WEEKLY WILDCARDS 2018/19: FPL Season Performance
Ahead of each round of Premier League games, The Hype Train analysed the best differential player options for your Fantasy Premier League teams. Historically, weekly FPL Dream Team’s comprise of mostly differential players whose selection falls with a low selection percentage of overall players, to which there is no doubt that their influence cannot be ignored. With such an abundance of points coming from the FPL’s hidden gems The Hype Train selected one player from each Premier League match in the upcoming Gameweek, and here we charted our progress throughout the 2018/19 season. All aboard.
WILDCARDS: WHAT IS A DIFFERENTIAL PLAYER?
The rules for the 2015/16 season were easy enough to follow. The only rule was that a player had be to selected by less than 5% of the FPL's populace. With 2016/17's price changes, and player selection trends, we were been forced to revise our rules on what constitutes a differential. In the 2017/18 season, after testing the waters with selection, there are just not enough differentials with the classification in each position from years past, so we have introduced position specific rules regarding what is and isn't a wildcard/differential player in the FPL that we believe is representative to the game this season.
Goalkeepers
- Any shot stopper outside of the top 8 selected. A differential Goalkeeper is now considered outside of the top bracket due to the overwhelming ownership selection % of the top 8 GK's for any one Gameweek.
- A GK's ownership must not exceed 10%
Defenders
- A Defender's ownership must fall below 8%, with the top 20 owned defenders all harbouring 8% ownership or more.
- The Outsider Rule: This new rule applies to defenders who are the last defensive option in a team who we provide an exception to as the 4th of 5th most owned defender from one team if they offer a different value. For Example, if Chelsea or Spurs have three defenders with 10% plus ownership, and their 4th defender choice has downwards of 10% ownership, we will include them as a differential, as they are outside of the common conversation when picking defenders, even from within their own squad. This rule will mostly be used when adding defenders from top half clubs, who lack proper differential status for their defensive options.
Midfielders
- Any Midfielder under 8% ownership is classified as a differential.
- Our percentage criteria of 8% is due to a greater wealth of premium midfielders. There is a monopoly of top midfielders for most Premier League clubs, leaving only a handful of Midfielders that provide differential options on a weekly basis.
Forwards
- The top 10 most owned Forwards in the FPL at any given time can not be touched as a differential.
- Any Forward outside of the 10% ownership range, who is not in the top 10 owned forwards.
DIFFERENTIALS: 2018/19 SEASON PERFORMANCE
To help track our progress throughout the 2018/19 season, below you can check how our wildcard selections have done by week to week in the Fantasy Premier League when compared to the average points in a single Gameweek.
Average Points (2018/19):
53 (1), 60 (2), 50 (3), 44 (4), 47 (5), 52 (6), 51 (7), 50 (8), 43 (9), 58 (10), 52 (11), 48 (12), 50 (13), 49 (14), 45 (15) 55 (16), 43 (17), 55 (18), 59 (19), 50 (20), 54 (21), 49 (22), 53 (23), 42 (24), 65 (25), 57 (26), 35 (27), 53 (28), 40 (29), 48 (30), 26 (31), 73 (32), 36 (33), 54 (34), 67 (35), 69 (36), 48 (37), 51 (38)
Total Points: 1,935 points
Best Average Gameweek: Gameweek 32, 73 points
Worst Average Gameweek: Gameweek 31, 26 points
Wildcard Points (2018/19):
41 (1), 24 (2), 32 (3), 22 (4), 46 (5), 37 (6), 44 (7), 43 (8), 38 (9), 50 (10), 27 (11), 32 (12), 35 (13), 40 (14), 37 (15), 53 (16), 26 (17), 28 (18), 53 (19), 27 (20), 40 (21), 25 (22), 31 (23), 32 (24), 42 (25), 31 (26), 22 (27), 51 (28), 41 (29), 16 (30), 11 (31), 52 (32), 15 (33), 25 (34), 59 (35), 46 (36), 21 (37), 43 (38)
Total Points: 1,338 points
Best Wildcard Gameweek: Gameweek 35 - 59 points, 5 player returns
Worst Wildcard Gameweek: Gameweek 11 - 11pts, 1 player return
Gameweek Wildcard History: 2018/19 Season
Gameweek 1: 41 points, 5 player returns
Newcastle 1-2 Spurs: Davinson Sanchez (5pts)
Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace: Patrick van Aanholt (11pts)
Huddersfield 0-3 Chelsea: David Luiz (5pts)
Man United 2-1 Leicester: Alexis Sanchez (5pts)
Liverpool 4-0 West Ham: Naby Keita (3pts)
Southampton 0-0 Burnley: Mohamed Elyounoussi (1pt)
Arsenal 0-2 Man City: Riyad Mahrez (1pt)
Bournemouth 2-0 Cardiff: Josh King (2pts)
