AttackVDefence

STATS

It’s said that knowledge is power and there’s no escaping the fact that in this day and age, analytics is hugely important when it comes to succeeding in sport – even the fantasy ones!

Have you ever struggled to make those crucial GW picks because you just don’t know where to start? Would it help to know which teams are in the best form? Who presents the biggest attacking threat and who’s defence is as leaky as a sieve? Or what about how tough a team is likely to find it’s opponent or simply where a team currently stands in the league?

The tables below contain all the vital information that we think you need to help get those all important GW wins and start climbing your league tables like a GOAT!

Goals

Team	M	G	xG	GA	xGA
LIV	28	66	67	26	27
ARS	27	51	54	23	25
NFO	27	44	41	33	39
MCI	27	53	53	37	40
CHE	27	52	57	36	42
NEW	27	46	47	38	41
BOU	27	45	55	32	40
BHA	27	44	45	39	41
FUL	27	40	43	36	31
ASV	28	40	48	45	44
BRE	27	48	47	43	46
CRY	27	35	47	33	40
TOT	27	53	49	39	47
MUN	27	33	40	39	45
WHU	27	32	37	47	52
EVE	27	30	33	34	42
WOL	27	37	31	56	46
IPS	27	26	29	57	60
LEI	27	25	29	61	60
SOU	27	19	30	65	74

Expected goals (xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase of play. This value is based on several factors from before the shot was taken. xGA is the opposite, it stands for expected goals against and is how many goals a team is likely to concede based on the quality of chances they allow the other team to have on their goal.

The table shows the xG and xGA and the actual G and GA for each team this season up to the current GW based on matches (M) played.

Next GW FDR & Form

Team	FDR	FDR	Form
ARS
AVL
BOU
BRE
BHA
CHE
CRY
EVE
FUL
IPS
LEI
LIV
MCI
MUN
NEW
NOT
SOU
TOT
WHU
WOL

Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR) uses a set of formulas process key Opta data variables, along with each team’s home and away form for the past six matches, to generate a rank (from 1-5) for the perceived difficulty of each GW opponent, with 1 indicating easier matches and 5 showing tougher ones.

The FDR is reviewed on a weekly basis and updated as the season progresses.

FDR Key:

PL Standings

Pos	Team	M	W	D	L	PTS
1	LIV	28	20	7	1	67
2	ARS	27	15	9	3	54
3	NFO	27	14	6	7	48
4	MCI	27	14	5	8	47
5	CHE	27	13	7	7	46
6	NEW	27	13	5	9	44
7	BOU	27	12	7	8	43
8	BHA	27	11	10	6	43
9	FUL	27	11	9	7	42
10	ASV	28	11	9	8	42
11	BRE	27	11	5	11	38
12	CRY	27	9	9	9	36
13	TOT	27	10	3	14	33
14	MUN	27	9	6	12	33
15	WHU	27	9	6	12	33
16	EVE	27	7	11	9	32
17	WOL	27	6	4	17	22
18	IPS	27	3	8	16	17
19	LEI	27	4	5	18	17
20	SOU	27	2	3	22	9

Note – Tables updated at the end of each GW