The A to Z of 2019-20 FPL Stats and Stuff

What do you do during an international break with no Premier League to keep you busy, well you come up with a comprehensive compilation of graphs and insights with our A to Z of 2019-20 FPL Stats and Stuff.

We have compiled as many 2019-20 FPL Stats that we can associate with the 26 letters courtesy of our data from Opta, and share a few thoughts where we couldn’t.

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For now enjoy our A to Z of 2019-20 FPL Stats and Stuff.

2019-20 FPL Stats and Stuff

A is for Assists

Assists are one of the key fields for FPL players, and the A to Z of 2019-20 FPL Stats and Stuff.

One player leads by a long way.

But when looking at it via a club perspective, the riches of Leicester are evident as they are catching Man City for team assists.

B is for Big Chances

What’s almost as good as an assist? Well a big chance created.

A slightly more interesting look at the creative types, and another avenue for picking the right weapon for your FPL side.

Everton seem to be doing quite well in this area, relative to how badly they are going on field.

C is for Clean Sheets

Clean sheets are the unsung heroes of an FPL side, a solid six pointer at the back. So no surprise that unsung heroes Sheffield Utd are at the top of this list, as well as Leicester.

Liverpool’s lack of Clean Sheets this season is a point of interest.

See Also: Captain Copy-Paste – the FPL player in your league who simply follows the weekly points and selects the highest scoring players from the week before. 

D is for Defender Stats

As D follow C, so does our defenders stats follow a clean sheet.

With a lot of the defenders showing up in some attacking stats later on, we thought we throw in some Clearance stats.

And a top ten of overall points.

See Also: Double Game Week  a period which will dominate discussions for weeks leading into. Usually it involves weeks of ruining your great planning for one week of potential cashing in.

E is for Euro Transfers

Every season there is plenty of hype about the big transfers into the Premier League from Europe, and it is hard not to get swept up in it for your FPL side.

So we’ve grabbed the top European transfers by amount, and compared how they’re going.

No surprise that very few are going that well.

For our money, Haller has looked the best thus far, but unfortunately plays for the woefully inconsistent West Ham.

The most disappointing has been Everton Moises Kean. Only because we saw him in the tail end of last season’s Serie A and expected so much more.

F is for Forwards

A quick check of the top ten for forwards so far this season.

F is for Fouls

Always interesting to see which players are being fouled, as these can often lead to penalties being awarded and more points.

See Also: FA Cup  a great tournament for the general football fans, but becomes a real pain in the arse later in the season.

G is for Goals

A quick check on the top goalscorers, and what a pleasure to see Jamie Vardy topping this. As we were ahead of the curve on Vardy, with most taking him on after the 9-0 win, and particularly competitive FPL players saying it is all luck as 9-0 wins are rare. They obviously weren’t watching Leicester from the start of the season.

For an extra lens on the goal scoring, we thought some figures on goals per minute would be interesting, if a little pointless.

I is for Inside Box

Shots are great, but shots inside the box are more likely to lead to goals and  FPL points.

Amazingly, leading goalscorer Jamie Vardy is not in the Top 15 list below. He is just outside with 21.

J is for Jerks

No graph here, but a list of FPL jerks, or trolls if you like. Those people determined to undermine your FPL side all season.

PEP GUARDIOLA – For his constant chopping and changing. Usually taking out your start player when you have them as captain. Doesn’t usually work out that well either – refer KDB absence v Norwich.

ANYONE WHO DOESN’T PASS TO KDB IN GOAL SCORING POSITION

K is for Kevin De Bruyne

FPL Favourite KDB has returned to fitness this season after a 2018-19 full of stints on the sidelines.

More time means more FPL points, and he has looked imperious this season.

Below we have his key stats for FPL this season, and then a graph below with an average of the rest of the top 20 FPL point scorers.

Now if only his team mates would pass him the ball in scoring positions more.

L is for Lundstram

John Lundstram is an FPL hero this year.

He has been helped by the fact that someone classed him as a defender. No worries for just about every FPL player though. He catches out those FPL players not brave enough to start him.

Here’s a few key stats.

M is for Midfield

The engine room of most FPL sides is the midfield, where the limit of five options never seems enough.

Here is the top ten for now.

