What you need to know for Gameweek 16
The news, data, risers and fallers 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 16. This includes the news that matters, and the key data from Impect, our data partner. It’s a quick turnaround from midweek fixtures, so this is a shorter edition than usual…
The deadline for transfers and changes to your team for Gameweek 16 is 11am UK time on Saturday December 9.
Here are some of the key news stories this week:
-Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo is unlikely to play again in 2023 after picking up a “bad” ankle injury. Story here
-Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are “struggling”. More details here
-Crystal Palace’s Roy Hodgson and Nottingham Forest’s Steve Cooper are under pressure this weekend. The Guardian rounds up what to watch out for this weekend here
These are the fixtures for Gameweek 16:
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.
Best
Liverpool - 2.31
Chelsea - 2.14
Aston Villa - 2.12
Man City - 2.08
Newcastle - 2.01
Worst
Sheffield United - 0.82
Burnley - 1.03
Luton - 1.2
Fulham - 1.22
Nottingham Forest - 1.24
And here are the best five and worst five for xG per game conceded:
Best
Arsenal - 0.81
Man City - 0.99
Newcastle - 1.11
Brentford - 1.39
Crystal Palace - 1.44
Worst
Sheffield United - 2.34
Luton - 2.28
Bournemouth - 2.01
West Ham - 1.98
Tottenham - 1.91
Moving on to the players, these are the top-10 for Offensive Impect, which measures the attacking effectiveness of a player for their team when they are on the pitch. This data should be used in conjunction with how many minutes these players are on the pitch for. Chris Wood, for instance, has only started three matches…
Callum Wilson - 100
Erling Haaland - 99.6
Mo Salah - 99.3
Ollie Watkins - 98.9
Darwin Nunez - 98.6
Leon Bailey - 98.2
Heung-Min Son - 97.9
Chris Wood - 97.5
Alexander Isak - 98.2
James Maddison - 96.5
Next, these are the post-shot xG rankings. As a reminder, 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 - 13.6
Ollie Watkins - 9.06
Dominic Solanke - 8.09
Mo Salah - 8.08
Heung-Min Son - 7.48
Bryan Mbeumo - 6.37
Odsonne Edouard - 6.29
Alexander Isak - 5.75
Abdoulaye Doucoure - 5.57
Darwin Nunez - 5.5
That’s it for this edition. Thanks for reading and good luck in Gameweek 16
Graham