GW26 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 26. 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	0.87	0.49
Point Hits Taken	4.7%	5.0%
Points Deducted	0.23	0.33
New teams compared to previous GW	18.4%
First time in top 10K since season start	7.3%
Active teams (at least 1 transfer since GW23)	95.0%	51.9%

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	1.5%	31.1%	1.3%	16.2%
Triple Captain	0.3%	46.8%	0.6%	35.1%
Bench Boost	0.9%	61.7%	0.8%	30.8%
All Out Attack	2.3%	60.3%	1.1%	30.2%
Total	5.0%	2 Chips	3.8%	1.1 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	29.7%		1	Aguero	MCI	15.0%
2	Lukaku	EVE	22.0%		2	Lukaku	EVE	13.2%
3	Firmino	LIV	13.8%		3	Kane	TOT	7.0%
4	Ozil	ARS	5.0%		4	Vardy	LEI	6.2%
5	Barkley	EVE	5.0%		5	Ozil	ARS	5.5%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Cech	ARS	47.0%		1	Cech	ARS	29.2%
2	Butland	STO	19.2%		2	Butland	STO	14.4%
3	de Gea	MUN	7.2%		3	Hart	MCI	10.8%
4	Forster	SOT	6.8%		4	de Gea	MUN	9.2%
5	Hennessey	CRY	4.7%		5	Courtois	CHE	4.3%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Alderweireld	TOT	45.5%		1	Alderweireld	TOT	33.3%
2	Dann	CRY	34.0%		2	Smalling	MUN	22.9%
3	Bellerin	ARS	28.3%		3	Dann	CRY	18.2%
4	Smalling	MUN	20.2%		4	Bellerin	ARS	16.7%
5	Cresswell	WHU	16.2%		5	Clyne	LIV	16.3%
6	Koscielny	ARS	16.0%		6	Koscielny	ARS	13.2%
7	Fonte	SOT	15.1%		7	Sagna	MCI	12.5%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Mahrez	LEI	86.7%		1	Mahrez	LEI	62.5%
2	Ozil	ARS	79.0%		2	Ozil	ARS	48.9%
3	Barkley	EVE	51.5%		3	Barkley	EVE	37.4%
4	Alli	TOT	43.6%		4	Alli	TOT	22.6%
5	Payet	WHU	42.6%		5	Payet	WHU	21.0%
6	Firmino	LIV	42.1%		6	Firmino	LIV	17.1%
7	Sanchez	ARS	13.8%		7	Sanchez	ARS	13.2%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	67.7%		1	Vardy	LEI	41.6%
2	Kane	TOT	58.7%		2	Kane	TOT	38.1%
3	Ighalo	WAT	42.9%		3	Lukaku	EVE	36.9%
4	Lukaku	EVE	42.7%		4	Ighalo	WAT	30.9%
5	Vardy	LEI	42.1%		5	Aguero	MCI	30.5%
6	Giroud	ARS	5.3%		6	Giroud	ARS	11.3%
7	Rooney	MUN	4.8%		7	Rooney	MUN	11.1%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Alderweireld	TOT	27.1%		1	Sagna	MCI	9.0%
2	Alli	TOT	23.4%		2	Alderweireld	TOT	8.5%
3	Sagna	MCI	16.7%		3	Alli	TOT	8.1%
4	Simpson	LEI	10.8%		4	Targett	SOT	7.2%
5	Targett	SOT	9.8%		5	Simpson	LEI	5.9%
6	Ighalo	WAT	9.8%		6	Kolarov	MCI	5.1%
7	Dier	TOT	9.3%		7	Dier	TOT	5.1%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Firmino	LIV	7.5%		1	Firmino	LIV	4.2%
2	Lukaku	EVE	6.7%		2	Fonte	SOT	3.2%
3	Fonte	SOT	6.2%		3	Huth	LEI	3.1%
4	Huth	LEI	5.2%		4	Lukaku	EVE	2.7%
