 10K	Overall
Teams in Sample	10,000	20,000
Transfers Made	0.98	0.54
Point Hits Taken	5.6%	5.4%
Points Deducted	0.25	0.33

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	4.2%	5.2%	2.9%	4.1%
Triple Captain	0.1%	45.9%	0.3%	32.2%
Bench Boost	0.8%	57.8%	0.8%	27.4%
All Out Attack	0.6%	52.9%	0.4%	26.3%
Total	5.8%	1.6 Chips	4.5%	0.9 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Ozil	ARS	19.9%		1	Ozil	ARS	11.7%
2	Kane	TOT	15.2%		2	Aguero	MCI	9.6%
3	Aguero	MCI	12.2%		3	Kane	TOT	9.3%
4	De Bruyne	MCI	8.1%		4	Lukaku	EVE	6.6%
5	Ighalo	WAT	8.0%		5	Mahrez	LEI	6.1%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Butland	STO	41.8%		1	Cech	ARS	26.4%
2	Cech	ARS	33.3%		2	Butland	STO	19.3%
3	de Gea	MUN	6.9%		3	Hart	MCI	10.7%
4	Hennessey	CRY	4.2%		4	de Gea	MUN	9.0%
5	Hart	MCI	3.1%		5	Courtois	CHE	4.2%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Alderweireld	TOT	62.2%		1	Alderweireld	TOT	34.2%
2	Dann	CRY	41.0%		2	Kolarov	MCI	26.4%
3	Smalling	MUN	28.8%		3	Smalling	MUN	23.1%
4	Bellerin	ARS	27.7%		4	Dann	CRY	19.7%
5	Kolarov	MCI	27.6%		5	Clyne	LIV	17.0%
6	Koscielny	ARS	14.1%		6	Bellerin	ARS	16.3%
7	Sagna	MCI	14.0%		7	Sagna	MCI	16.0%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Ozil	ARS	96.4%		1	Mahrez	LEI	62.3%
2	Mahrez	LEI	86.3%		2	Ozil	ARS	55.2%
3	De Bruyne	MCI	62.9%		3	Barkley	EVE	32.3%
4	Arnautovic	STO	41.1%		4	De Bruyne	MCI	28.3%
5	Barkley	EVE	38.3%		5	Arnautovic	STO	21.9%
6	Alli	TOT	22.4%		6	Yaya Toure	MCI	17.9%
7	Willian	CHE	17.1%		7	Alli	TOT	12.7%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Lukaku	EVE	74.4%		1	Lukaku	EVE	48.1%
2	Ighalo	WAT	72.9%		2	Ighalo	WAT	38.7%
3	Kane	TOT	46.6%		3	Kane	TOT	34.0%
4	Vardy	LEI	24.4%		4	Vardy	LEI	31.0%
5	Aguero	MCI	15.7%		5	Aguero	MCI	15.5%
6	Giroud	ARS	9.4%		6	Giroud	ARS	13.6%
7	Costa	CHE	5.0%		7	Benteke	LIV	10.0%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Vardy	LEI	25.3%		1	Vardy	LEI	11.5%
2	Barkley	EVE	21.6%		2	Barkley	EVE	7.8%
3	Kolarov	MCI	16.2%		3	Clyne	LIV	6.2%
4	Alderweireld	TOT	11.6%		4	Kolarov	MCI	6.2%
5	Mahrez	LEI	11.1%		5	Targett	SOT	4.9%
6	Bellerin	ARS	11.0%		6	Alderweireld	TOT	4.9%
7	Lukaku	EVE	10.9%		7	Nyom	WAT	4.6%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Payet	WHU	11.4%		1	Willian	CHE	5.7%
2	Aguero	MCI	10.4%		2	Alli	TOT	4.7%
3	Willian	CHE	10.2%		3	Arnautovic	STO	4.6%
4	Alli	TOT	8.9%		4	Ighalo	WAT	4.5%
5	Kane	TOT	8.7%		5	Payet	WHU	4.3%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Vardy	LEI	24.9%		1	Vardy	LEI	10.7%
2	Coutinho	LIV	11.2%		2	Coutinho	LIV	6.8%
3	Barkley	EVE	10.4%		3	Lukaku	EVE	3.6%
4	Lukaku	EVE	8.0%		4	Barkley	EVE	3.6%
5	De Bruyne	MCI	5.2%		5	De Bruyne	MCI	2.0%

20 MOST INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS OVERALL

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GAMEWEEK SCHEDULE AND COVERAGE

This table shows how many FPL teams have players of a particular position from a particular team playing in a particular match of this gameweek. The percentages below are presented on an aggregate basis: captains are counted twice, triple captains are counted thrice, so that the numbers better indicate how certain teams affect average gameweek points. If you point your mouse at a certain number more details will show up. This table may be useful to assess coverage and what particular match result would be most welcome for your fantasy team, as well as to keep track of the progress of this gameweek.

