16/17 GW3 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 3. 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	1.00	1.01
Point Hits Taken	8.6%	16.8%
Points Deducted	0.45	1.46

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	2.5%	4.2%	6.4%	10.0%
Triple Captain	1.6%	20.1%	3.4%	10.2%
Bench Boost	1.1%	7.9%	1.4%	4.5%
All Out Attack	1.3%	2.5%	1.1%	3.7%
Total	6.5%	0.3 Chips	12.2%	0.3 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	60.3%		1	Ibrahimovic	MUN	34.2%
2	Ibrahimovic	MUN	34.2%		2	Aguero	MCI	31.9%
3	Hazard	CHE	3.3%		3	Vardy	LEI	3.7%
4	Costa	CHE	0.5%		4	Hazard	CHE	3.5%
5	Mahrez	LEI	0.3%		5	Kane	TOT	3.4%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	de Gea	MUN	36.6%		1	de Gea	MUN	43.0%
2	Foster	WBA	23.2%		2	Cech	ARS	12.7%
3	Schmeichel	LEI	10.4%		3	Schmeichel	LEI	8.5%
4	Cech	ARS	5.5%		4	Courtois	CHE	8.0%
5	Heaton	BUR	5.1%		5	Foster	WBA	7.5%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Shaw	MUN	55.4%		1	Stones	MCI	32.2%
2	Stones	MCI	44.1%		2	Bellerin	ARS	25.9%
3	Walker	TOT	34.0%		3	Shaw	MUN	22.1%
4	McAuley	WBA	28.4%		4	Walker	TOT	20.4%
5	Morgan	LEI	18.9%		5	Morgan	LEI	19.0%
6	Valencia	MUN	18.5%		6	Alderweireld	TOT	18.9%
7	Bellerin	ARS	14.5%		7	McAuley	WBA	13.3%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Hazard	CHE	60.7%		1	Coutinho	LIV	26.5%
2	Redmond	SOU	43.5%		2	Mahrez	LEI	25.1%
3	Lamela	TOT	33.4%		3	Hazard	CHE	23.8%
4	Barkley	EVE	31.3%		4	Barkley	EVE	19.4%
5	Coutinho	LIV	29.3%		5	Kante	CHE	17.8%
6	Mahrez	LEI	27.8%		6	Pogba	MUN	15.6%
7	Capoue	WAT	14.3%		7	Lamela	TOT	12.4%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	92.4%		1	Ibrahimovic	MUN	54.8%
2	Ibrahimovic	MUN	90.1%		2	Aguero	MCI	50.6%
3	Negredo	MID	48.2%		3	Negredo	MID	24.4%
4	Gray	BUR	25.9%		4	Vardy	LEI	15.2%
5	Costa	CHE	3.4%		5	Kane	TOT	13.4%
6	Rondon	WBA	3.0%		6	Costa	CHE	10.2%
7	Long	SOU	2.8%		7	Long	SOU	8.2%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Amat	SWA	28.2%		1	Paredes	WAT	13.5%
2	Paredes	WAT	25.5%		2	Amat	SWA	10.0%
3	Fletcher	WBA	22.1%		3	Fletcher	WBA	8.9%
4	Friend	MID	16.0%		4	Kingsley	SWA	5.8%
5	Capoue	WAT	15.6%		5	Capoue	WAT	5.5%
6	Smith	BOU	8.2%		6	Kante	CHE	4.6%
7	Evans	WBA	6.3%		7	Evans	WBA	4.3%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Barkley	EVE	11.6%		1	Ibrahimovic	MUN	8.9%
2	Capoue	WAT	8.3%		2	Negredo	MID	8.5%
3	Redmond	SOU	4.9%		3	Capoue	WAT	8.1%
4	Mirallas	EVE	3.8%		4	Barkley	EVE	7.2%
