What you need to know for Gameweek 37
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Hello and welcome to Fantasy Gameweek. This is our round-up of everything you need to know for Gameweek 37 in Fantasy Premier League. It includes the news that matters, the key data from Impect, our data partner, and the risers and fallers.
The deadline for transfers and changes to your team for Gameweek 37 is 11am UK time on Saturday May 11.
These are the fixtures for Gameweek 37. It is a double-gameweek for Brighton, Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Newcastle and Spurs..
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. This is what has happened in the last ten gameweeks…
These are the top-five and bottom-five teams for xG per game - in other words, the best and worst attacks. 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.
Best
Liverpool - 2.64
Man City - 2.45
Chelsea - 2.27
Newcastle - 2.2
Fulham - 1.93
Worst
Luton - 0.83
Aston Villa - 1.01
Wolves - 1.18
Brighton - 1.18
Sheffield United - 1.2
And here are the best and worst for xG per game conceded - in other words, the best and worst defences:
Best
Arsenal - 0.83
Man City - 1.03
Liverpool - 1.1
Newcastle - 1.25
Bournemouth - 1.26
Worst
Man United - 2.41
West Ham - 2.33
Burnley - 2.19
Sheffield United - 2
Wolves - 1.95
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:
Cole Palmer - 100
Erling Haaland - 99.4
Bruno Fernandes - 98.8
Phil Foden - 98.5
Kai Havertz - 98.1
Alexander Isak - 97.5
Jean-Philippe Mateta - 96.9
Nicolas Jackson - 96.3
Kevin De Bruyne - 95.7
Mo Salah - 95.1
And these are the players with the highest xG per game:
Erling Haaland - 1.17
Cole Palmer - 1.01
Alexander Isak - 0.93
Mo Salah - 0.93
Rodridgo Muniz - 0.74
Darwin Nunez - 0.71
Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 0.69
Timo Werner - 0.62
Joao Pedro - 0.6
Keane Lewis-Potter - 0.57
Next, these are the post-shot xG per game 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 - 1.23
Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 1.06
Cole Palmer - 0.99
Alexander Isak - 0.94
Mo Salah - 0.92
Phil Foden - 0.81
Kai Havertz - 0.74
Nicolas Jackson - 0.73
Rodrigo Muniz - 0.71
Jean-Philippe Mateta - 0.69
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 influence in a game:
Bruno Fernandes - 13
Alex Iwobi - 12
Eberechi Eze - 12
Cole Palmer - 12
Kevin De Bruyne - 12
Bruno Guimaraes - 11
Morgan Gibbs-White - 11
Casemiro - 10
Alexis Mac Allister - 10
Morgan Rodgers - 10
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:
Jean-Philippe Mateta - 21.5
Erling Haaland - 20.9
Rodrigo Muniz - 20.3
Nicolas Jackson - 19.6
Ollie Watkins - 18.5
Darwin Nunez - 18
Kai Havertz - 17.1
Mo Salah- 16.8
David Datro Fofana - 16.6
Lyle Foster - 15.
Lastly, these are the top defenders for Offensive Impect, which shows the defenders who are contributing to attacks, which is really useful to know for FPL:
Andy Robertson - 100
Ben White - 98.5
Josko Gvardiol - 96.9
Lewis Dunk - 95.4
Joachim Andersen - 93.8
Manuel Akanji - 92.3
Fabian Schar - 90.8
Pedro Porro - 89.2
Dara O’Shea - 87.7
Kristoffer Ajer - 86.2
Finally, let’s look at the risers and fallers…
Risers
Nicolas Jackson (FWD, £7m)
Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea are starting to turn in performances that reflect the plethora of talent available to the Argentinian. The Blues have lost just once in their last 12 outings – albeit that was a 5-0 shellacking at the hands of Arsenal in Gameweek 34 – and have scored at least twice in nine of their last ten fixtures. Jackson has now established himself as the clear first-choice striker and has three goals and an assist in his last two fixtures. A double fixture against Nottingham Forest (A) and Brighton (A) provides the opportunity for more big points in Gameweek 37.
Noni Madueke (MID, £5.3m)
We flagged the talented Madueke as a riser last week and the winger came up trumps, bagging a goal, an assist and 13 FPL points for managers who backed him. He looks a surefire starter in this attack, a fact that clearly isn’t reflected in his price.
Erling Haaland (FWD, £14.2m)
Haaland’s fallow period was never going to last. The Norwegian was back to his dominant best in Gameweek 37 as he smashed in four goals and completely overwhelmed a tired Wolves outfit. With City out of the Champions League, rotation appears unlikely ahead of a double fixture against Fulham and Spurs. Once again, Haaland is the obvious captaincy pick in FPL.
Fallers
Micky van de Ven (DEF, £4.4m)
Spurs look shattered and are conceding goals hand-over-fist. Van de Ven does have an eye for the onion bag but even two home fixtures in Gameweek 37, against aren’t enough to keep the Dutchman out of fallers this week.
Andre Onana (GK, £5m)
Given Manchester United are currently starting Casemiro and Jonny Evans at centre-back, it’s no wonder they got turned over by Crystal Palace in Gameweek 36. Despite this, Onana has been picked by 15 per cent of FPL managers, presumably hoping to benefit from their double fixture in Gameweek 37. Frankly they could have six games and we’d still be hesitant about picking their defensive assets. As it is, they play two of the form attacks in the league – Arsenal (H) and Newcastle (H) – and are likely to ship plenty of goals.
Ivan Toney (FWD, £7.7m)
No form and no double fixture in Gameweek 37 means there’s no case for gambling on England international Toney for Brentford’s seaside trip to Bournemouth.
That’s it for this edition. Thanks for reading and good luck in Gameweek 37.
Graham and Tom
