17/18 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	0.84	0.60
Point Hits Taken	9.1%	10.6%
Points Deducted	0.42	0.86
New teams compared to previous GW	29.2%
First time in top 10K since season start	14.7%
Active teams (at least 1 transfer since GW17)	95.3%	53.4%

CHIPS PLAYED

	Top 10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard	1.4%	79.3%	0.9%	44.6%
Triple Captain	0.7%	23.2%	1.1%	28.8%
Bench Boost	0.4%	17.0%	0.5%	15.9%
Free Hit	0.6%	25.6%	0.6%	21.3%
Total	3.1%	1.5 Chips	3.2%	1.1 Chips

CAPTAINS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Kane	TOT	40.1%		1	Kane	TOT	21.2%
2	Salah	LIV	35.2%		2	Salah	LIV	20.5%
3	Hazard	CHE	4.8%		3	Lukaku	MUN	13.6%
4	Aguero	MCI	4.2%		4	Aguero	MCI	6.1%
5	Sterling	MCI	4.1%		5	De Bruyne	MCI	4.2%

TOP STARTING GOALKEEPERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	de Gea	MUN	49.1%		1	de Gea	MUN	41.5%
2	Courtois	CHE	10.9%		2	Courtois	CHE	11.1%
3	Pope	BUR	10.4%		3	Lloris	TOT	6.4%
4	Fabianski	SWA	4.5%		4	Foster	WBA	4.7%
5	Adrian	WHU	4.0%		5	Pickford	EVE	4.2%

TOP STARTING DEFENDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Otamendi	MCI	59.9%		1	Otamendi	MCI	27.3%
2	Christensen	CHE	29.0%		2	Azpilicueta	CHE	20.7%
3	Jones	MUN	28.0%		3	Alonso	CHE	18.6%
4	Azpilicueta	CHE	26.1%		4	Hegazi	WBA	13.4%
5	Alonso	CHE	24.6%		5	Walker	MCI	13.3%
6	Kenny	EVE	15.0%		6	Davies	TOT	13.0%
7	Gomez	LIV	12.3%		7	Jones	MUN	11.2%

TOP STARTING MIDFIELDERS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Salah	LIV	96.9%		1	Salah	LIV	57.6%
2	Sterling	MCI	73.8%		2	Sterling	MCI	29.5%
3	Hazard	CHE	33.9%		3	De Bruyne	MCI	25.4%
4	Richarlison	WAT	27.8%		4	Richarlison	WAT	15.5%
5	Coutinho	LIV	20.2%		5	David Silva	MCI	14.8%
6	De Bruyne	MCI	19.8%		6	Eriksen	TOT	14.3%
7	David Silva	MCI	14.9%		7	Sane	MCI	13.8%

TOP STARTING FORWARDS

Top 10K					Overall
1	Kane	TOT	65.9%		1	Kane	TOT	40.2%
2	Firmino	LIV	48.7%		2	Lukaku	MUN	32.6%
3	Calvert-Lewin	EVE	25.7%		3	Firmino	LIV	28.0%
4	Aguero	MCI	18.3%		4	Aguero	MCI	16.6%
5	Morata	CHE	17.9%		5	Morata	CHE	15.9%
6	Rooney	EVE	16.0%		6	Rooney	EVE	15.2%
7	Lukaku	MUN	13.6%		7	Vardy	LEI	14.1%

TOP BENCH (OUTFIELD PLAYERS)

Top 10K					Overall
1	Loftus-Cheek	CRY	20.7%		1	Ward	BUR	9.6%
2	Mee	BUR	19.7%		2	Rangel	SWA	9.4%
3	Gro?	BHA	13.4%		3	Mbemba	NEW	8.6%
4	Ward	BUR	11.8%		4	Mee	BUR	6.5%
5	Mbemba	NEW	10.6%		5	Hegazi	WBA	5.2%
6	Carroll	SWA	9.1%		6	Hunemeier	BHA	5.1%
7	Mariappa	WAT	8.6%		7	Gro?	BHA	4.7%

TOP PLAYERS BOUGHT

Top 10K					Overall
1	Depoitre	HUD	7.0%		1	Firmino	LIV	4.4%
2	Jones	MUN	6.0%		2	Depoitre	HUD	3.4%
3	Morata	CHE	4.9%		3	Sterling	MCI	3.1%
4	Kenny	EVE	4.6%		4	Otamendi	MCI	2.4%
5	Christensen	CHE	4.3%		5	Calvert-Lewin	EVE	2.3%

