17/18 GW18 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to the pre-gameweek statistics for GW 18. 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	0.63
Point Hits Taken	8.9%	10.2%
Points Deducted	0.42	0.80
New teams compared to previous GW	24.0%
First time in top 10K since season start	12.2%
Active teams (at least 1 transfer since GW15)	93.0%	54.6%

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	1.3%	72.5%	0.8%	42.0%
Triple Captain	0.3%	24.3%	0.5%	27.6%
Bench Boost	0.5%	17.3%	0.6%	14.7%
Free Hit	0.7%	25.3%	0.7%	19.4%
Total	2.8%	1.4 Chips	2.6%	1 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Salah	LIV	38.6%		1	Salah	LIV	20.9%
2	Hazard	CHE	26.1%		2	Lukaku	MUN	14.6%
3	Kane	TOT	5.9%		3	Kane	TOT	13.3%
4	Morata	CHE	4.5%		4	Hazard	CHE	6.8%
5	Lukaku	MUN	4.1%		5	Aguero	MCI	5.0%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	de Gea	MUN	58.7%		1	de Gea	MUN	41.8%
2	Pope	BUR	12.1%		2	Courtois	CHE	10.8%
3	Courtois	CHE	8.0%		3	Lloris	TOT	5.8%
4	Fabianski	SWA	4.8%		4	Pope	BUR	4.3%
5	Foster	WBA	2.7%		5	Pickford	EVE	4.3%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Otamendi	MCI	45.9%		1	Otamendi	MCI	20.9%
2	Azpilicueta	CHE	25.2%		2	Azpilicueta	CHE	20.6%
3	Monreal	ARS	23.8%		3	Valencia	MUN	16.7%
4	Kolasinac	ARS	18.2%		4	Alonso	CHE	15.9%
5	Valencia	MUN	18.1%		5	Kolasinac	ARS	14.6%
6	Jones	MUN	17.8%		6	Monreal	ARS	12.8%
7	Christensen	CHE	17.5%		7	Walker	MCI	12.8%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Salah	LIV	96.2%		1	Salah	LIV	55.2%
2	Hazard	CHE	39.2%		2	De Bruyne	MCI	22.4%
3	Sterling	MCI	37.7%		3	David Silva	MCI	20.2%
4	Richarlison	WAT	35.5%		4	Sterling	MCI	19.1%
5	David Silva	MCI	34.2%		5	Richarlison	WAT	16.9%
6	De Bruyne	MCI	22.6%		6	Hazard	CHE	15.0%
7	Gro?	BHA	17.6%		7	Gro?	BHA	14.7%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Kane	TOT	57.5%		1	Kane	TOT	38.3%
2	Morata	CHE	29.7%		2	Lukaku	MUN	33.4%
3	Firmino	LIV	27.4%		3	Firmino	LIV	21.4%
4	Calvert-Lewin	EVE	24.9%		4	Morata	CHE	20.2%
5	Lukaku	MUN	17.7%		5	Vardy	LEI	17.0%
6	Vardy	LEI	17.6%		6	Rooney	EVE	16.7%
7	Rooney	EVE	17.2%		7	Aguero	MCI	14.7%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Loftus-Cheek	CRY	19.2%		1	Rangel	SWA	9.3%
2	Ward	BUR	13.6%		2	Mbemba	NEW	8.9%
3	Mbemba	NEW	10.3%		3	Ward	BUR	8.2%
4	Surman	BOU	10.0%		4	Hegazi	WBA	7.3%
5	Daniels	BOU	9.4%		5	Daniels	BOU	4.9%
6	Rangel	SWA	8.6%		6	Hunemeier	BHA	4.9%
7	Carroll	SWA	7.8%		7	Surman	BOU	4.8%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Jones	MUN	6.4%		1	David Silva	MCI	5.0%
2	Rooney	EVE	4.4%		2	Rooney	EVE	4.8%
3	David Silva	MCI	4.3%		3	Mahrez	LEI	3.4%