Watford 2-0 Brighton: Andre Gray (2pts)
Wolves 2-2 Everton: Raul Jimenez (6pts)
Gameweek 2: 24 points, 2 player returns
Cardiff 0-0 Newcastle: Kenedy (1pt)
Everton 2-1 Southampton: Cenk Tosun (2pts)
Leicester 2-0 Wolves: Jamie Vardy (-1pt)
Spurs 3-1 Fulham: Dele Alli (5pts)
West Ham 1-2 Bournemouth: Felipe Anderson (1pt)
Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal: Kepa Arrizabalaga (2pts)
Burnley 1-3 Watford: Roberto Pereyra (2pts)
Man City 6-1 Huddersfield: Raheem Sterling (0pts)
Brighton 3-2 Man United: Eric Bailly (1pt)
Crystal Palace 0-2 Liverpool: James Milner (11pts)
Gameweek 3: 32 points, 1 player return
Arsenal 3-1 West Ham: Sokratis (1pt)
Wolves 1-1 Man City: David Silva (1pt)
Bournemouth 2-2 Everton: Ryan Fraser (2pts)
Huddersfield 0-0 Cardiff: Jon Stankovic (0pts)
Southampton 1-2 Leicester: Danny Ings (2pts)
Liverpool 1-0 Brighton: James Milner (3pts)
Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Fulham 4-2 Burnley: Alexsander Mitrovic (16pts)
Newcastle 1-2 Chelsea: Pedro (2pts)
Man United 0-3 Spurs: Romelu Lukaku (2)
Gameweek 4: 22 points, 1 player return
Leicester 1-2 Liverpool: Joe Gomez (2pts)
Brighton 2-2 Fulham: Pascal Gross (-1pt)
Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth: Alvaro Morata (2pts)
Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton: Mamadou Sakho (1pt)
Everton 1-1 Huddersfield: Cenk Tosun (2pts)
West Ham 0-1 Wolves: Raul Jimenez (2pts)
Man City 2-1 Newcastle: David Silva (2pts)
Cardiff 2-3 Arsenal: Nacho Monreal (0pts)
Burnley 0-2 Man United: Romelu Lukaku (12pts)
Watford 2-1 Spurs: Dele Alli (2pts)
Gameweek 5: 46 points, 6 player returns
Spurs 1-2 Liverpool: James Milner (2pts)
Bournemouth 4-2 Leicester: James Maddison (8pts)
Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff: Antonio Rudiger (2pts)
Huddersfield 0-1 Crystal Palace: Wayne Hennessey (6pts)
Man City 3-0 Fulham: Aymeric Laporte (6pts)
Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette (5pts)
Watford 1-2 Man United: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Wolves 1-0 Burnley: Rui Patricio (6pts)
Everton 1-3 West Ham: Cenk Tosun (2pts)
Southampton 2-2 Brighton: Danny Ings (7pts)
Gameweek 6: 37 points, 4 player returns
Brighton 0-2 Spurs: Michel Vorm (0pts)
Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle: Patrick van Aanholt (6pts)
Man United 1-1 Wolves: Antonio Valencia (2pts)
Fulham 1-1 Watford: Andre Schurrle (2pts)
Cardiff 0-5 Man City: Raheem Sterling (6pts)
Leicester 3-1 Huddersfield: James Maddison (8pts)
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton: James Milner (1pt)
Burnley 4-0 Bournemouth: Josh King (2pts)
West Ham 0-0 Chelsea: Olivier Giroud (2pts)
Arsenal 2-0 Everton: Alexandre Lacazette (8pts)
Gameweek 7: 44 points, 5 player returns
West Ham 3-1 Man United: Chris Smalling (1pt)
Arsenal 2-0 Watford: Alexandre Lacazette (5pts)
Everton 3-0 Fulham: Lucas Digne (6pts)
Huddersfield 0-2 Spurs: Paulo Gazzaniga (7pts)
Man City 2-0 Brighton: Raheem Sterling (14pts)
Newcastle 0-2 Leicester: Martin Dubravka (2pts)
Wolves 2-0 Southampton: Raul Jimenez (5pts)
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool: James Milner (1pt)
Cardiff 1-2 Burnley: Aaron Lennon (1pt)
Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace: Josh King (2pts)
Gameweek 8: 43 points, 4 player returns
Brighton 1-0 West Ham: Anthony Knockaert (3pts)
Burnley 1-1 Huddersfield: Johann Berg Gudmundsson (7pts)
Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolves: Patrick van Aanholt (1pt)
Leicester 1-2 Everton: Jamie Vardy (2pts)
Spurs 1-0 Cardiff: Danny Rose (6pts)
Watford 0-4 Bournemouth: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Man United 3-2 Newcastle: Chris Smalling (1pt)
Fulham 1-5 Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette (12pts)
Southampton 0-3 Chelsea: Willian (3pts)
Liverpool 0-0 Man City: Joe Gomez (6pts)
Gameweek 9: 38 points, 4 player returns
Chelsea 2-2 Man United: Ross Barkley (6pts)
Bournemouth 0-0 Southampton: David Brooks (1pt)
Cardiff 4-2 Fulham: Andre Schurrle (7pts)
Man City 5-0 Burnley: Raheem Sterling (0pts)
Newcastle 0-1 Brighton: Martin Dubravka (2pts)
West Ham 0-1 Spurs: Toby Alderweireld (7pts)
Wolves 0-2 Watford: Willy Boly (1pt)
Huddersfield 0-1 Liverpool: Dejan Lovren (9pts)
Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace: Gylfi Sigurdsson (3pts)
Arsenal 3-1 Leicester: Jamie Vardy (2pts)
Gameweek 10: 50 points, 6 player returns
Brighton 1-0 Wolves: Mat Ryan (10pts)
Fulham 0-3 Bournemouth: Josh King (0pts)
Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff: Dejan Lovren (2pts)
