POINTS BREAKDOWN: FPL Gameweek's 11-12
There’s a million different stats and figures you can find on the Fantasy Premier League this season, ranging from player form to the exact number of points by position. If you’re into the statistical element to the game, and who wouldn’t, it’s half the game to understand the statistical probability of your 15 players picking up points on a weekly basis, we’ve a treat for you heading into Gameweek 12. The one stat the FPL is yet to offer is a collation of points, to help have you differentiate. The Hype Team have spent hours tallying the exact points totals all 20 teams have managed so far this season, then break down points by position for Goalkeepers, Defenders, Midfielders, and Forwards. Strap in, we’re throwing numbers your way. All aboard.
Team Breakdown
First up we’ve added the exact tallies from all 20 clubs in the Premier League, and have highlighted their best player. Just for clarification ‘pts’ means points and in brackets is the number of players that have achieved the points totals. You’ll be familiar of this statistical analysis if you follow our Twitter account over at @RealHypeTrain.
Arsenal
GK – 37pts (from 1)
DEF – 179pts (from 7)
MID – 325pts (from 11)
ATT – 23pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 564pts
BEST PLAYER: Alexis Sanchez (72pts)
Bournemouth
GK – 40pts (from 1)
DEF – 152pts (from 5)
MID – 199pts (from 10)
ATT – 49pts (from 4)
TOTAL – 440pts
BEST PLAYER: Junior Stanislas (43pts)
Burnley
GK – 52pts (from 1)
DEF – 123pts (from 6)
MID – 171pts (from 8)
ATT – 78pts (from 5)
TOTAL – 424pts
BEST PLAYER: Tom Heaton (52pts)
Chelsea
GK – 45pts (from 1)
DEF – 201pts (from 7)
MID – 298pts (from 10)
ATT – 89pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 633pts
BEST PLAYER: Eden Hazard (82pts)
Crystal Palace
GK – 24pts (from 2)
DEF – 103pts (from 7)
MID – 205pts (from 9)
ATT – 48pts (from 4)
TOTAL – 380pts
BEST PLAYER: James McArthur (46pts)
Everton
GK – 46pts (from 2)
DEF – 139pts (from 6)
MID – 202pts (from 11)
ATT – 83pts (from 3)
TOTAL – 470pts
BEST PLAYER: Romelu Lukaku (69pts)
Hull City
GK – 36pts (from 2)
DEF – 52pts (from 4)
MID – 188pts (from 9)
ATT – 61pts (from 5)
TOTAL – 337pts
BEST PLAYER: Robert Snodgrass (52pts)
Leicester
GK – 40pts (from 2)
DEF – 124pts (from 6)
MID – 125pts (from 6)
ATT – 113pts (from 5)
TOTAL – 402pts
BEST PLAYER: Christian Fuchs (38pts)
Liverpool
GK – 34pts (from 2)
DEF – 102pts (from 6)
MID – 403pts (from 11)
ATT – 27pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 566pts
BEST PLAYER: Philippe Coutinho (75pts)
Man City
GK – 40pts (from 2)
DEF – 101pts (from 7)
MID – 278pts (from 11)
ATT – 97pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 516pts
BEST PLAYER: Kevin De Bruyne (62pts)
Man United
GK – 38pts (from 1)
DEF – 173pts (from 9)
MID – 151pts (from 11)
ATT – 111pts (from 3)
TOTAL – 473pts
BEST PLAYER: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (54pts)
Middlesbrough
GK – 40pts (from 2)
DEF – 157pts (from 6)
MID – 137pts (from 8)
ATT – 75pts (from 4)
TOTAL – 409pts
BEST PLAYER: Ben Gibson (42pts)
Southampton
GK – 31pts (from 1)
DEF – 136pts (from 8)
MID – 196pts (from 10)
ATT – 55pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 418pts
BEST PLAYER: Charlie Austin (47pts)
