Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW36
Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. Gameweeks 34 and 35 were certainly game changers for our leaders and for those who follow this article week after week, you’ll know that many of the leaders (prior to GW 33) held top spots for many, many weeks.
For the first time this season, the game has significantly changed.
This week the only player to have a spot in the top ten for more than 2 weeks is our current leader Dimitris Gavles who has held a top position for ONLY 3 weeks.
ALL of our (ex)leaders…all of the players we have been watching and tracking for nearly the entire season, are now below the top ten ranking.
It is really no secret how these new contenders climbed to the top. Nine of the Top Ten used their Triple Captain Chip for GW 34 while the remaining leader is using his triple captain this week with Kane as his selection. Six of our leaders also deployed their Wildcard in GW 33 thus setting them up for strategic success.
With GW 37 showing more potential opportunities, it will be interesting to see if the leaders change once again. Until then, let’s look at what our new leaders are doing.
Who was the most captained player by the top ten for Gameweek 35?
This week, 50% of top managers selected Aguero as their captain pick while another 20% selected Kane. The remaining three managers chose Sanchez, Firmino and Sturridge.
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Who were the most popular players chosen by the top ten for Gameweek 35?
Goalkeepers: 20% of the top 10 played either de Gea, Hart or Mignolet while the remaining managers selected Schmeichel, Darlow, Forster and Cech.
Defenders: For Gameweek 35, 15 defenders made the cut. Bellerin was the most popular as 8 of the 10 managers selected him. Bellerin was followed by Simpson (50%), Morgan (30%), Gabriel, Moreno, Alderweireld and Sakho (20% ownership). The remaining defenders were the following all with 10% ownership: Clichy, Fuchs, Rose, Williams, Azpilicueta, Huth, van Aanholt, and Otamendi.
Midfielders: When you look at midfielders, the top 10 managers had 8 different picks. Sanchez was the most popular pick with 90% ownership. 70% of managers
selected Mahrez, while 60% selected Alli, and 50% Iwobi. Coutinho was selected by 40% followed by DeBruyne & Firmino with 30% ownership. And finally, Milner wrapped up the group with 10% ownership.
Forwards: This week, the front line consisted of only 5 picks among the top managers. 80% had Aguero while another 50% had Kane. Sturridge came in with an ownership rate of 40% while Defoe and Long each had 10% ownership.
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In summation, the Must-Haves for top managers for Gameweek 35 were Bellerin, Simpson, Sanchez, Alli, Mahrez, Iwobi, Kane and Aguero as they all had an ownership rate of 50% or higher.
Other interesting facts:
* The average score for Gameweek 35 among the top 10 is currently 45 points which is 16 points above average for the week.
* Again, the longest reign of any of the leaders in the top ten is now only 3 weeks.
* England is dominating! 7 of the top ten are currently from England while the remaining leaders are from Sweden, Mongolia and Bulgaria.
* 60 points separates 1st from 10th. Our leader is currently at 2290 points.
* The average team value is £106.3.
Hope this was useful!
Best of luck in Gameweek 36!
@bekachan
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Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Trends From The Top – GW36 Fantasy Premier League 2015-16. This article was written by Rebekah H
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Hi Guys: Anyone doing a DGW37 transfer/preparation article? It seems DGW37 is of far less interest than DGW34 was. I must be one of the few who held off my WildCard. Anyway, would appreciate an article. Cheers.
Hey Punk, there will be a Tips article as per normal later this week and a specific DGW37 one next week.
Thanks @Cookie. Was rather hoping for one this week, since the bench boost will be played next week. Cheers
Hi Punk, it’s a very valid point and one I considered myself as I started writing next weeks DGW analysis. Kop is doing his usual player tips this week though and he usually pitches them over 2 or 3 weeks anyway so I’m sure he’ll be including the DGW prospects in there. Next week I’m doing another DGW one like I did for 34 Tips. Best thing I can advise is that you take a look at how that one was laid out and apply the same logic per team for 37. You needn’t dig deep on them all just look at the team’s you are particularly interested in and their respective opponents. You’ll find the site below a big help. Click on the team in the league table and it takes you to a full analysis page. Failing that I should have the bulk of it ready this week anyway so I could always e-mail it to you!
http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2015-2016/table
Quite glad Ali will be banned, was having selection headache!
Thanks for the article Rebekah, great researching skills. ^_^
Morning Raziel
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Jamie Vardy was handed an extra one-game ban yesterday and missed this week’s trip to Man Utd.
Complete finger trouble there Morning all pretty glad Spurs did F— all Kane could have killed me & Alli out now 😉