N is for New Teams

Sheffield United are currently blowing everyone away with their lofty table position. Norwich looked so promising and entertaining and now they are struggling badly. And in between are Aston Villa who have had good and bad days thus far but do look capable of surviving. They’ll want to after doing a Fulham over the summer.

Sheffield United actually finish last in our combined stats graph below, but are well ahead in key areas of Clean Sheets, and John Lundstram.

Our FPL Pick from each side:

Aston Villa – We say Jack Grealish will be the man once he is back from injury. But John McGinn is a great back up for FPL.

Norwich – Everyone has walked out on the Pukki party, but is scoring for Finland shows that it is not him, it’s Norwich, and that maybe a corner is waiting to be turned. And for some reason we think MArco Stiepermann will eventually do something.

Sheffield Utd – Lundstram is the obvious choice here. But we liked Jack O’Connell, Callum Robinson and Dean Henderson from the start of the season too.

O is for On Target

How key is being on target for FPL points, well our graph below could prove something or other.

No real surprises but notice the late emergence of Chelsea’s Pulisic, challenging Vardy for best On Target %.

Notice lower down that teams that wear claret tend to be more accurate % wise.

P is for Parties

First it was Norwich’s Teemu Pukki who was hosting the parties, now Jamie Vardy provides enough more goals, and is great for those FPL fans who love their rhyming.

We look forward to more parties in the future, with hopefully a return to scoring Teemu Pukki.ss

Some lamer suggestions for Pukki parties include….

Maupay Soiree

Salah-bration

The Mane Event

Q is for Questionable

Most of this A to Z.

See Also: Mr/Mrs Questions, Questions  the FPL player in your league that relentlessly asks you FPL questions about their own team only, right up until kick off, usually avoiding discussion about any other team.

R is for Reliability

For something different, how about looking into which team has used the fewest players. Giving you certainty over your FPL selections.

No surprise the very tight Wolves team use the fewest, which is a good thing if you want to take a Wolves player. There won’t be the Pep like worry about random benchings.

The most underperforming teams relative to expectations have used the most players.

See Also: Marcus Rashford  the Manchester United striker who will only score goals when you have taken him out of your side.

S is for Shots

We’ve already given Shots on Target under O, so time to offer up just the regular shots.

A point of interest in Jamie Vardy, who is behind Nicholas Pepe, Tillemans, and KDB in shots. Vardy is fourth for total shots on target

Brighton’s Neal Maupay is fifth in shots, but drops to 20th for Shots on Target.

High flying Sheffield United and Crystal Palace are second last and last for shots.

See Also: Mo Salah / Sadio Mane  the dynamic Liverpool duo who bring much joy and loads of FPL points. The burning questions is which one, or both and what do you sacrifice to do that.

T is for Tackles

Not a key stat, but one that fills up the T and is mildly interesting. 

A few players from key teams have been highlighted.

T is for Touches

Down the other end of the footballing statistic, we thought it would be a good time to look at the touches. 

For your convenience we have both inside the penalty box and final third.  A certain Man City player has both covered.

See Also: Tillemans (Leicester FPL Superstar), 

U is for Underperforming FPL Players

We’ve decided to come up with a measure to determine which FPL players are truly underperforming.

We have taken total FPL points for the season thus far, and divided by the cost of the player.

We used a minimum of 20 FPL points and the results below.

A lot of Spurs players at the top, but sadly for our FPL side so is Callum Hudson-Odoi.

V is for Value FPL Players

The flip side to the above measure is using it for good.

So it is exactly the same calculation, but we just pick up the other end of the graph.

It is of course led by Lundstram, who is a long way out in front.  Then a goal keeper or three and then the Turkish Delight from Leicester. There’s loads of value to be had. Especially from Sheffield United.

X is for xG

The Key Measure for stats these days, and we have a few cuts of it.

The main theme is Leicester are out-performing their xG by plenty.

Y is for Yellow Cards

Those pesky points being removed for a tackle that was a bit too hard, or a cynical foul, or someone took their shirt off celebrating winner.

For whatever reason they are annoying and here is the current trending top recipients.

Z is for The Zinchenko

Fantasy Football is a balancing act, and sometimes you have to pick a player because the one you really want is injured, or you just can’t afford the best from a certain side. 

So you settle for the next best thing.

Like Zinchenko, there’s nothing wrong with them, it’s just they aren’t a top liner, and usually not a bargain basement. Just an in between that usually stays for a few weeks and then is traded out.