Spurs
GK – 47pts (from 2)
DEF – 168pts (from 7)
MID – 242pts (from 12)
ATT – 58pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 515pts
BEST PLAYER: Kyle Walker (53pts)
Stoke City
GK – 37pts (from 2)
DEF – 119pts (from 7)
MID – 197pts (from 9)
ATT – 43pts (from 3)
TOTAL – 396pts
BEST PLAYER: Joe Allen (56pts)
Sunderland
GK – 30pts (from 2)
DEF – 82pts (from 10)
MID – 104pts (from 10)
ATT – 77pts (from 3)
TOTAL – 293pts
BEST PLAYER: Jermain Defoe (61pts)
Swansea
GK – 37pts (from 1)
DEF – 93pts (from 8)
MID – 157pts (from 9)
ATT – 67pts (from 4)
TOTAL – 354pts
BEST PLAYER: Gylfi Sigurdsson (43pts)
Watford
GK – 37pts (from 2)
DEF – 158pts (from 8)
MID – 162pts (from 10)
ATT – 65pts (from 2)
TOTAL – 422pts
BEST PLAYER: Etienne Capoue (58pts)
West Brom
GK – 36pts (from 1)
DEF – 108pts (from 7)
MID – 190pts (from 9)
ATT – 56pts (from 3)
TOTAL – 390pts
BEST PLAYER: Nacer Chadli (48pts)
West Ham
GK – 37pts (from 1)
DEF – 104pts (from 7)
MID – 220pts (from 11)
ATT – 24pts (from 4)
TOTAL – 385pts
BEST PLAYER: Michael Antonio (53pts)
Table Breakdown
Once we tallied together the overall points from every position for every club, we asked what would that means for alternative points tables. See below for an Overall Points Table, then individual tables for the 4 positions available to us in the FPL: Goalkeeper, Defenders, Midfielders, and Forwards.
Overall FPL Points Table
CHE: 633pts
LIV: 566pts
ARS: 564pts
MCI: 516pts
TOT: 515pts
MUN: 473pts
EVE: 470pts
BOU: 440pts
BUR: 424pts
WAT: 422pts
SOU: 418pts
MID: 409pts
LEI: 402pts
STK: 396pts
WBA: 390pts
WHU: 385pts
CRY: 380pts
SWA: 354pts
HUL: 337pts
SUN: 293pts
Goalkeeper Total: 764pts
Defender Total: 2,574pts
Midfielder Total: 4,150pts
Forward Total: 1,299pts
OVERALL TOTAL: 8,787pts
Overall FPL Goalkeeper Table
BUR: 52pts
TOT: 47pts
EVE: 46pts
CHE: 45pts
BOU: 40pts
LEI: 40pts
MCI: 40pts
MID: 40pts
MUN: 38pts
ARS: 37pts
STK: 37pts
SWA: 37pts
WAT: 37pts
WHU: 37pts
HUL: 36pts
WBA: 36pts
LIV: 34pts
SOU: 31pts
SUN: 30pts
CRY: 24pts
OVERALL GK TOTAL: 764pts
Overall FPL Defender Table
CHE: 201pts
ARS: 179pts
MUN: 173pts
TOT: 168pts
WAT: 158pts
MID: 157pts
BOU: 152pts
EVE: 139pts
SOU: 136pts
LEI: 124pts
BUR: 123pts
STK: 119pts
WBA: 108pts
WHU: 104pts
CRY: 103pts
LIV: 102pts
MCI: 101pts
SWA: 93pts
SUN: 82pts
HUL: 52pts
OVERALL DEF TOTAL: 2,574pts
Overall FPL Midfielder Table
LIV: 403pts
ARS: 325pts
CHE: 298pts
MCI: 278pts
TOT: 242pts
WHU: 220pts
CRY: 205pts
EVE: 202pts
BOU: 199pts
STK: 197pts
SOU: 196pts
WBA: 190pts
HUL: 188pts
BUR: 171pts
WAT: 162pts
SWA: 157pts
MUN: 151pts
MID: 137pts
LEI: 125pts
SUN: 104pts
OVERALL MID TOTAL: 4,150pts
Overall FPL Forwards Table
LEI: 113pts
MUN: 111pts
MCI: 97pts
CHE: 89pts
EVE: 83pts
BUR: 78pts
SUN: 77pts
MID: 75pts
SWA: 67pts
WAT: 65pts
HUL: 61pts
TOT: 58pts
WBA: 56pts
SOU: 55pts
BOU: 49pts
CRY: 48pts
STK: 43pts
LIV: 27pts
WHU: 24pts
ARS: 23pts
OVERALL ATT TOTAL: 1,299pts
Bonus Points Table
The one aspect of the FPL that takes can often make or break your evening, is the award of bonus points. There’s been a case in recent weeks of players scoring 12+ points in one Gameweek (Mane vs. Watford) who walk away with nothing. Here’s a club by club rundown on the Bonus Points Table. In brackets is the top performing bonus points performer(s) from each club.