Southampton 0-0 Newcastle: Alex McCarthy (6pts)
Watford 3-0 Huddersfield: Gerard Deulofeu (8pts)
Leicester 1-1 West Ham: Jamie Vardy (1pt)
Burnley 0-4 Chelsea: Antonio Rudiger (6pts)
Crystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal: Mesut Ozil (2pts)
Man United 2-1 Everton: Anthony Martial (9pts)
Spurs 0-1 Man City: Raheem Sterling (6pts)
Gameweek 11: 27 points, 2 player returns
Bournemouth 1-2 Man United: Anthony Martial (10pts)
Cardiff 0-1 Leicester: Jamie Vardy (2pts)
Everton 3-1 Brighton: Gylfi Sigurdsson (5pts)
Newcastle 1-0 Watford: Adam Masina (0pts)
West Ham 4-2 Burnley: Fabián Balbuena (1pt)
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Xherdan Shaqiri (1pt)
Wolves 2-3 Spurs: Hugo Lloris (2pts)
Man City 6-1 Southampton: John Stones (2pts)
Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace: Ross Barkley (2pts)
Huddersfield 1-0 Fulham: Andre Schurrle (2pts)
Gameweek 12: 32 points, 2 player returns
Cardiff 2-1 Brighton: Glenn Murray (2pts)
Huddersfield 1-1 West Ham: Felipe Anderson (9pts)
Leicester 0-0 Burnley: Jamie Vary (2pts)
Newcastle 2-1 Bournemouth: David Brooks (2pts)
Southampton 1-1 Watford: Kiko Femenia (2pts)
Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs: Erik Lamela (3pts)
Liverpool 2-0 Fulham: Xherdan Shaqiri (8pts)
Chelsea 0-0 Everton: Alvaro Morata (2pts)
Arsenal 1-1 Wolves: Mesut Ozil (1pt)
Man City 3-1 Man United: Leroy Sane (1pt)
Gameweek 13: 35 points, 3 player returns
Brighton 1-1 Leicester: Ben Chilwell (2pts)
Everton 1-0 Cardiff: Gylfi Sigurdsson (11pts)
Fulham 3-2 Southampton: Andre Schurrle (7pts)
Man United 0-0 Crystal Palace: Luka Milivojevic (2pts)
Watford 0-3 Liverpool: Xherdan Shaqiri (3pts)
Watford 0-4 Man City: John Stones (0pts)
Spurs 3-1 Chelsea: Alvaro Morata (2pts)
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal: David Brooks (5pts)
Wolves 0-2 Huddersfield: Willy Boly (1pt)
Burnley 1-2 Newcastle: Kenedy (2pts)
Gameweek 14: 40 points, 5 player returns
Cardiff 2-1 Wolves: Callum Paterson (2pts)
Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley: Patrick van Aanholt (7pts)
Huddersfield 1-2 Brighton: Alex Pritchard (1pt)
Leicester 2-0 Watford: Jamie Vardy (8pts)
Man City 3-1 Bournemouth: Leroy Sane (5pts)
Newcastle 0-3 West Ham: Salomon Rondon (2pts)
Southampton 2-2 Man United: Stuart Armstrong (6pts)
Chelsea 2-0 Fulham: Alvaro Morata (2pts)
Arsenal 4-2 Spurs: Heung-Min Son (5pts)
Liverpool 1-0 Everton: Xherdan Shaqiri (2pts)
Gameweek 15: 37 points, 3 player returns
Bournemouth 2-1 Huddersfield: Josh King (2pts)
Brighton 3-1 Crystal Palace: Patrick van Aanholt (1pt)
West Ham 3-1 Cardiff: Javier Hernandez (2pts)
Watford 1-2 Man City: Fabian Delph (2pts)
Burnley 1-3 Liverpool: Xherdan Shaqiri (8pts)
Everton 1-1 Newcastle: Yerry Mina (2pts)
Fulham 1-1 Leicester: James Maddison (10pts)
Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga (1pt)
Man United 2-2 Arsenal: Romelu Lukaku (1pt)
Spurs 3-1 Southampton: Heung-Min Son (8pts)
Gameweek 16: 53 points, 5 player returns
Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool: Xherdan Shaqiri (3pts)
Arsenal 1-0 Huddersfield: Bernd Leno (7pts)
Burnley 1-0 Brighton: Lewis Dunk (2pts)
Cardiff 1-0 Southampton: Stuart Armstrong (2pts)
Man United 4-1 Fulham: Diogo Dalot (1pt)
West Ham 3-2 Crystal Palace: Robert Snodgrass (8pts)
Chelsea 2-0 Man City: Gabriel Jesus (1pt)
Leicester 0-2 Spurs: Heung-Min Son (14pts)
Newcastle 1-2 Wolves: Salomon Rondon (5pts)
Everton 2-2 Watford: Lucas Digne (10pts)
Gameweek 17: 26 points, 3 player returns
Man City 3-1 Everton: Bernardo Silva (2pts)
Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester: James Maddison (1pt)
Huddersfield 0-1 Newcastle: Salomon Rondon (7pts)
Spurs 1-0 Burnley: Heung-Min Son (1pt)
Watford 3-2 Cardiff: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Wolves 2-0 Bournemouth: Diogo Jota (4pts)
Fulham 0-2 West Ham: Javier Hernandez (5pts)
Brightpn 1-2 Chelsea: Antonio Rudiger (2pts)
Southampton 3-2 Arsenal: Sead Kolasinac (0pts)
Liverpool 3-1 Man United: Dejan Lovren (2pts)
Gameweek 18: 28 points, 3 player returns
Wolves 0-2 Liverpool: Nathaniel Clyne (1pt)
Arsenal 3-1 Burnley: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (0pts)
Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton: Josh King (5pts)
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester: Willian (2pts)
Huddersfield 1-3 Southampton: Danny Ings (8pts)
Man City 2-3 Crystal Palace: Gabriel Jesus (2pts)
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham: Salomon Rondon (2pts)
West Ham 0-2 Watford: Robert Snodgrass (2pts)
Cardiff 1-5 Man United: Romelu Lukaku (0pts)
