What you need to know for Gameweek 7
The key news and data in Fantasy Premier League
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Fantasy Gameweek. This is our round-up of everything you need to know for Gameweek 7 in Fantasy Premier League, including the news that matters and the key data from Impect, our data partner.
The deadline for transfers and changes to your team is 11am UK time on Saturday 30 September
Here are some key news stories this week:
-James Maddison and Son Heung-min will be assessed ahead of Tottenham’s match against Liverpool due to injury scares, but they are both back in training. Story here
-In other injury news, it sounds like Bukayo Saka is unlikely to play this weekend but Trent Alexander-Arnold could be back. Round-up here
-Antony is back in training for Manchester United following allegations of domestic abuse. Story here
These are the fixtures for Gameweek 7. It’s a double gameweek for Luton and Burnley
These are the most transferred-in players this week so far:
And these are the transfers-out:
Now for the key data from Impect, our data partner.
These are the top-five and bottom-five teams for xG per game so far. As a reminder, xG measures the quality of chances that a team creates by attributing a score to each chance based on the likelihood of it being a goal. For example, if the chance was certain to be a goal then it would get an xG score of 1. However, xG does not take into account the quality of the player with the chance or the goalkeeper they are facing. It just looks at the location of the chance and the number of players around the ball.
Top
Liverpool - 2.57
Man City - 2.29
Aston Villa - 2.22
Newcastle - 2.15
Brighton - 2.13
Bottom
Sheffield United - 0.73
Burnley - 1.02
Fulham - 1.07
Nottingham Forest - 1.11
Bournemouth - 1.36
And here are the top five and bottom five for xG per game conceded
Top
Man City - 0.75
Arsenal - 0.91
Newcastle - 1.12
Chelsea - 1.24
Brentford - 1.48
Bottom
Sheffield United - 2.64
West Ham - 2.48
Bournemouth - 2.34
Wolves - 2.14
Fulham - 2.07
Moving on to the players, these are the top-10 for Offensive Impect, which measures the attacking effectiveness of a player for their team:
Darwin Nunez -100
Erling Haaland - 99.6
Evan Ferguson - 99.2
Callum Wilson - 98.8
Mo Salah - 98.3
Diogo Jota - 97.9
Heung-Min Son - 97.5
Leon Bailey - 97.1
Hee-Chan Hwang - 96.7
Taiwo Awoniyi - 96.3
And these are the leaders for post-shot xG. Post-shot xG measures the quality of a chance after the shot has been taken, so it also takes into account the quality of the shot:
Erling Haaland - 7.2
Evan Ferguson - 4.19
Mo Salah - 3.97
Heung-Min Son - 3.78
Abdoulaye Doucoure - 3.69
Bryan Mbeumo - 3.6
Callum Wilson - 3.59
Odsonne Edouard - 3.58
Bukayo Saka - 3.44
Jarrod Bowen - 3.34
Next, these are the top-10 players for bypassed defenders, which measures how many opposition defenders a player takes out of the game with their passing or dribbling. It is a way to track a player’s attacking impact in a game:
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 13
Billy Gilmour - 11
Pervis Estupinan - 10
Bruno Fernandes - 10
Raheem Sterling - 10
James Maddison - 10
Cheick Doucoure - 9
Marcos Senesi - 9
Kieran Trippier - 9
Rodri - 9
Sean Longstaff - 9
Lucas Paqueta - 9
Darwin Nunez - 9
Mo Salah - 9
Now let’s see the top-10 players for bypassed defenders receiving, which measures how many opposition defenders were taken out of the game when a player receives the ball. It measures the quality of the attacking positions that a player gets themselves in with the ball:
Darwin Nunez - 28.1
Callum Wilson - 21.9
Erling Haaland - 20.2
Taiwo Awoniyi - 18.7
Odsonne Edouard - 18.6
Ollie Watkins - 18.3
Beto - 17.7
Diogo Jota - 16
Richarlison - 15.4
Evan Ferguson - 15
Lastly, these are the top defenders for Offensive Impect, which shows the defenders who are getting involved in attacks, which is really useful to know for FPL:
Pervis Estupinan - 100
Cristian Romero - 99
Kieran Trippier - 98
Jan Paul Van Hecke - 97
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 96
Sven Botman - 94.9
Andy Robertson - 92.9
Raphael Varane - 91.9
Virgil Van Dijk - 90.9
Tim Ream - 89.9
Thanks for reading and good luck in Gameweek 7…
Graham