5	McAuley	WBA	3.7%		5	Aguero	MCI	5.7%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Coutinho	LIV	6.5%		1	Payet	WHU	8.4%
2	Shaqiri	STK	6.3%		2	Vardy	LEI	5.3%
3	Firmino	LIV	4.1%		3	Carroll	WHU	5.3%
4	Feghouli	WHU	4.0%		4	Coutinho	LIV	4.0%
5	Gray	BUR	3.6%		5	Kane	TOT	3.6%

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	312.0	370.5	172.1	854.6	370.6	357.1	221.6	949.4
27 Aug 12:30
Spurs	45.8	45.9	1.5	93.1	49.6	42.5	19.0	111.1
Liverpool	4.3	46.1	0.1	50.6	15.4	59.9	4.0	79.2
	Walker(34.0), Lamela(33.5), Coutinho(29.4)				Coutinho(27.8), Walker(20.5), Alderweireld(19.0)
27 Aug 15:00
Chelsea	19.9	77.5	4.5	101.9	36.7	59.2	15.7	111.6
Burnley	5.9	0.2	26.2	32.2	3.4	0.4	9.0	12.8
	Hazard(64.1), Gray(25.9), Azpilicueta(8.9)				Hazard(27.5), Kante(17.9), Costa(12.7)
27 Aug 15:00
Crystal Palace	7.7	8.9	1.3	17.9	8.8	8.8	3.8	21.5
Bournemouth	2.7	4.0	0.7	7.4	6.4	3.9	3.0	13.3
	Townsend(6.5), Ibe(3.5), Souare(2.9)				Dann(4.8), Townsend(4.4), Benteke(3.1)
27 Aug 15:00
Everton	15.7	46.2	0.9	62.9	18.8	34.7	7.3	60.8
Stoke	1.9	7.2	0.1	9.1	4.1	9.0	0.6	13.7
	Barkley(31.4), Baines(7.0), Mirallas(4.9)				Barkley(19.8), Baines(7.1), Lukaku(6.6)
27 Aug 15:00
Leicester	35.1	32.1	2.6	69.8	39.7	35.6	27.7	103.0
Swansea	8.0	4.8	1.0	13.8	12.0	11.3	2.4	25.7
	Mahrez(28.1), Morgan(18.9), Schmeichel(10.4)				Mahrez(26.4), Morgan(19.2), Vardy(19.0)
27 Aug 15:00
Southampton	8.3	48.6	2.9	59.8	17.3	17.5	9.3	44.1
Sunderland	6.8	1.6	1.6	10.0	5.5	1.9	6.9	14.3
	Redmond(43.6), van Aanholt(6.0), van Dijk(3.7)				Redmond(11.4), van Dijk(8.7), Long(8.6)
27 Aug 15:00
Watford	1.1	14.5	0.8	16.4	3.2	9.5	8.0	20.6
Arsenal	26.0	11.7	0.1	37.8	52.2	26.8	1.4	80.3
	Bellerin(14.5), Capoue(14.3), Cech(5.5)				Bellerin(26.0), Cech(13.0), Capoue(8.9)
27 Aug 17:30
Hull	4.3	2.8	1.5	8.6	3.4	3.8	3.3	10.6
Man Utd	118.7	18.2	126.5	263.3	94.1	32.5	100.2	226.8
	Ibrahimovic(125.1), Shaw(55.4), de Gea(36.6)				Ibrahimovic(90.8), de Gea(43.9), Shaw(22.2)
DAY 2
DAY 2	116.5	27.8	207.1	351.5	84.7	53.4	121.3	259.4
28 Aug 13:30
West Brom	57.2	5.4	3.2	65.7	26.6	5.3	4.2	36.1
Middlesbrough	7.8	3.6	49.8	61.2	3.7	2.6	28.8	35.1
	Negredo(48.4), McAuley(28.4), Foster(23.2)				Negredo(25.6), McAuley(13.3), Foster(7.5)
28 Aug 16:00
Man City	47.5	13.1	153.5	214.1	46.4	24.2	84.6	155.2
West Ham	4.0	5.8	0.6	10.4	8.0	21.3	3.8	33.1
	Aguero(153.4), Stones(44.1), Nolito(4.5)				Aguero(83.2), Stones(32.3), Payet(12.4)
TOTAL	428.6	398.4	379.2	1206.1	455.3	410.5	342.9	1208.8