Everton 2-6 Spurs: Christian Eriksen (6pts)
Gameweek 19: 53 points, 5 player returns
Fulham 1-1 Wolves: Sergio Rico (4pts)
Burnley 1-5 Everton: Gylfi Sigurdsson (11pts)
Crystal Palace 0-0 Cardiff: Vicente Guaita (9pts)
Leicester 2-1 Man City: Riyad Mahrez (1pt)
Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle: Xherdan Shaqiri (8pts)
Man United 3-1 Huddersfield: Victor Lindelof (2pts)
Spurs 5-0 Bournemouth: Christian Eriksen (13pts)
Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Sead Kolasinac (1pt)
Watford 1-2 Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga (2pts)
Southampton 1-2 West Ham: Danny Ings (2pts)
Gameweek 20: 27 points, 3 player returns
Brighton 1-0 Everton: Gylfi Sigurdsson (1pt)
Fulham 1-0 Huddersfield: Sergio Rico (9pts)
Leicester 0-1 Cardiff: Jamie Vardy (2pts)
Spurs 1-3 Wolves: Christian Eriksen (1pt)
Watford 1-1 Newcastle: Gerard Deulofeu (5pts)
Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: Dejan Lovren (5pts)
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea: Andros Townsend (2pts)
Burnley 2-0 West Ham: Robert Snodgrass (0pts)
Southampton 1-3 Man City: Danny Ings (0pts)
Man United 4-1 Bournemouth: Jesse Lingard (2pts)
Gameweek 21: 40 points, 5 player returns
Everton 0-1 Leicester: Yerry Mina (0pts)
Arsenal 4-1 Fulham: Sead Kolasinac (7pts)
Cardiff 0-3 Spurs: Christian Eriksen (9pts)
Bournemouth 3-3 Watford: David Brooks (2pts)
Chelsea 0-0 Southampton: Kepa Arrizabalaga (7pts)
Huddersfield 1-2 Burnley: Steve Mounie (8pts)
West Ham 2-2 Brighton: Marko Arnautovic (4pts)
Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace: Morgan Gibbs-White (1pt)
Newcastle 0-2 Man United: Salomon Rondon (2pts)
Man City 2-1 Liverpool: Dejan Lovren (0pts)
Gameweek 22: 25 points, 1 player return
West Ham 1-0 Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette (2pts)
Brighton 0-1 Liverpool: James Milner (1pt)
Burnley 2-1 Fulham: Tom Heaton (2pts)
Cardiff 0-0 Huddersfield: Sol Bamba (8pts)
Crystal Palace 1-2 Watford: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Leicester 1-2 Southampton: Ben Chilwell (0pts)
Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle: Kepa Arrizabalaga (2pts)
Everton 2-0 Bournemouth: Gylfi Sigurdsson (3pts)
Spurs 0-1 Man United: Christian Eriksen (2pts)
Man City 3-0 Wolves: David Silva (3pts)
Gameweek 23: 31 points, 4 player returns
Wolves 4-3 Leicester: Conor Coady (-1pt)
Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham: Nathaniel Clyne (6pts)
Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace: Joel Matip (1pt)
Man United 2-1 Brighton: Jesse Lingard (2pts)
Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff: Salomon Rondon (5pts)
Southampton 2-1 Everton: Ademola Lookman (2pts)
Watford 0-0 Burnley: Gerard Deulofeu (2pts)
Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea: Alexandre Lacazette (8pts)
Huddersfield 0-3 Man City: John Stones (0pts)
Fulham 1-2 Spurs: Christian Eriksen (6pts)
Gameweek 24: 32 points, 3 player returns
Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff: Alexandre Lacazette (7pts)
Fulham 4-2 Brighton: Ryan Babel (7pts)
Huddersfield 0-1 Everton: Gylfi Sigurdsson (3pts)
Wolves 3-0 West Ham: Diogo Jota (6pts)
Man United 2-2 Burnley: Anthony Martial (0pts)
Newcastle 2-1 Man City: Danilo (1pt)
Bournemouth 4-0 Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuaín (2pts)
Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace: Jannik Vestergaard (2pts)
Liverpool 1-1 Leicester: Naby Keita (2pts)
Spurs 2-1 Watford: Christian Eriksen (2pts)
Gameweek 25: 42 points, 6 player returns
Spurs 1-0 Newcastle: Fernando Llorente (4pts)
Brighton 0-0 Watford: Pascal Gross (6pts)
Burnley 1-1 Southampton: Tom Heaton (3pts)
Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield: Kepa Arrizabalaga (6pts)
Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham: Patrick van Aanholt (6pts)
Everton 1-3 Wolves: Diogo Jota (5pts)
Cardiff 2-0 Bournemouth: Josh King (2pts)
Leicester 0-1 Man United: Jamie Vardy (1pt)
Man City 3-1 Arsenal: David Silva (2pts)
West Ham 1-1 Liverpool: Joel Matip (1pt)
Everton 0-2 Man City: David Silva (6pts)
Gameweek 26: 31 points, 2 player returns
Fulham 0-3 Man United: Victor Lindelöf (0pts)
Crystal Palace 1-1 West Ham: Michy Batshuayi (1pt)
Huddersfield 1-2 Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette (9pts)
Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth: Xherdan Shaqiri (0pts)
Southampton 1-2 Cardiff: Oumar Niasse (2pts)
Watford 1-0 Everton: Gerard Deulofeu (3pts)
Brighton 1-3 Burnley: Pascal Gross (2pts)
Spurs 3-1 Leicester: Christian Eriksen (13pts)
