17/18 GW38 Team Selection and Stats

Hello and welcome to pre-gameweek statistics for GW 38. This post contains some highlights, fixtures and charts, for complete and more detailed statistics go to THIS GOOGLE SPREADSHEET.

TRANSFERS AND POINT HITS

	TOP10K	Overall
Teams in Sample	10,000	20,000
Transfers Made	1.52	0.43
Point Hits Taken	41.4%	8.0%
Points Deducted	2.15	0.68
New teams compared to previous GW	17.6%
First time in top 10K since season start	5.9%

CHIPS PLAYED

	TOP10K		Overall
	GW	Season	GW	Season
Wildcard 1	0.0%	95.3%	0.0%	43.4%
Wildcard 2	0.5%	99.0%	0.9%	36.4%
Triple Captain	6.4%	99.4%	3.8%	53.3%
Bench Boost	7.0%	98.7%	5.3%	39.5%
Free Hit	0.3%	99.7%	0.7%	41.1%
Total	14.2%	4.92 chips	10.8%	2.14 chips

Top Captains

Top 10K
1	Salah	LIV	54.7%
2	Kane	TOT	32.8%
3	Aubameyang	ARS	4.2%
4	Sterling	MCI	2.4%
5	Jesus	MCI	1.3%

Overall
1	Salah	LIV	25.7%
2	Kane	TOT	19.0%
3	Lukaku	MUN	10.4%
4	Agüero	MCI	4.4%
5	Aubameyang	ARS	3.7%

Top Started Goalkeepers

Top 10K
1	De Gea	MUN	41.2%
2	Fabianski	SWA	10.5%
3	Lloris	TOT	7.9%
4	Pope	BUR	6.8%
5	Ederson	MCI	6.6%
6	Romero	MUN	6.1%
7	Hennessey	CRY	5.5%

Overall
1	De Gea	MUN	40.0%
2	Courtois	CHE	7.4%
3	Ederson	MCI	6.9%
4	Pope	BUR	6.7%
5	Lloris	TOT	6.5%
6	Fabianski	SWA	5.5%
7	Pickford	EVE	4.7%

Top Started Defenders

Top 10K
1	Smalling	MUN	40.6%
2	Lowton	BUR	28.5%
3	Vertonghen	TOT	28.3%
4	Davies	TOT	23.6%
5	Robertson	LIV	16.8%
6	Otamendi	MCI	16.6%
7	Alexander-Arnold	LIV	14.5%

Overall
1	Otamendi	MCI	24.1%
2	Azpilicueta	CHE	20.7%
3	Davies	TOT	19.5%
4	Alonso	CHE	15.5%
5	Hegazi	WBA	12.5%
6	Walker	MCI	11.6%
7	Valencia	MUN	11.1%

Top Started Midfielders

Top 10K
1	Sterling	MCI	77.7%
2	Salah	LIV	71.8%
3	Son	TOT	32.5%
4	Arnautovic	WHU	31.0%
5	Zaha	CRY	28.4%
6	Milivojevic	CRY	21.2%
7	Eriksen	TOT	20.4%

Overall
1	Salah	LIV	55.2%
2	Sterling	MCI	26.9%
3	De Bruyne	MCI	20.8%
4	Eriksen	TOT	19.3%
5	Son	TOT	13.5%
6	Alli	TOT	13.4%
7	Pogba	MUN	13.4%

Top Started Forwards

Top 10K
1	Kane	TOT	79.8%
2	Jesus	MCI	67.2%
3	Aubameyang	ARS	28.8%
4	Jordan Ayew	SWA	25.2%
5	Vardy	LEI	21.7%
6	Firmino	LIV	13.6%
7	Pérez	NEW	5.1%

Overall
1	Kane	TOT	37.0%
2	Firmino	LIV	34.6%
3	Lukaku	MUN	21.1%
4	Vardy	LEI	19.8%
5	Jesus	MCI	16.7%
6	Aubameyang	ARS	13.5%
7	Agüero	MCI	9.9%

Top Bench (Outfield Players)

Top 10K
1	Morgan	LEI	22.7%
2	Chilwell	LEI	17.0%
3	Barnes	BUR	14.9%
4	Kenedy	NEW	12.0%
5	Lowton	BUR	9.0%

Overall
1	Mbemba	NEW	7.8%
2	Rangel	SWA	6.0%
3	Hegazi	WBA	5.3%
4	Hünemeier	BHA	4.3%
5	Lascelles	NEW	3.6%

Top Players Bought

Top 10K
1	Salah	LIV	27.0%
2	Zaha	CRY	18.1%
3	Alexander-Arnold	LIV	9.8%
4	Firmino	LIV	7.9%
5	Arnautovic	WHU	6.5%

Overall
1	Salah	LIV	3.3%
2	Zaha	CRY	3.2%
3	Aubameyang	ARS	2.9%
4	Firmino	LIV	2.5%
5	van Aanholt	CRY	1.4%

Top Players Sold

Top 10K
1	Willian	CHE	13.0%
2	De Gea	MUN	12.8%
3	Smalling	MUN	10.3%
4	Vardy	LEI	9.8%
5	Jesus	MCI	8.1%

Overall
1	Jesus	MCI	2.4%
2	Vardy	LEI	2.2%
3	Willian	CHE	1.4%
4	Sterling	MCI	1.3%
5	Chilwell	LEI	1.3%

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.

