What you need to know for Gameweek 6
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 6 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 1.30pm UK time on Saturday 23 September
Here are some key news stories this week:
-Mikel Arteta says he does not know who will start in goal for Arsenal this weekend. Story here
-Pascal Gross and Lewis Dunk, two of Brighton’s key players, are set to miss Sunday’s match against Bournemouth due to injury. Story here
-Erik ten Haag faced some tough questions from the media over Man United’s recent results and hit back at criticism of his players. Video here
These are the fixtures for Gameweek 6:
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 - 2.5
Man City - 2.46
Aston Villa - 2.33
Brighton - 2.25
Chelsea - 2.13
Bottom
Sheffield United - 0.79
Burnley - 0.95
Fulham - 1.04
Nottingham Forest - 1.17
Luton - 1.28
And here are the top five and bottom five for xG per game conceded
Top
Man City - 0.75
Arsenal - 0.86
Chelsea - 1.15
Newcastle - 1.26
Brentford - 1.41
Bottom
Bournemouth - 2.5
Fulham - 2.4
West Ham - 2.39
Sheffield United - 2.37
Luton - 2.18
Moving on to the players, these are the top-10 for Offensive Impect, which measures the attacking effectiveness of a player for their team:
Erling Haaland - 100
Evan Ferguson - 99.5
Taiwo Awoniyi - 99.1
Hee-Chan Hwang - 98.6
Mo Salah - 98.2
Callum Wilson - 97.7
Odsonne Edouard - 97.2
James Ward-Prowse - 96.8
Julian Alvarez - 96.3
Leon Bailey - 95.9
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 - 6.8
Evan Ferguson - 4.04
Odsonne Edouard - 3.58
Bryan Mbeumo - 3.36
Abdoulaye Doucoure - 3.09
Mo Salah - 3.09
Dominic Solanke - 2.92
Solly March - 2.6
Ollie Watkins - 2.47
Heung-Min Son - 2.44
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:
Ivan Perisic - 16
Billy Gilmour - 14
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 13
Darwin Nunez - 12
James Maddison - 11
Bruno Fernandes - 10
Mo Salah - 10
Alex Iwobi - 19
Raheem Sterling - 10
Joel Veltman - 9
Cheick Doucoure - 9
Marcos Senesi - 9
Pervis Estupinan - 9
Rodri - 9
Lucas Paqueta - 9
Luis Diaz - 9
Phil Foden - 9
Diogo Jota - 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 - 28.9
Erling Haaland - 20.7
Ollie Watkins - 20.5
Taiwo Awoniyi - 20.5
Callum Wilson - 19.7
Odsonne Edouard - 19.7
Rasmus Hojlund - 18.5
Danny Welbeck - 17.1
Jean-Philippe Mateta - 16.2
Evan Ferguson - 16
Lastly, these are the top defenders for Offensive Impect, which shows the defenders who are getting involved in attacks and is therefore really useful for FPL:
Cristian Romero - 100
Pervis Estupinan - 98.9
Jan Paul Van Hecke - 97.8
Tim Ream - 96.8
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 95.7
Raphael Varane - 93.5
Joel Veltman - 92.5
Serge Aurier - 91.4
Andy Robertson - 90.3
Marcos Senesi - 89.2
Thanks for reading and good luck in Gameweek 6…
Graham