Man City 6-0 Chelsea: Nicolás Otamendi (0pts)
Wolves 1-1 Newcastle: Miguel Almiron (1pt)
Gameweek 27: 22 points, 2 player returns
Cardiff 1-5 Watford: Oumar Niasse (2pts)
West Ham 3-1 Fulham: Marko Arnautovic (4pts)
Burnley 2-1 Spurs: Christian Eriksen (2pts)
Bournemouth 1-1 Wolves: Artur Boruc (1pt)
Newcastle 2-0 Huddersfield: Miguel Almiron (3pts)
Leicester 1-4 Crystal Palace: Andros Townsend (2pts)
Arsenal 2-0 Southampton: Sead Kolasinac (8pts)
Man United 0-0 Liverpool: Naby Keita (0pts)
Gameweek 28: 51 points, 5 player returns
Cardiff 0-3 Everton: Gylfi Sigurdsson (16pts)
Huddersfield 1-0 Wolves: Diogo Jota (3pts)
Leicester 2-1 Brighton: Harvey Barnes (2pts)
Newcastle 2-0 Burnley: Miguel Almiron (3pts)
Arsenal 5-1 Bournemouth: Sead Kolasinac (4pts)
Southampton 2-0 Fulham: Nathan Redmond (6pts)
Chelsea 2-0 Spurs: Gonzalo Higuaín (2pts)
Crystal Palace 1-3 Man United: Michy Batshuayi (2pts)
Liverpool 5-0 Watford: Joel Matip (6pts)
Man City 1-0 West Ham: Nicolás Otamendi (7pts)
Gameweek 29: 41 points, 4 player returns
Spurs 1-1 Arsenal: Christian Eriksen (2pts)
Bournemouth 0-1 Man City: Vincent Kompany (1pt)
Brighton 1-0 Huddersfield: Glenn Murray (0pts)
Burnley 1-3 Crystal Palace: Chris Wood (2pts)
Man United 3-2 Southampton: Romelu Lukaku (12pts)
Wolves 2-0 Cardiff: John Ruddy (7pts)
West Ham 2-0 Newcastle: Fabian Schär (0pts)
Watford 2-1 Leicester: James Maddison (2pts)
Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuaín (8pts)
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: Joel Matip (7pts)
Gameweek 30: 16 points, 0 player returns
Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton: Michy Batshuayi (2pts)
Cardiff 2-0 West Ham: Manuel Lanzini (1pt)
Huddersfield 0-2 Bournemouth: David Brooks (3pts)
Leicester 3-1 Fulham: Ben Chilwell (2pts)
Newcastle 3-2 Everton: Martin Dubravka (1pt)
Southampton 2-1 Spurs: Toby Alderweireld (0pts)
Man City 3-1 Watford: Bernardo Silva (2pts)
Liverpool 4-2 Burnley: Joel Matip (1pt)
Chelsea 1-1 Wolves: Gonzalo Higuaín (2pts)
Arsenal 2-0 Man United: Romelu Lukaku (2pts)
Gameweek 31: 11 points, 1 player return
Bournemouth 2-2 Newcastle: Ayoze Perez (1pt)
Burnely 1-2 Leicester: Youri Tielemans (5pts)
West Ham 4-3 Huddersfield: Declan Rice (1pt)
Fulham 1-2 Liverpool: Joel Matip (2pts)
Everton 2-0 Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuaín (2pts)
Gameweek 32: 52 points, 4 player returns
Fulham 0-2 Man City: David Silva (3pts)
Brighton 0-1 Southampton: Glenn Murray (2pts)
Burnley 2-0 Wolves: Diogo Jota (2pts)
Crystal Palace 2-0 Huddersfield: Michy Batshuayi (2pts)
Leicester 2-0 Bournemouth: Youri Tielemans (7pts)
Man United 2-1 Watford: Chris Smalling (2pts)
West Ham 0-2 Everton: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2pts)
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle: Sead Kolasinac (5pts)
Cardiff 1-2 Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuaín (2pts)
Liverpool 2-1 Spurs: Joel Matip (2pts)
Watford 4-1 Fulham: Gerard Deulofeu (1pt)
Wolves 2-1 Man United: Diogo Jota (8pts)
Chelsea 3-0 Brighton: Gonzalo Higuaín (0pts)
Man City 2-0 Cardiff: David Silva (0pts)
Spurs 2-0 Crystal Palace: Christian Eriksen (14pts)
Gameweek 33: 15 points, 1 player return
Southampton 1-3 Liverpool: Joel Matip (2pts)
Bournemouth 1-3 Burnley: Josh King (2pts)
Huddersfield 1-4 Leicester: Ben Chilwell (2pts)
Newcastle 0-1 Crystal Palace: Salomon Rondon (2pts)
Everton 1-0 Arsenal: Alexandre Lacazette (2pts)
Chelsea 2-0 West Ham: Kepa Arrizabalaga (5pts)
Gameweek 34: 25 points, 2 player returns
Leicester 0-1 Newcastle: Youri Tielemans (1pt)
Spurs 4-0 Huddersfield: Hugo Lloris (6pts)
Brighton 0-5 Bournemouth: Matthew Ryan (0pts)
Burnley 2-0 Cardiff: Tom Heaton (7pts)
Fulham 2-0 Everton: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2pts)
Southampton 3-1 Wolves: Diogo Jota (2pts)
Man United 2-1 West Ham: Romelu Lukaku (2pts)
Crystal Palace 1-3 Man City: Andros Townsend (2pts)
Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: Naby Keita (3pts)
Watford 0-1 Arsenal: Troy Deeney (-2pts)
Brighton 0-2 Cardiff: Glenn Murray (2pts)
Gameweek 35: 59 points, 5 player returns
Man City 1-0 Spurs: Kevin De Buyne (1pt)
Bournemouth 0-1 Fulham: Josh King (2pts)
Huddersfield 1-2 Watford: Andre Gray (2pts)
West Ham 2-2 Leicester: Kasper Schmeichel (1pt)
Wolves 0-0 Brighton: Diogo Jota (3pts)
Newcastle 3-1 Southampton: Ayoze Perez (17pts)
Everton 4-0 Man United: Romelu Lukaku (2pts)
Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace: Shkodran Mustafi (0pts)
Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool: Joel Matip (6pts)