TOP PLAYERS SOLD

Top 10K					Overall
1	Monreal	ARS	6.8%		1	Rooney	EVE	3.7%
2	Austin	SOU	5.7%		2	Ward	BUR	3.0%
3	Ward	BUR	4.7%		3	Monreal	ARS	2.9%
4	Aguero	MCI	4.5%		4	Austin	SOU	2.8%
5	Rooney	EVE	3.5%		5	Lukaku	MUN	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	337.4	315.4	273.3	926.1	350.8	318.7	254.3	923.8
26 Dec 12:30
Spurs	21.9	12.5	106.3	140.7	38.4	34.9	61.9	135.3
Southampton	2.1	0.6	0.7	3.4	13.9	5.9	2.7	22.6
	Kane(106.3), Davies(9.1), Eriksen(7.0)				Kane(61.8), Eriksen(15.0), Davies(13.0)
26 Dec 15:00
Bournemouth	4.1	5.2	1.1	10.4	10.7	5.8	3.5	20.1
West Ham	22.3	3.6	0.4	26.3	11.8	4.2	6.6	22.6
	Ogbonna(9.7), Masuaku(5.2), Surman(5.1)				Chicharito(6.3), Surman(4.7), Daniels(4.4)
26 Dec 15:00
Chelsea	92.9	45.6	20.8	159.3	70.2	39.8	20.2	130.2
Brighton	2.5	12.5	0.5	15.4	5.3	14.3	1.6	21.2
	Hazard(38.7), Christensen(29.1), Azpilicueta(26.2)				Azpilicueta(20.9), Morata(19.3), Alonso(18.8)
26 Dec 15:00
Huddersfield	8.6	3.4	11.6	23.6	14.0	6.6	7.5	28.1
Stoke	0.6	11.8	3.2	15.6	3.6	13.6	4.3	21.5
	Depoitre(10.2), Shaqiri(6.8), Zanka(4.9)				Shaqiri(7.5), Zanka(6.2), Mooy(5.9)
26 Dec 15:00
Man Utd	88.9	21.9	18.3	129.1	74.5	42.1	54.6	171.2
Burnley	18.9	0.7	0.1	19.7	18.4	2.1	2.0	22.6
	de Gea(49.1), Jones(28.0), Lukaku(15.0)				Lukaku(46.1), de Gea(42.5), Pogba(12.0)
26 Dec 15:00
Watford	6.8	33.8	0.7	41.3	6.9	24.7	1.6	33.2
Leicester	8.8	6.0	13.3	28.2	15.8	10.3	19.5	45.6
	Richarlison(27.8), Vardy(11.6), Maguire(6.2)				Richarlison(15.6), Vardy(15.4), Maguire(8.1)
26 Dec 15:00
West Brom	8.7	0.1	0.5	9.2	21.1	1.5	1.3	23.9
Everton	21.9	0.7	42.4	65.0	21.4	4.6	28.3	54.3
	Calvert-Lewin(25.7), Rooney(16.1), Kenny(15.0)				Rooney(16.6), Hegazi(13.5), Calvert-Lewin(10.2)
26 Dec 17:30
Liverpool	22.8	156.6	50.5	229.9	16.0	106.4	32.6	154.9
Swansea	5.5	0.6	2.9	9.0	8.6	1.9	6.1	16.6
	Salah(132.5), Firmino(50.3), Coutinho(22.6)				Salah(78.5), Firmino(31.2), Coutinho(13.3)
DAY 2
DAY 2	71.5	130.1	24.9	226.6	58.9	103.2	34.7	196.8
27 Dec 19:45
Newcastle	2.4	0.6	0.3	3.2	7.9	2.9	1.7	12.5
Man City	69.2	129.6	24.6	223.4	50.9	100.3	33.0	184.3
	Sterling(77.9), Otamendi(60.0), Aguero(22.5)				Sterling(32.8), De Bruyne(29.6), Otamendi(27.4)
DAY 3
DAY 3	27.0	19.9	2.7	49.6	39.5	28.3	14.8	82.6
28 Dec 20:00
Crystal Palace	2.4	16.0	0.1	18.6	3.1	11.9	2.5	17.6
Arsenal	24.6	3.8	2.5	31.0	36.4	16.3	12.2	65.0
	Loftus-Cheek(10.5), Monreal(9.5), Bellerin(6.8)				Lacazette(10.7), Bellerin(10.4), Kolasinac(10.1)
TOTAL	436.0	465.4	300.9	1202.3	449.2	450.2	303.8	1203.2