	Top 10K				Overall
Fixture	G&D,%	MID,%	FOR,%	TOTAL,%	G&D,%	MID,%	FOR,%	TOTAL,%
DAY 1
DAY 1	108.8	21.6	4.6	135.0	94.8	54.7	28.2	177.7
12 Jan 19:45
Aston Villa	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	5.0	1.0	0.9	6.9
Crystal Palace	54.1	2.2	0.0	56.3	30.1	11.9	0.3	42.3
	Dann(41.7), Ward(5.4), Hennessey(4.3)				Dann(20.0), Cabaye(5.6), Ward(3.7)
12 Jan 19:45
Bournemouth	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.6	2.5	1.2	2.4	6.1
West Ham	14.6	14.4	0.6	29.6	10.3	12.2	1.9	24.4
	Payet(13.6), Cresswell(13.3), Smith(1.1)				Payet(9.8), Cresswell(7.1), Wilson(2.1)
12 Jan 19:45
Newcastle	0.4	2.5	0.0	2.9	2.5	6.0	1.7	10.2
Man Utd	37.5	1.9	3.8	43.2	44.4	22.3	21.1	87.8
	Smalling(28.9), de Gea(6.9), Martial(3.5)				Smalling(23.4), Rooney(11.2), Mata(9.7)
DAY 2
DAY 2	315.1	450.7	302.7	1068.5	349.6	399.6	276.8	1026.0
13 Jan 19:45
Chelsea	18.0	22.3	8.2	48.4	33.6	39.2	11.3	84.1
West Brom	2.7	0.0	0.0	2.7	5.7	1.2	3.5	10.4
	Willian(21.2), Azpilicueta(8.5), Costa(8.2)				Hazard(14.5), Willian(14.2), Azpilicueta(11.1)
13 Jan 19:45
Man City	45.4	93.1	28.0	166.5	67.0	70.0	26.2	163.2
Everton	1.6	39.4	80.9	121.9	17.7	35.5	58.5	111.7
	Lukaku(80.8), De Bruyne(71.0), Barkley(38.4)				Lukaku(54.7), Barkley(32.8), De Bruyne(32.5)
13 Jan 19:45
Southampton	5.5	2.2	0.3	8.0	13.2	9.6	8.4	31.2
Watford	5.7	0.0	82.8	88.5	6.4	0.4	46.3	53.1
	Ighalo(80.9), Fonte(2.8), Gomes(2.7)				Ighalo(42.7), Fonte(7.8), Pelle(7.5)
13 Jan 19:45
Stoke	61.3	50.6	3.0	114.9	31.5	28.7	4.3	64.5
Norwich	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	0.4	5.3
	Arnautovic(48.1), Butland(42.3), Johnson(10.5)				Arnautovic(25.2), Butland(19.5), Johnson(6.0)
13 Jan 19:45
Swansea	5.4	3.9	0.2	9.5	9.1	13.5	5.8	28.5
Sunderland	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	2.1	0.8	1.8	4.7
	Williams(4.0), Ayew(3.6), Fabianski(1.1)				Ayew(9.0), Gomis(5.7), Williams(4.7)
13 Jan 20:00
Liverpool	5.2	1.8	0.5	7.6	31.0	18.4	13.6	62.9
Arsenal	84.3	122.0	10.6	216.9	69.7	87.3	15.9	172.9
	Ozil(116.3), Cech(33.4), Bellerin(27.7)				Ozil(66.9), Cech(27.2), Clyne(17.1)
13 Jan 20:00
Spurs	77.3	24.3	61.8	163.3	53.9	20.0	43.6	117.5
Leicester	2.0	90.8	26.2	119.0	6.9	71.8	37.2	115.9
	Mahrez(90.6), Alderweireld(62.3), Kane(61.8)				Mahrez(68.4), Kane(43.3), Vardy(36.5)
TOTAL	423.9	472.4	307.2	1203.5	444.4	454.3	305.1	1203.7