Overall Bonus Points Table
LIV: 52pts (Coutinho – 10pts)
MCI: 52pts (Aguero – 13pts)
ARS: 49pts (Koscielny & Sanchez – 8pts each)
CHE: 47pts (Hazard – 12pts)
MUN: 44pts (Blind & Ibrahimovi – 9pts each)
EVE: 43pts (Lukaku – 13pts)
TOT: 43pts (Walker – 8pts)
WAT: 38pts (Capoue – 11pts)
SOU: 35pts (Austin & Redmond – 7pts each)
STK: 33pts (Allen – 9pts)
WHU: 33pts (Reid & Payet – 7pts each)
BUR: 32pts (Heaton – 7pts)
MID: 32pts (Friend, Gibson, and Negredo – 5pts each)
BOU: 30pts (Cook & Stanislas – 6pts each)
CRY: 29pts (McArthur – 7pts)
WBA: 27pts (Chadli – 8pts)
LEI: 22pts (Musa – 5pts)
SUN: 20pts (Defoe – 12pts)
SWA: 20pts (Fabianski & Sigurdsson – 4pts each)
HUL: 19pts (Snodgrass – 9pts)
OVERALL TOTAL: 700pts
What can be Evaluated?
Our good friends over at @FFPundits kindly retweeted our overall points tally breakdown, and it prompted a discussion about the use of the formation teams should adopt. People were quick to look at the 3-5-2 formation as a viable option going forward, to use instead of the popular 3-4-3 formation. Whilst on paper it sounds good, the reality is that most teams usually field 5+ midfielders in any one game. It is no surprise Leicester have the most attacking points – they play with a lot of strikers. Liverpool don’t, and would be relegated based off their Forward points, even though they have scored the most goals in the league. In general, you’ll be lucky if a team will field just the one forward player for a game, compared to the 5, so it is understandable why the figure for midfielders is heavily inflated.
Defenders too have a better score because clean sheet points, and goal returns are worth more. Goalkeepers, as we’ve been saying since day one, have very little to choose from in terms of points, and are probably not worth a transfer, even if you think their run of fixtures is terrible. Just 4 points separate 12 teams in the Goalkeeper points tally.
Bonus Points findings help solidify the idea that big sides get more points (obviously) and their players are worth sticking with, as there are also legitimate options elsewhere in Jermain Defoe, Snodgrass, Allen, and Chadli.
What this is a good indication of is if you were to play a wildcard right now, what should you go with… Liverpool midfielders, Chelsea defenders, and yes 3 viable forward options, but a budget one to go alongside an Aguero, Lukaku, or Costa. If you are thinking of your own spring clean, then we think that this is a good starting point at figuring out what to do with your FPL finances… Want to show us your squads for next week for advice and tips, get in touch through our Twitter account, @RealHypeTrain.
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