FPL Dream Team GW6

Subs: Guzan, McClean, Bannan, Nelsen(QPR)

Comments:

• I went for 4 defenders this week as outside of the Everton game I feel that this could be a low scoring GW. All very scoring defenders and likely for a clean sheet. 

• Hoilett earns a spot in the midfield as one of my favorite differentials and having a great fixture this week and Fellaini is a must with his form.

• Jelavic another great differential and will get the C armband in my personal team.
• Fletcher was a must with his form and the fixture against Wigan at home.

Good luck for this week to everyone and follow me on twitter @KristjanPulma for more fantasy PL and UCL related stuff.

Fantasy FPL hidden gems

If you cant be bothered to look through all of the options, I posted my favorite ones in the bottom of the article. Here are some explanations of the terms used: 

KP-key pass, SPG-shots per game, the number with the % sign = percentage of teams selected by

Midfielders

With Liverpools fixtures improving one of those 2 will be in my team.

LIV 9.4£ Gerrard 3.8% (2.6 KP and 2.6 SPG) Takes pens, corners and many set-pieces as well
LIV 4.6£ Sterling 5.4% (2.6 KP, 1 SPG)

Depending on playing time, one of those 2 could be a nice player once the fixtures clear up again.
CHE 8.9£ Mata 3.7%(1.8 SPG, 2.5 KP)
CHE 7.8£ Oscar 1.1%(2.3 SPG, 1.3 KP)

Sunderland are strangely defensive at this point, but once they pick things up both of those players could be nice assets.
SUN 6.4£ McClean 2.6%
SUN7.0£ Adam Johnson 1.9%

Southampton are very attacking so any of these 3 players could be nice for your team
SOT 6.0£ Lallana 1.5%(2.4 SPG 1.8 KP
SOT 4.4£ Puncheon 1.1%(2.8 SPG 1 KP
SOT 6.0£ Gaston Ramirez 0.3% ( 2 SPG 3 KP)

Maloney is kind of OOP on the wing of a front 3 and as he takes pens and some set pieces he is one of my favorite budget differentials
WIG 5.0£ Maloney 1.4%  (0.8 shots 1.8 KP Pen taker)

Snodgrass has amazing stats and is one I am closely looking at as soon as the fixtures improve in GW 9
NOR 5.9£ Snodgrass 1.4% (3.2 SPG 1.8 KP)

Best offensive asset in QPR, playing almost as a striker and I am keeping a close eye on him
QPR 6.0£ Hoilett 1% (3 SPG)

West Brom are not very attacking, but if you should choose any attacking cover from their team it would be one of these players, need to check on their fitness before making that decision though
WBA 6.0£ Morrisson 1.7% (2 SPG 1.8 KP
WBA 5.8£ Brunt 0.6% ( 1.6 KP Set pieces and Pens)

FPL GW5 dream team

So I have been very busy this week so just a quick dream team from me, good luck for the weekend!!!

Bench: Jaaskalainen, Kagawa, Davies, Steven Taylor

Uefa Champions League fantasy dream team GW1

I tried to make this team affordable and the managerial subs are not in order, so sort them out yourself. Captain options are Zlatan for GD1 and Messi for GD2

Subs: Unnerstall, Boateng, Vida, Rafael

Reasoning for these selections:

GK: Bayern defenders are very close to a must have and all of their value options are not very attacking so you could just have Neuer and pair him with the ultra cheap Unnerstal.

Defeners:

• I cant not have 2 Barca players and Alves coveres both defense and offense.
• Vidal is my favorite defender in this game and Ill keep for the entire seaso, I call him "Baines on steroids"
• Jenkinson at 4 mil I think he is a super option for the defensively in form Arsenal
• Vida- looks like the best 3.5 option to have so far
• Rafael a very attacking option for a top side with a good home fixture

Midfielders

• Sammir and Renan Bressan are the best budget options IMO
• Robben is the best UCL mid if playing, very attacking and greedy plus takes pens for one of the best offensive sides.
• Reus was the top scoring midfielder who does not take pens in the top leagues in europe last season, and very likely to do well against a leaky Ajax
• Boateng is one of my favorite picks who did not make my own team for budget reasons, mostly because of AC Milans horrible form so far. But he is taking loads of shots and a goal is bound to follow soon, especially with their early good fixture

Forwards

I have avoided the budget forward for GW 1 as I think Messi is a must have, Zlatan the best C option for GD1 and not having RVP could turn out to be a horrible mistake. I also found the budget options in the middle of the park and in defense much more appealing.

UCL fantasy defensive and offensive ratings

I am going to look at this in a simple way in terms of goals conceded per game and goals scored per game for teams. Some sample sizes are small but still we can get some idea of a teams form.

Defenses

English Premier League (4 games played):

Arsenal  0.25
Chelsea  0.5
Man United 1.25
Man City 1.5

Erdevisie 5 games played

Ajax 1

Serie A 3 games played:

Juventus  0.666
Ac Milan 1

Liga Sagres 3 games played:

Benfica/Porto   0.6666
Braga   1.666

Ukrainian Premier League 9 games played:

Shaktar Donetsk  0.4444
Dynamo Kiev   0.77777

La Liga 4 games played:

Barcelona 0.75
Real Madrid  1
Malaga  0.5
Valencia 1.5

FPL: Kostjas GW4 dream team

Wont add any talk to all this, lets just see how these guys do. Will make the team affordable, to add some budget options in the mix.

Bench consists of Guzan, Guthrie, Cuellar, Ben Davis

International break overview of over- and underperformers

The International break is upon us and many fantasy mangers are using their wild cards. An excellent time to look back on the first 3 game weeks and see who have over- and underperformed. Hopefully this will help some people with some key decisions in their wildcard teams. First up the players who are bound to have a drop-off in production.

Yaya Toure- Unless you are expecting him suddenly to play more forward than last season than look out for that drop off, especially once Silva returns to form-which should happen soon.

• GW1-3: Shots taken:6 Goals scored:2
• GW1-3: Key passes made:9 Assists made:1
• Normal rate of shot conversion: 2 shots per game, 10.7 shots per goal
• Normal rate of key pass conversion: 1.7  key passes per game 9.066  key passes per assist

UEFA Champions League Fantasy budget options

Finally the Champions League is starting, so here are my budget options for this campaign, even a couple of 4 mil nailed on midfielders who were not easy to find. Enjoy! This is now complete with all budget defensive options, but I would suggest everyone to invest in their defenders as they are the best vale players in this format with points for recovered balls.

AC Milan

M 7.5 Boateng- 7 shots per game 1 key pass per game so far in 2 games

F 8.5 Piazzini- takes penalties, could be a nice differential

D 4.5 Acrebi- started last 2 games, so could be a cheap way into the Milan defense

RSC Anderlecht 

M 4.0 Guillaume Gillet- nailed on mid and has scored 2 assists this season in 5 games.

D 3.5 Deschacht- is a nailed on defender for them but is currently slightly injured so there is need to get updates on his situation before putting him in your lineup.

Ajax

M 4.0 Thulani Serero has started 4 out of 4 games so far and has scored 3 goals, and has also got a red card to his name. Could be a very nice 5th mid.( did not play in the last game, so check lineup before getting him in)

M 4.0 Ryan Babel has somehow managed to end up in Ajax, but I see no stats of him playing this season so I don't know what to make of him at Ajax.