4	Mahrez	LEI	4.0%		4	Okazaki	LEI	2.4%
5	Calvert-Lewin	EVE	3.8%		5	Vardy	LEI	2.3%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Ward	BUR	6.7%		1	Morata	CHE	4.3%
2	Kane	TOT	5.6%		2	Ward	BUR	3.4%
3	Ramsey	ARS	4.7%		3	Sane	MCI	2.9%
4	Morata	CHE	4.6%		4	Kane	TOT	2.6%
5	Daniels	BOU	3.0%		5	Ramsey	ARS	2.4%

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	291.7	315.6	168.5	775.8	301.2	293.3	181.1	775.6
16 Dec 12:30
Leicester	17.2	14.7	24.9	56.7	18.3	14.4	25.4	58.1
Crystal Palace	1.3	11.3	0.2	12.8	3.0	10.1	2.7	15.9
	Vardy(20.2), Mahrez(11.9), Maguire(9.1)				Vardy(19.9), Mahrez(9.8), Maguire(8.5)
16 Dec 15:00
Arsenal	50.9	6.7	10.0	67.5	44.1	17.8	15.3	77.2
Newcastle	1.6	0.9	0.5	3.1	8.0	3.3	2.0	13.2
	Monreal(23.9), Kolasinac(18.5), Lacazette(9.8)				Kolasinac(14.7), Lacazette(13.5), Monreal(12.9)
16 Dec 15:00
Brighton	5.5	18.0	2.3	25.7	5.6	16.1	2.2	23.9
Burnley	55.8	1.7	1.4	58.8	33.1	3.1	3.1	39.3
	Gro?(17.6), Mee(16.1), Ward(15.4)				Gro?(14.7), Ward(12.7), Mee(7.5)
16 Dec 15:00
Chelsea	66.5	74.3	34.3	175.1	65.7	46.0	26.0	137.7
Southampton	3.7	1.0	3.2	7.8	15.1	6.3	4.7	26.1
	Hazard(65.4), Morata(34.3), Azpilicueta(25.3)				Morata(25.1), Hazard(21.8), Azpilicueta(20.8)
16 Dec 15:00
Stoke	0.7	15.7	4.9	21.3	3.6	15.3	4.5	23.4
West Ham	5.1	0.9	0.7	6.7	6.0	2.9	6.3	15.2
	Shaqiri(11.9), Diouf(4.2), Choupo-Moting(3.5)				Shaqiri(9.2), Chicharito(6.0), Diouf(3.3)
16 Dec 15:00
Watford	15.1	45.7	0.9	61.6	9.6	31.1	1.9	42.7
Huddersfield	3.1	0.5	0.6	4.2	10.8	4.2	2.3	17.3
	Richarlison(35.8), Doucoure(9.8), Mariappa(6.2)				Richarlison(17.0), Doucoure(12.4), Zanka(4.2)
16 Dec 17:30
Man City	54.0	108.7	21.4	184.1	43.3	88.0	33.0	164.3
Spurs	11.4	15.6	63.3	90.3	34.9	34.6	51.7	121.2
	Kane(63.3), Otamendi(45.9), Sterling(38.1)				Kane(51.6), De Bruyne(25.2), David Silva(21.2)
DAY 2
DAY 2	128.2	166.4	55.4	350.0	122.5	146.4	86.2	355.1
17 Dec 14:15
West Brom	5.9	0.1	0.2	6.2	17.7	1.4	1.0	20.1
Man Utd	105.9	10.8	25.8	142.4	80.1	36.7	56.3	173.0
	de Gea(59.3), Lukaku(21.9), Valencia(18.2)				Lukaku(48.1), de Gea(43.1), Valencia(16.9)
17 Dec 16:30
Bournemouth	4.8	3.9	1.0	9.7	13.2	5.1	4.1	22.4
Liverpool	11.6	151.7	28.4	191.7	11.5	103.1	24.8	139.5
	Salah(135.1), Firmino(28.3), Coutinho(14.1)				Salah(76.3), Firmino(23.6), Coutinho(11.1)
DAY 3
DAY 3	23.8	1.3	51.4	76.5	28.5	6.9	36.9	72.4
18 Dec 20:00
Everton	16.9	1.0	46.3	64.2	19.5	5.1	29.9	54.5
Swansea	6.9	0.4	5.0	12.3	9.0	1.8	7.1	17.8
	Calvert-Lewin(25.0), Rooney(18.8), Kenny(10.6)				Rooney(19.4), Calvert-Lewin(8.3), Abraham(5.2)
TOTAL	443.7	483.3	275.2	1202.3	452.3	446.6	304.2	1203.0