16/17 GW20 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 20. 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	0.43
Point Hits Taken	13.1%	6.7%
Points Deducted	0.62	0.50
New teams compared to previous GW	19.3%
First time in top 10K since season start	7.8%
Active teams (at least 1 transfer since GW17)	95.5%	52.7%

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	7.3%	7.3%	4.0%	4.0%
Triple Captain	0.4%	30.3%	0.5%	29.9%
Bench Boost	0.7%	23.2%	0.4%	17.0%
All Out Attack	1.5%	28.5%	0.6%	16.7%
Total	9.9%	0.9 Chips	5.5%	0.7 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Sanchez	ARS	25.4%		1	Ibrahimovic	MUN	23.8%
2	Ibrahimovic	MUN	20.8%		2	Costa	CHE	12.2%
3	Aguero	MCI	15.2%		3	Sanchez	ARS	12.0%
4	Costa	CHE	7.7%		4	Aguero	MCI	11.1%
5	Lallana	LIV	4.3%		5	Hazard	CHE	4.8%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	de Gea	MUN	17.5%		1	de Gea	MUN	29.9%
2	Grant	STK	15.2%		2	Courtois	CHE	12.2%
3	Foster	WBA	14.6%		3	Cech	ARS	12.0%
4	Courtois	CHE	14.1%		4	Foster	WBA	9.3%
5	Heaton	BUR	10.3%		5	Heaton	BUR	7.5%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	McAuley	WBA	28.2%		1	Walker	TOT	23.3%
2	Azpilicueta	CHE	23.6%		2	McAuley	WBA	21.6%
3	Alonso	CHE	22.1%		3	Azpilicueta	CHE	19.3%
4	Walker	TOT	17.8%		4	Koscielny	ARS	17.9%
5	Clyne	LIV	16.3%		5	Bellerin	ARS	14.4%
6	Lovren	LIV	12.9%		6	Stones	MCI	13.5%
7	Cahill	CHE	12.3%		7	Clyne	LIV	11.7%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Sanchez	ARS	73.8%		1	Sanchez	ARS	35.4%
2	Hazard	CHE	49.9%		2	Hazard	CHE	33.0%
3	Lallana	LIV	43.4%		3	Lallana	LIV	26.1%
4	Phillips	WBA	32.9%		4	Capoue	WAT	22.8%
5	Eriksen	TOT	28.1%		5	Mane	LIV	18.3%
6	Mane	LIV	23.1%		6	Phillips	WBA	13.0%
7	Zaha	CRY	20.6%		7	Eriksen	TOT	12.9%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Costa	CHE	59.6%		1	Costa	CHE	41.9%
2	Ibrahimovic	MUN	52.4%		2	Ibrahimovic	MUN	41.5%
3	Lukaku	EVE	24.6%		3	Lukaku	EVE	23.9%
4	Defoe	SUN	19.7%		4	Defoe	SUN	21.2%
5	Kane	TOT	17.2%		5	Aguero	MCI	18.1%
6	Aguero	MCI	16.3%		6	Negredo	MID	13.3%
7	Origi	LIV	15.7%		7	Kane	TOT	12.5%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Amat	SWA	20.6%		1	Capoue	WAT	11.4%
2	Capoue	WAT	17.2%		2	Amat	SWA	9.3%
3	Walker	TOT	14.2%		3	Walker	TOT	9.0%
4	Ake	BOU	12.3%		4	Kingsley	SWA	7.3%
5	van Dijk	SOU	9.4%		5	Fletcher	WBA	5.7%
6	Fletcher	WBA	9.3%		6	McAuley	WBA	5.7%
7	Holebas	WAT	7.4%		7	Smith	BOU	4.9%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Aguero	MCI	14.2%		1	Lallana	LIV	5.1%
2	Phillips	WBA	12.5%		2	Phillips	WBA	5.1%
3	Lallana	LIV	10.3%		3	Aguero	MCI	3.3%
4	Rondon	WBA	4.2%		4	Alli	TOT	2.4%
