The Best FPL Forwards for the final stretch: Whom to own and why?

With 5 game weeks “Potentially 6 for some teams” FPL managers are now entering the final and crucial stage of the season. The phase we are all entering into must be focused upon each FPL manager’s goal: Top 500 – Top 1k – Top 10K – Top 50k …etc. Or even winning your mini-league rivals. In this article, I’ll be focusing on the Best FPL Forwards who are expected to secure some points per their upcoming run of fixtures as well as their underlying stats, and also i will be covering why I chose those players with respect to some of their opponents defensive numbers that we may rely on.

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Harry Kane 💰 11.8 – TSB: 44.7 %

Upcoming Fixtures: SHU(H) – lee(A) – WOL(H) – AVL (H) – lei(A)

As you are reading this topic at the moment, Harry Kane sits on the top of the EPL scoreboard and assists this season scoring 21 Goals combined with average 27 passes per match with a pass completion rate of 70% resulting 13 assists

A quick look on the English Striker stats during the last 6 Gameweeks:

Goals/Assists: 5/0
Mins Per Goal Attempt In Box: 34.5

Mins Per Shot On Target: 49.9
Mins Per xGi: 97.4
Goal attempts(Inside the box ): 22(13)

Spurs will face the 3rd , 6th and the 10th worst defense in the entire league the next three games Sheffield , Leeds & Wolves respectively

The below tables showing the poor defensive stats for Sheffield vs Leeds vs Wolves the past 6 gameweeks:

Further Read: Buy, Hold, Sell Player Analysis Ahead of FPL GW34

Calvert-Lewin 💰 7.5 – TSB: 27.2 %

Upcoming Fixtures: AVL(H) – whu+avl(A) – SHU(H) – WOL (H) – mci(A)

Everton is one team whom are expected to have a double game week, As per @BenCrellin, The below table is showing the potential fixtures for FPL DGW35.

If the above is confirmed then Everton is facing whu + avl and ( away from the Goodison park ) followed by SHU and WOL at Home

DCL is not having his best period for the past few weeks, however lets try to dig into his stats [ GW1-GW20 vs GW21-GW33 ]:

Goals: 11 vs 3
Mins per attempt in Box: 36.5 vs 52.4
Mins per shot on target: 59.8 vs 76.2
Mins per Chances created: 187 vs 168
xG Non Penalty: 10 vs 4.09

The below heatmap clearly shows that Richarlison might become the new target man for Everton due to his presence near the penalty areas more than DCL.

To conclude, I am still picking DCL as fixtures against Aston Villa, Sheffield and wolves will not have enough space for Richarlison, and here will come the old role for DCL.

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Budget FPL Forwards

Patrick Bamford 💰 6.5 – TSB: 43.6 %

Upcoming Fixtures: bha(A) – TOT(H) – bur(A) – sou (A) – WBA(H)

The Leeds striker is the 2nd best scoring forward with 14 Goals and 7 Assists in 33 games achieving 165 points. Bamford -In my opinion- one of 5 best players in the league this season with respect to their lower cost 5.5 and now on 6.5.

Although it is a short period and not fully expressive, let’s have a quick look at Bamford’s stats with vs without Raphinha [ GW 30-31 vs GW32-33 ]:

Goals / Assists: 0/1 vs 0/0
Mins per Chances created: 28 vs 90
Mins per attempts in the box: 56.5 vs 36
Mins per shot on target: 113 vs 180
Mins per touch inside the box: 16.1 vs 20

The numbers are quite similar with no huge gap except for the chances created and shots on target. By looking regularly with the joint attack [GW20-GW30], FPL managers will find the numbers they are looking forward to land Bamford in their starting XI:

Goals / Assists: 4/4
Mins per Chances created: 81
Mins per attempts in box: 38.8
Mins per shot on target: 89.8
Mins per touch inside the box: 19

Accordingly, With the expected return of the Brazilian winger and the good run of upcoming fixtures for Leeds, I believe that Bamford is essential in our XI.

Further Read: Buy, Hold, Sell Player Analysis Ahead of FPL GW34

Chris Wood 💰 6.3 – TSB: 2.4 %

Upcoming Fixtures: WHU(H) – ful(A) – LEE(H) – LIV (H) – shu(A)

Since gameweek 27, No one scored Points more than Chris Wood other than Kane. Chris wood managed to score 6 goals and provided 3 assists in his last six appearances

During the last 6 gameweeks, the New Zealand striker is the TOP forward for Penalty touches (37),Goal attempts (22), Attempts inside the box(15) as well as Shots on target (11) with xGi = 3.79 ” 5th best “

Burnley will face 3 of the worst defenses in the league and a vulnerable liverpool backline in their next 5 games. Wood heatmap shows his presence at burnley’s left Flank as well as inside the box with 68% of his goal attempts come from inside the penalty area

Finally and worth mentioning, Chris Wood is on the Penalty duties for the Clarets.

Further Read: FPL GW 34 – Chip Strategy, Tips, and Team Reveal | FPLNima

Kelechi Iheanacho 💰 6.2 – TSB: 22.3 %

Upcoming Fixtures: sou(A) – NEW(H) – mun(a) – che (a) – TOT(H)

The incredible form for the Kelechi Iheanacho is crystal clear after his 3 double digits haul in his last 6 matches. Since Double Gameweek 26, the Nigerian striker has provided nine goals and one assist with total of 70 points (8.8 per game)

For the last 6 gameweeks, Iheanacho is 1st in the total attempts along with Chris Wood (22), 1st in Total big chances (6) equally to Vardy and Kane , 1st in the shots on target with Chris Wood each has 11 .

Iheanacho is also ranked 1st for the xGi = 5.37 as well as he is 2nd best in the penalty touches among all the league strikers (33) during the same period.

The above stats showing the superiority of Iheanacho compared with Jamie Vardy:

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