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	29	69	72	27	28
ARS	29	53	56	24	27
NFO	29	49	43	35	40
CHE	29	53	59	37	43
MCI	29	55	56	40	43
NEW	28	47	48	38	42
BHA	29	48	49	42	44
FUL	29	43	45	38	34
ASV	29	41	50	45	45
BOU	29	48	59	36	43
BRE	29	50	49	45	49
CRY	28	36	50	33	42
MUN	29	37	43	40	48
TOT	29	55	52	43	50
EVE	29	32	35	36	43
WHU	29	33	39	49	55
WOL	29	40	32	58	49
IPS	29	28	32	62	65
LEI	29	25	30	65	63
SOU	29	21	32	70	80

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	29	21	7	1	70
2	ARS	29	16	10	3	58
3	NFO	29	16	6	7	54
4	CHE	29	14	7	8	49
5	MCI	29	14	6	9	48
6	NEW	28	14	5	9	47
7	BHA	29	12	11	6	47
8	FUL	29	12	9	8	45
9	ASV	29	12	9	8	45
10	BOU	29	12	8	9	44
11	BRE	29	12	5	12	41
12	CRY	28	10	9	9	39
13	MUN	29	10	7	12	37
14	TOT	29	10	4	15	34
15	EVE	29	7	13	9	34
16	WHU	29	9	7	13	34
17	WOL	29	7	5	17	26
18	IPS	29	3	8	18	17
19	LEI	29	4	5	20	17
20	SOU	29	2	3	24	9

Note – Tables updated at the end of each GW