5	Ake	BOU	4.0%		5	Costa	CHE	2.0%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Sigurdsson	SWA	7.6%		1	Walcott	ARS	3.0%
2	Eriksen	TOT	6.8%		2	van Dijk	SOU	2.8%
3	Ibrahimovic	MUN	6.3%		3	Lukaku	EVE	2.4%
4	van Dijk	SOU	5.7%		4	Sigurdsson	SWA	2.2%
5	Kane	TOT	5.2%		5	Eriksen	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	224.4	193.2	207.0	624.6	241.2	211.2	216.4	668.7
02 Jan 12:30
Middlesbrough	18.5	2.7	11.6	32.8	12.9	2.2	15.3	30.4
Leicester	4.3	0.8	0.4	5.5	18.6	11.4	12.0	42.0
	Negredo(11.5), Gibson(7.3), Valdes(4.3)				Negredo(14.0), Morgan(10.6), Mahrez(7.6)
02 Jan 15:00
Everton	23.1	2.5	28.3	53.9	22.9	12.0	29.2	64.1
Southampton	13.1	2.7	0.4	16.2	16.8	5.4	3.8	26.1
	Lukaku(28.1), Baines(8.7), Williams(6.7)				Lukaku(27.9), van Dijk(7.5), Williams(6.9)
02 Jan 15:00
Man City	9.9	19.4	32.4	61.7	25.3	27.9	32.3	85.5
Burnley	11.5	0.1	3.0	14.6	10.9	0.8	4.9	16.5
	Aguero(31.8), Sterling(11.0), Heaton(10.3)				Aguero(29.4), Stones(13.6), Sterling(10.2)
02 Jan 15:00
Sunderland	3.4	0.0	20.5	23.8	5.4	0.6	23.7	29.7
Liverpool	31.6	95.7	16.4	143.7	22.9	84.5	9.7	117.1
	Lallana(47.8), Mane(26.7), Defoe(19.7)				Lallana(28.8), Defoe(22.2), Mane(20.4)
02 Jan 15:00
West Brom	64.4	38.3	13.7	116.4	39.4	18.6	9.6	67.6
Hull	0.9	6.2	0.6	7.6	3.5	5.6	2.0	11.1
	Phillips(34.7), McAuley(28.2), Foster(14.6)				McAuley(21.6), Phillips(13.7), Foster(9.3)
02 Jan 17:15
West Ham	4.9	10.7	6.4	22.1	6.7	21.2	2.4	30.3
Man Utd	38.9	14.2	73.3	126.4	55.9	20.9	71.5	148.4
	Ibrahimovic(73.2), de Gea(17.5), Jones(11.5)				Ibrahimovic(65.4), de Gea(30.5), Pogba(12.0)
DAY 2
DAY 2	88.1	166.3	25.5	280.0	98.0	135.0	27.0	260.0
03 Jan 19:45
Bournemouth	17.4	1.1	0.7	19.2	19.5	2.8	3.0	25.3
Arsenal	30.6	107.4	3.8	141.8	50.2	70.1	2.9	123.1
	Sanchez(99.2), Koscielny(11.6), Cech(8.0)				Sanchez(47.4), Koscielny(18.2), Bellerin(14.5)
03 Jan 20:00
Crystal Palace	4.0	23.3	15.7	43.0	4.6	14.3	10.4	29.3
Swansea	1.8	10.9	2.3	15.0	7.9	10.3	3.1	21.3
	Zaha(21.3), Christian Benteke(15.6), Sigurdsson(9.8)				Zaha(10.9), Christian Benteke(9.7), Sigurdsson(6.2)
03 Jan 20:00
Stoke	27.7	13.2	1.1	42.0	9.0	14.0	1.5	24.5
Watford	6.7	10.5	1.9	19.1	6.8	23.5	6.1	36.5
	Grant(15.2), Allen(12.2), Pieters(10.9)				Capoue(22.9), Allen(9.8), Grant(3.7)
DAY 3
DAY 3	108.3	104.3	85.8	298.4	105.7	96.1	71.7	273.6
04 Jan 20:00
Spurs	32.5	42.4	18.6	93.5	46.0	35.2	16.6	97.8
Chelsea	75.8	61.9	67.3	204.9	59.7	60.9	55.1	175.8
	Costa(67.3), Hazard(53.5), Eriksen(28.2)				Costa(54.2), Hazard(37.8), Walker(23.4)
TOTAL	420.8	463.8	318.3	1203.0	445.0	442.3	315.1	1202.3