Chesea 2-2 Burnley: Callum Hudson-Odoi (2pts)
Spurs 1-0 Brighton: Hugo Lloris (6pts)
Watford 1-1 Southampton: Andre Gray (9pts)
Wolves 3-1 Arsenal: Diogo Jota (8pts)
Man United 0-2 Man City: Kevin De Buyne (0pts)
Gameweek 36: 46 points, 5 player returns
Liverpool 5-0 Huddersfield: Jordan Henderson (6pts)
Spurs 0-1 West Ham: Toby Alderweireld (2pts)
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton: Christian Benteke (2pts)
Fulham 1-0 Cardiff: Ryan Babel (9pts)
Southampton 3-3 Bournemouth: Nathan Redmond (5pts)
Watford 1-2 Wolves: Gerard Deulofeu (2pts)
Brighton 1-1 Newcastle: Ayoze Perez (7pts)
Leicester 3-0 Arsenal: Youri Tielemans (9pts)
Burnley 0-1 Man City: John Stones (1pt)
Man United 1-1 Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga (3pts)
Gameweek 37: 21 points, 1 player return
Everton 2-0 Burnley: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2pts)
Bournemouth 1-0 Spurs: David Brooks (0pts)
West Ham 3-0 Southampton: Michail Antonio (3pts)
Wolves 1-0 Fulham: Will Norris (1pt)
Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool: Jordan Henderson (2pts)
Chelsea 3-0 Watford: Andreas Christensen (6pts)
Huddersfield 1-1 Man United: Victor Lindelof (2pts)
Arsenal 1-1 Brighton: Bernd Leno (3pts)
Cardiff 2-3 Crystal Palace: Patrick van Aanholt (0pts)
Man City 1-0 Leicester: Youri Tielemans (2pts)
Gameweek 38: 43 points, 5 player returns
Brighton 1-4 Man City: Pascal Gross (5pts)
Burnley 1-3 Arsenal: Ashley Barnes (5pts)
Crystal Palace 5-3 Bournemouth: Mark Travers (1pt)
Fulham 0-4 Newcastle: Salomon Rondon (6pts)
Leicester 0-0 Chelsea: Youri Tielemans (3pts)
Liverpool 2-0 Wolves: Divock Origi (2pts)
Man United 0-2 Cardiff: Mason Greenwood (2pts)
Southampton 1-1 Huddersfield: Nathan Redmond (10pts)
Spurs 2-2 Everton: Christian Eriksen (7pts)
Watford 1-4 West Ham: Troy Deeney (2pts)
Best Gamweek Wildcard Player(s)
GW1: Patrick van Aanholt (Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace) - 11pts
GW2: James Milner (Crystal Palace 0-2 Liverpool) - 11pts
GW3: Alexsander Mitrovic (Fulham 4-2 Burnley) - 16pts
GW4: Romelu Lukaku (Burnley 0-2 Man United) - 12pts
GW5: James Maddison (Bournemouth 4-2 Leicester) - 8pts
GW6: James Maddison (Leicester 3-1 Huddersfield) - 8pts
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal 2-0 Everton) - 8pts
GW7: Raheem Sterling (Man City 2-0 Brighton) - 14pts
GW8: Alexandre Lacazette (Fulham 1-5 Arsenal) - 12pts
GW9: Dejan Lovren (Huddersfield 0-1 Liverpool) - 9pts
GW10: Mat Ryan (Brighton 1-0 Wolves) - 10pts
GW11: Anthony Martial (Bournemouth 1-2 Man United) - 10pts
GW12: Felipe Anderson (Huddersfield 1-1 West Ham) - 9pts
GW13: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton 1-0 Cardiff) - 11pts
GW14: Jamie Vardy (Leicester 2-0 Watford) - 8pts
GW15: James Maddison (Fulham 1-1 Leicester) - 10pts
GW16: Heung-Min Son (Leicester 0-2 Spurs) - 14pts
GW17: Salomon Rondon (Huddersfield 0-1 Newcastle) - 7pts
GW18: Danny Ings (Huddersfield 1-3 Southampton) - 8pts
GW19: Christian Eriksen (Spurs 5-0 Bournemouth) - 13pts
GW20: Sergio Rico (Fulham 1-0 Huddersfield) - 9pts
GW21: Christian Eriksen (Cardiff 0-3 Spurs) - 9pts
GW22: Sol Bamba (Cardiff 0-0 Huddersfield) - 8pts
GW23: Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea) - 8pts
GW24: Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff) - 7pts
Ryan Babel (Fulham 4-2 Brighton) - 7pts
GW25: Pascall Gross (Brighton 0-0 Watford) - 6pts
Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield) - 6pts
Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham) - 6pts
David Silva (Everton 0-2 Man City) - 6pts
GW26: Christian Eriksen (Spurs 3-1 Leicester) - 13pts
GW27: Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal 2-0 Southampton) - 8pts
GW28: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Cardiff 0-3 Everton) - 16pts
GW29: Romelu Lukaku (Man United 3-2 Southampton) - 12pts
GW30: David Brooks (Huddersfield 0-2 Bournemouth) - 3pts
GW31: Youri Tielemans (Burnley 1-2 Leicester) - 5pts
GW32: Christian Eriksen (Spurs 2-0 Crystal Palace) - 14pts
GW33: Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea 2-0 West Ham) - 5pts
GW34: Tom Heaton (Burnley 2-0 Cardiff) - 7pts
GW35: Ayoze Perez (Newcastle 3-1 Southampton) - 17pts
GW36: Youri Tielemans (Leicester 3-0 Arsenal) - 9pts
Ryan Babel (Fulham 1-0 Cardiff) - 9pts
GW37: Andreas Christensen (Chelsea 3-0 Watford) - 6pts
GW38: Nathan Redmond (Southampton 1-1 Huddersfield) - 10pts
Notes on the best Wildcard picks each week:
- Ayoze Perez (NEW) provided the best individual return of the season. Perez scored a hat-trick against Southampton during Gameweek 35.
