GW25 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 25. 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	0.80	0.43
Point Hits Taken	5.8%	5.4%
Points Deducted	0.26	0.32
New teams compared to previous GW	21.3%
First time in top 10K since season start	9.1%
Active teams (at least 1 transfer since GW22)	95.6%	51.3%

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	2.6%	30.8%	2.0%	15.2%
Triple Captain	0.3%	45.9%	0.4%	34.4%
Bench Boost	0.6%	60.3%	0.6%	29.4%
All Out Attack	0.5%	58.6%	0.5%	28.7%
Total	3.9%	2 Chips	3.5%	1.1 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	40.0%		1	Aguero	MCI	18.2%
2	Kane	TOT	32.0%		2	Kane	TOT	16.8%
3	Ozil	ARS	6.3%		3	Ozil	ARS	6.7%
4	Firmino	LIV	6.1%		4	Vardy	LEI	6.2%
5	Sanchez	ARS	4.6%		5	Lukaku	EVE	6.1%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Cech	ARS	49.3%		1	Cech	ARS	31.2%
2	Butland	STO	19.7%		2	Butland	STO	13.6%
3	Hart	MCI	5.7%		3	Hart	MCI	11.5%
4	de Gea	MUN	5.5%		4	de Gea	MUN	8.7%
5	Forster	SOT	3.8%		5	Lloris	TOT	5.1%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Alderweireld	TOT	66.0%		1	Alderweireld	TOT	39.3%
2	Bellerin	ARS	34.5%		2	Sagna	MCI	23.3%
3	Sagna	MCI	27.7%		3	Smalling	MUN	21.6%
4	Dann	CRY	18.9%		4	Bellerin	ARS	18.4%
5	Koscielny	ARS	18.3%		5	Clyne	LIV	16.1%
6	Smalling	MUN	15.0%		6	Koscielny	ARS	13.6%
7	Dier	TOT	13.6%		7	Dann	CRY	13.4%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Ozil	ARS	74.3%		1	Mahrez	LEI	58.1%
2	Mahrez	LEI	71.7%		2	Ozil	ARS	48.2%
3	Alli	TOT	58.2%		3	Barkley	EVE	35.3%
4	Barkley	EVE	48.1%		4	Alli	TOT	23.8%
5	Payet	WHU	44.0%		5	Payet	WHU	20.8%
6	Firmino	LIV	27.9%		6	Yaya Toure	MCI	14.7%
7	Sanchez	ARS	17.8%		7	Wijnaldum	NEW	13.3%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Kane	TOT	71.5%		1	Vardy	LEI	40.8%
2	Aguero	MCI	69.6%		2	Kane	TOT	40.6%
3	Vardy	LEI	42.8%		3	Lukaku	EVE	31.6%
4	Ighalo	WAT	37.3%		4	Ighalo	WAT	31.2%
5	Lukaku	EVE	25.2%		5	Aguero	MCI	30.9%
6	Giroud	ARS	7.3%		6	Giroud	ARS	12.3%
7	Rooney	MUN	2.9%		7	Rooney	MUN	9.7%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Ighalo	WAT	17.9%		1	Targett	SOT	8.2%
2	Mahrez	LEI	17.2%		2	Dann	CRY	7.1%
3	Targett	SOT	13.2%		3	Ighalo	WAT	6.2%
4	Dann	CRY	12.7%		4	Simpson	LEI	5.7%
5	Simpson	LEI	11.3%		5	Kolarov	MCI	5.7%
6	Smalling	MUN	8.7%		6	Arnautovic	STO	5.6%
7	Arnautovic	STO	8.1%		7	Mahrez	LEI	5.3%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Kane	TOT	9.3%		1	Kane	TOT	5.0%
2	Firmino	LIV	9.2%		2	Vardy	LEI	4.4%
3	Vardy	LEI	7.9%		3	Firmino	LIV	3.0%