	TOP10K				Overall
Fixture	G&D,%	MID,%	FOR,%	TOTAL,%	G&D,%	MID,%	FOR,%	TOTAL,%
DAY 1
DAY 1	446.8	485.8	301.8	1234.4	468.9	457.3	298.9	1225.1
13 May 15:00
Burnley	61.4	7.6	1.6	70.5	28.2	3.5	3.4	35.1
Bournemouth	2.1	0.4	0.6	3.2	12.6	3.4	6.4	22.3
	Lowton(28.5), Tarkowski(11.4), Long(11.2)				Pope(6.8), Ward(5.6), Daniels(4.3)
13 May 15:00
Crystal Palace	20.1	58.8	0.1	79.0	9.5	26.7	2.8	39.0
West Brom	2.4	0.2	0.5	3.0	19.9	1.6	3.2	24.7
	Zaha(29.6), Milivojevic(21.2), Tomkins(6.7)				Hegazi(12.5), Milivojevic(11.1), Zaha(10.1)
13 May 15:00
Huddersfield	1.6	0.2	0.7	2.5	9.7	4.0	3.7	17.4
Arsenal	21.1	9.8	35.3	66.2	30.0	22.1	27.8	79.8
	Aubameyang(33.4), Mustafi(10.2), Ramsey(6.7)				Aubameyang(17.6), Bellerín(9.2), Lacazette(9.2)
13 May 15:00
Liverpool	46.6	131.9	14.9	193.4	26.7	101.6	39.1	167.3
Brighton	4.5	8.0	0.9	13.3	7.4	13.2	3.9	24.4
	Salah(130.4), Robertson(16.8), Alexander-Arnold(14.6)				Salah(83.0), Firmino(38.3), Groß(11.9)
13 May 15:00
Man Utd	94.0	25.2	5.0	124.1	76.2	42.7	39.0	157.9
Watford	0.8	0.5	0.0	1.4	4.1	14.8	1.5	20.4
	De Gea(41.3), Smalling(40.6), Lingard(10.8)				De Gea(41.0), Lukaku(31.6), Pogba(14.4)
13 May 15:00
Newcastle	7.9	1.1	5.1	14.1	13.2	3.6	6.3	23.2
Chelsea	33.3	15.0	3.2	51.5	60.6	34.6	13.2	108.4
	Alonso(12.6), Azpilicueta(11.5), Willian(11.3)				Azpilicueta(20.9), Alonso(15.7), Willian(11.9)
13 May 15:00
Southampton	4.1	4.2	2.2	10.5	10.5	6.6	2.4	19.6
Man City	31.3	114.2	68.5	214.1	51.8	85.5	34.0	171.4
	Sterling(80.2), Jesus(68.5), Sané(18.1)				Sterling(29.3), Otamendi(24.3), De Bruyne(23.2)
13 May 15:00
Swansea	32.2	2.5	25.4	60.1	16.4	4.5	8.8	29.8
Stoke	0.6	2.8	0.4	3.8	3.9	11.2	1.7	16.9
	Jordan Ayew(25.2), Naughton(10.8), Fabianski(10.5)				Shaqiri(6.9), Jordan Ayew(6.4), Fabianski(5.5)
13 May 15:00
Spurs	62.0	66.0	114.3	242.3	46.2	52.0	57.0	155.1
Leicester	3.0	5.5	21.8	30.2	14.2	10.8	23.6	48.5
	Kane(114.3), Son(32.5), Vertonghen(28.3)				Kane(56.8), Vardy(21.4), Eriksen(20.5)
13 May 15:00
West Ham	14.4	31.8	0.0	46.2	10.2	9.3	6.3	25.8
Everton	3.4	0.2	1.3	4.9	17.3	5.6	14.9	37.9
	Arnautovic(31.3), Ogbonna(3.7), Cresswell(3.5)				Rooney(9.2), Arnautovic(7.5), Chicharito(5.9)
TOTAL
TOTAL	446.8	485.8	301.8	1234.4	468.9	457.3	298.9	1225.1