- Gameweek 30 was the only round of games this season when none of our picks returned, leaving David Brooks (BOU) as the only player from the 38 weeks who didn't manage a return.
Differential Analysis: Player Results (2018/19)
Goalkeeper Selections (34/380):
Kepa Arrizabalaga (CHE): 8 appearances, 3 returns, 28 points
Hugo Lloris (TOT): 3 appearances, 2 returns, 14 points
Sergio Rico (FUL): 2 appearances, 2 returns, 13 points
Tom Heaton (BUR): 3 appearances, 1 return, 12 points
Mat Ryan (BHA): 2 appearances, 1 return, 10 points
Bernd Leno (ARS): 2 appearances, 1 return, 10 points
Vicente Guaita (CRY): 1 appearance, 1 return, 9 points
Paulo Gazzaniga (TOT): 1 appearance, 1 return, 7 points
John Ruddy (WOL): 1 appearance, 1 return, 7 points
Wayne Hennessey (CRY): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Alex McCarthy (SOU): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Rui Patricio (WOL): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Martin Dubravka (NEW): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 5 points
Artur Boruc (BOU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Kasper Schmeichel (LEI): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Mark Travers (BOU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Will Norris (WOL): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Michel Vorm (TOT): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Defender Selections (82/380):
Patrick van Aanholt (CRY): 7 appearances, 4 returns, 32 points
Joel Matip (LIV): 9 appearances, 3 returns, 28 points
Sead Kolasinac (ARS): 6 appearances, 4 returns, 25 points
Dejan Lovren (LIV): 5 appearances, 2 returns, 18 points
Lucas Digne (EVE): 2 appearances, 2 returns, 16 points
Antonio Rudiger (CHE): 3 appearances, 1 return, 10 points
Toby Alderweireld (TOT): 3 appearances, 1 return, 9 points
Joe Gomez (LIV): 2 appearances, 1 return, 8 points
Sol Bamba (CAR): 1 appearance, 1 return, 8 points
Nathaniel Clyne (BOU & LIV): 2 appearances, 1 return, 7 points
Nicolás Otamendi (MCI): 2 appearances, 1 return, 7 points
Andreas Christensen (CHE): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Aymeric Laporte (MCI): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Ben Chilwell (LEI): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 6 points
Danny Rose (TOT): 1 appearance, 1 return, 6 points
Davinson Sanchez (TOT): 1 appearance, 1 return, 5 points
David Luiz (CHE): 1 appearance, 1 return, 5 points
Chris Smalling (MUN): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 4 points
Victor Lindelof (MUN): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 4 points
John Stones (MCI): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 3 points
Antonio Valencia (MUN): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Kiko Femenia (WAT): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Lewis Dunk (BHA): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Jannik Vestergaard (SOU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Yerry Mina (EVE): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 2 points
Eric Bailly (MUN): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Sokratis (ARS): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Willy Boly (WOL): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 1 point
Fabian Balbuena (WHU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Diogo Dalot (MUN): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Danilo (MCI): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Declan Rice (WHU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Vincent Kompany (MCI): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Fabian Schar (NEW): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Shkodran Mustafi (ARS): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Jon Stankovic (HUD): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Adam Masina (WAT): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Nacho Monreal (ARS): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Conor Coady (WOL): 1 appearance, 0 returns, -1 point
Midfielder Selections (1159/380):
Christian Eriksen (TOT): 12 appearances, 7 returns, 77 points
Gylfi Sigurdsson (EVE): 8 appearances, 4 returns, 53 points
Diogo Jota (WOL): 9 appearances, 5 returns, 41 points
Xherdan Shaqiri (LIV): 8 appearances, 3 returns, 33 points
James Maddison (LEI): 5 appearances, 3 returns, 29 points
Heung-Min Son (TOT): 4 appearances, 3 returns, 28 points
Youri Tielemans (LEI): 6 appearances, 3 returns, 27 points
Raheem Sterling (MCI): 5 appearances, 3 returns, 26 points
Gerard Deulofeu (WAT): 6 appearances, 2 returns, 21 points
Nathan Redmond (SOU): 3 appearance, 3 returns, 21 points
Anthony Martial (MUN): 3 appearances, 2 returns, 19 points
James Milner (LIV): 6 appearances, 1 return, 19 points
Andre Schurrle (FUL): 4 appearances, 2 returns, 18 points
David Silva (MCI): 7 appearances, 1 return, 17 points
Ryan Babel (FUL): 2 appearances, 2 returns, 16 points
David Brooks (BOU): 6 appearances, 1 return, 13 points
Pascal Gross (BHA): 4 appearances, 2 returns, 12 points
Felipe Anderson (WHU): 2 appearance, 1 return, 10 points
Robert Snodgrass (WHU): 3 appearances, 1 return, 10 points
Ross Barkley (CHE): 2 appearances, 1 return, 8 points
Stuart Armstrong (SOU): 2 appearances, 1 return, 8 points
Naby Keita (LIV): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 8 points
Jordan Henderson (LIV): 2 appearances, 1 return, 8 points
Miguel Almiron (NEW): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 7 points
Dele Alli (TOT): 2 appearances, 1 return, 7 points
Johann Berg Gudmundsson (BUR): 1 appearance, 1 return, 7 points