4	Sanchez	ARS	4.8%		4	Alli	TOT	2.5%
5	Alli	TOT	3.2%		5	Barkley	EVE	2.4%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Lukaku	EVE	21.6%		1	Lukaku	EVE	11.0%
2	De Bruyne	MCI	6.6%		2	De Bruyne	MCI	3.9%
3	Ozil	ARS	5.1%		3	Ozil	ARS	2.2%
4	Ighalo	WAT	4.4%		4	Ighalo	WAT	2.1%
5	Payet	WHU	3.6%		5	Payet	WHU	1.6%

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	258.0	330.1	330.0	918.1	283.3	304.7	273.5	861.4
06 Feb 12:45
Man City	39.3	13.6	109.8	162.7	61.6	39.8	50.2	151.5
Leicester	5.5	73.1	44.6	123.2	9.4	65.4	47.6	122.5
	Aguero(109.7), Mahrez(72.6), Vardy(44.6)				Mahrez(61.9), Aguero(49.1), Vardy(47.0)
06 Feb 15:00
Aston Villa	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	4.8	1.0	0.9	6.6
Norwich	0.9	0.8	1.0	2.8	1.9	3.3	2.1	7.3
	Naismith(1.0), Hoolahan(0.7), Rudd(0.5)				Richards(1.6), Redmond(1.5), Naismith(1.5)
06 Feb 15:00
Liverpool	12.9	34.9	0.3	48.1	31.0	30.5	12.1	73.6
Sunderland	1.5	0.1	0.5	2.0	2.8	0.9	2.6	6.3
	Firmino(34.0), Moreno(7.3), Clyne(4.3)				Clyne(16.2), Firmino(15.3), Benteke(10.4)
06 Feb 15:00
Newcastle	1.5	16.4	0.4	18.3	3.1	16.6	1.9	21.6
West Brom	7.7	0.1	0.1	7.8	6.9	1.1	3.4	11.4
	Wijnaldum(15.5), Dawson(5.6), Myhill(1.1)				Wijnaldum(13.8), Dawson(3.0), Berahino(2.9)
06 Feb 15:00
Spurs	88.1	67.9	103.6	259.6	61.0	36.4	57.8	155.2
Watford	1.8	0.0	38.1	39.9	5.2	0.4	35.0	40.5
	Kane(103.6), Alderweireld(66.1), Alli(58.8)				Kane(57.6), Alderweireld(39.5), Ighalo(32.5)
06 Feb 15:00
Stoke	25.1	9.0	0.2	34.4	19.3	9.4	2.2	30.9
Everton	6.2	50.2	27.1	83.4	18.7	39.3	40.4	98.4
	Barkley(48.9), Lukaku(27.0), Butland(19.7)				Lukaku(37.7), Barkley(36.2), Butland(13.7)
06 Feb 15:00
Swansea	8.2	12.9	0.1	21.3	9.2	16.8	4.9	30.8
Crystal Palace	26.1	0.9	0.3	27.2	20.2	10.0	0.6	30.8
	Dann(18.9), Ayew(10.8), Williams(6.9)				Dann(13.4), Ayew(12.5), Williams(5.3)
06 Feb 17:30
Southampton	18.2	1.8	1.5	21.5	17.2	8.6	9.0	34.9
West Ham	14.5	48.5	2.4	65.5	10.9	25.2	2.9	39.0
	Payet(44.9), Cresswell(13.0), Fonte(6.4)				Payet(21.7), Fonte(8.6), Cresswell(7.8)
DAY 2
DAY 2	155.8	112.2	16.4	284.5	157.2	135.7	48.4	341.4
07 Feb 13:30
Bournemouth	3.4	0.2	1.2	4.8	3.6	1.1	3.2	7.9
Arsenal	114.1	105.0	8.3	227.5	80.2	82.4	14.9	177.6
	Ozil(80.7), Cech(49.4), Bellerin(34.6)				Ozil(54.9), Cech(32.1), Bellerin(18.4)
07 Feb 16:00
Chelsea	16.5	6.4	2.1	25.0	31.7	31.8	8.4	71.9
Man Utd	21.8	0.6	4.8	27.2	41.8	20.3	22.0	84.1
	Smalling(15.1), Azpilicueta(8.5), Willian(5.6)				Smalling(22.0), Hazard(14.2), Rooney(13.6)
TOTAL	413.8	442.3	346.4	1202.5	440.5	440.4	322.0	1202.9