5	Azpilicueta	CHE	3.7%		5	Barkley	EVE	2.3%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Sagna	MCI	13.3%		1	Sagna	MCI	5.7%
2	Kane	TOT	5.6%		2	Ighalo	WAT	2.2%
3	Ighalo	WAT	4.8%		3	Zouma	CHE	2.1%
4	Wijnaldum	NEW	4.4%		4	Wijnaldum	NEW	2.1%
5	Zouma	CHE	3.6%		5	Kane	TOT	2.1%

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	217.8	147.9	133.9	499.5	216.1	185.7	156.7	558.5
13 Feb 12:45
Sunderland	1.7	0.1	0.6	2.4	2.7	1.0	2.5	6.1
Man Utd	33.0	3.3	9.7	45.9	45.1	21.7	26.1	92.8
	Smalling(20.3), de Gea(7.2), Rooney(6.9)				Smalling(23.3), Rooney(16.5), de Gea(9.5)
13 Feb 15:00
Bournemouth	12.5	0.4	2.1	15.0	6.3	1.1	3.6	11.0
Stoke	27.6	7.6	0.1	35.3	21.7	8.9	1.8	32.5
	Butland(19.2), Daniels(8.7), Arnautovic(7.4)				Butland(14.5), Arnautovic(7.1), Johnson(4.0)
13 Feb 15:00
Crystal Palace	43.6	0.9	0.2	44.7	26.3	10.5	0.7	37.5
Watford	7.2	0.0	45.1	52.3	7.2	0.3	35.2	42.7
	Ighalo(44.6), Dann(34.0), Hennessey(4.7)				Ighalo(32.6), Dann(18.2), Cabaye(5.0)
13 Feb 15:00
Everton	8.0	58.1	64.9	131.0	18.7	43.2	52.8	114.7
West Brom	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	4.5	1.2	3.4	9.1
	Lukaku(64.9), Barkley(56.5), Coleman(3.1)				Lukaku(50.2), Barkley(40.0), Coleman(5.5)
13 Feb 15:00
Norwich	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	1.7	6.4
West Ham	18.2	51.4	2.8	72.4	12.9	26.6	3.1	42.6
	Payet(47.0), Cresswell(16.2), Antonio(4.4)				Payet(22.8), Cresswell(9.5), Antonio(1.9)
13 Feb 15:00
Swansea	5.7	9.6	0.0	15.3	9.0	15.6	5.0	29.7
Southampton	37.1	1.3	0.6	39.0	24.2	8.3	8.3	40.8
	Fonte(15.2), van Dijk(7.5), Forster(6.8)				Fonte(12.1), Ayew(10.7), Pelle(7.1)
13 Feb 17:30
Chelsea	21.1	8.3	7.2	36.6	33.1	32.2	10.8	76.1
Newcastle	0.3	6.4	0.1	6.8	2.6	12.3	1.6	16.5
	Azpilicueta(14.1), Willian(7.4), Costa(7.2)				Hazard(13.9), Azpilicueta(11.8), Wijnaldum(9.7)
DAY 2
DAY 2	190.8	303.5	210.0	704.2	221.8	256.9	166.7	645.4
14 Feb 12:00
Arsenal	100.8	101.9	5.8	208.4	75.1	81.2	13.3	169.5
Leicester	10.4	89.4	43.6	143.4	12.1	71.2	48.3	131.7
	Mahrez(89.0), Ozil(84.0), Cech(47.1)				Mahrez(67.7), Ozil(54.4), Vardy(47.7)
14 Feb 14:05
Aston Villa	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	5.0	1.0	0.9	6.9
Liverpool	10.2	57.5	0.4	68.1	30.7	37.8	12.3	80.8
	Firmino(56.0), Moreno(5.1), Clyne(4.1)				Firmino(22.2), Clyne(16.4), Benteke(10.1)
14 Feb 16:15
Man City	15.1	5.2	97.4	117.7	48.9	32.8	46.5	128.2
Spurs	54.1	49.5	62.8	166.4	50.0	33.0	45.3	128.3
	Aguero(97.4), Kane(62.8), Alderweireld(45.5)				Aguero(45.5), Kane(45.2), Alderweireld(33.4)
TOTAL	408.6	451.4	343.9	1203.8	437.9	442.6	323.4	1203.9