Leroy Sane (MCI): 2 appearances, 1 return, 6 points
Andros Townsend (CRY): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 6 points
Alexis Sanchez (MUN): 1 appearance, 1 return, 5 points
Willian (CHE): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 5 points
Jesse Lingard (MUN): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 4 points
Bernardo Silva (MCI): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 4 points
Erik Lamela (TOT): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 3 points
Anthony Knockaert (BHA): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 3 points
Michail Antonio (WHU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 3 points
Mesut Ozil (ARS): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 3 points
Kenedy (NEW): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 3 points
Roberto Pereyra (WAT): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Callum Peterson (CAR): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Ryan Fraser (BOU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Pedro (CHE): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Luka Milivojevic (CRY): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Fabian Delph (MCI): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Ademola Lookman (EVE): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Harvey Barnes (LEI): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Riyad Mahrez (MCI): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 2 points
Callum Hudson-Odoi (CHE): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 2 points
Manuel Lanzini (WHU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Mohamed Elyounoussi (SOU): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Alex Pritchard (HUD): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Felipe Anderson (WHU): 2 appearance, 1 return, 10 points
Aaron Lennon (BUR): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Morgan Gibbs-White (WOL): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 1 point
Kevin De Bruyne (MCI): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 1 point
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (ARS): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 0 points
Forward Selections (105/380):
Alexandre Lacazette (ARS): 9 appearances, 7 returns, 58 points
Romelu Lukaku (MUN): 8 appearances, 2 returns, 33 points
Salomon Rondon (NEW): 8 appearances, 4 returns, 31 points
Ayoze Perez (NEW): 3 appearances, 2 returns, 25 points
Danny Ings (SOU): 5 appearances, 2 returns, 19 points
Josh King (BOU): 9 appearances, 1 return, 19 points
Jamie Vardy (LEI): 9 appearances, 1 return, 19 points
Gonzalo Higuaín (CHE): 6 appearances, 1 return, 18 points
Alexsander Mitrovic (FUL): 1 appearance, 1 return, 16 points
Raul Jimenez (WOL): 3 appearances, 2 returns, 13 points
Andre Gray (WAT): 3 appearances, 1 return, 13 points
Troy Deeney (WAT): 7 appearances, 0 returns, 10 points
Alvaro Morata (CHE): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 8 points
Steve Mounie (HUD): 1 appearance, 1 return, 8 points
Marko Arnautovic (WHU): 2 appearances, 2 returns, 8 points
Javier Hernandez (WHU): 2 appearances, 1 return, 7 points
Michy Batshuayi (CRY): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 7 points
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (EVE): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 6 points
Cenk Tosun (EVE): 3 appearances, 0 returns, 6 points
Glenn Murray (BHA): 4 appearances, 0 returns, 6 points
Ashley Barnes (BUR): 1 appearance, 1 return, 5 points
Fernando Llorente (TOT): 1 appearance, 1 return, 4 points
Oumar Niasse (CAR): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 4 points
Gabriel Jesus (MCI): 2 appearances, 0 returns, 3 points
Olivier Giroud (CHE): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Christian Benteke (CRY): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Divock Origi (LIV): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Chris Wood (BUR): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
Mason Greenwood (MUN): 1 appearance, 0 returns, 2 points
WEEKLY WILDCARDS: HALL OF FAME
To honour the exceptional diamonds in the rough, below is a a Hall of Fame highlighting the top performing differentials in our Weekly Wildcards article series, now into its fourth season.
2015/16: Top 5 Differentials 1 - Troy Deeney (WAT): 15 appearances, 77 points 2 - Christian Fuchs (LEI): 10 appearances, 48 points 3 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (SWA): 6 appearances, 43 points 4 - Nicolas Otamendi (MCI): 9 appearances, 39 points 5 - Daniel Sturridge (LIV): 5 appearances, 38 points
2016/17: Top 5 Differentials 1 - Marcos Alonso (CHE): 9 appearances, 70 points 2 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (SWA): 8 appearances, 62 points 3 - Patrick van Aanholt (SUN & CRY): 6 appearances, 55 points 4 - Troy Deeney (WAT): 13 appearances, 47 points 5 - Gini Wijnaldum (LIV): 10 appearances, 45 points
2017/18: Top 5 Differentials
1 - Eden Hazard (CHE): 15 appearances, 79 points 2 - Alexis Sanchez (ARS & MUN): 21 appearances, 79 points 3 - Riyad Mahrez (LEI): 13 appearances, 73 points 4 - Wilfried Zaha (CRY): 13 appearances, 67 points
5 - Ederson (MCI): 13 appearances, 63 points
2018/19: Top 5 Differentials
1 - Christian Eriksen (TOT): 12 appearances, 77 points
2 - Alexandre Lacazette (ARS): 9 appearances, 58 points
3 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (EVE): 8 appearances, 53 points
4 - Xherdan Shaqiri (LIV): 8 appearances, 33 points
5 - Romelu Lukaku (MUN): 8 appearances, 33 points
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