FPL Mid-Priced Strikers (£7.0 – £8.5 Mil) Analysis For 21/22 Season

The Premier League is back as is the 2021/22 Fantasy Premier League season, with costly strikers set to gobble up Fantasy Premier League managers’ financial plans this season, mid-priced forwards look more important than ever. For 2021/22, this price bracket is staffed by a large group of last season’s best value forwards, a considerable lot of whom have received significant price hikes. With the expense of our number one resources taking off, we have analyzed all the FPL mid priced strikers somewhere in the range of £7.0m and £8.5m to see which are best to consider for the start of the new campaign.

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FPL mid priced strikers ordered by starts in 20/21

1. Patrick Bamford LEE £8.0
2. Ollie Watkins AVL £7.5
3. Dominic Calvert-Lewin EVE £8.0
4. Edinson Cavani MUN £8.5
5. Callum Wilson NEW £7.5
6. Danny Ings SOU £8.0
7. Michail Antonio WHU £7.5
8. Kelechi Iheanacho LEI £7.5
9. Raúl Jiménez WOL £7.5

1. Patrick Bamford FWD LEE £8.0

Patrick Bamford 2020/21 FPL Stats:

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 38 (37)
Minutes per game: 81
⚽️ 17 goals   🅰️ 7 assists
Per game:   👟 2.8 shots   🔑 0.8 KPs
🎨 5 big chances created

If you play Fantasy Premier League, you’ll generally have a touch of additional affection for those uncommon players that give you an edge. For Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford, that player is himself. Although Leeds plays Manchester United, Everton, and Liverpool in the first 4 Gameweeks, he’s their main man, if you’re thinking of taking a risk then he’s a decent option.

The Leeds frontman was a significant threat when confronting sides who competed in the main 10 out of 2020/21. The insights show Bamford can flourish over that testing early timetable and demonstrate he merits the additional expense. His 56 shots, 49 shots in the box, 17 big chances, and 22 shots on target all came against such opponents. As the focal point of Marcelo Bielsa’s attacking group, the striker can legitimize his new expense and prize those backers with early rewards.

Further Read: FPL Budget Strikers (£4.5 – £6.5 Mil) Analysis Ahead Of 2021/22 Season

2. Ollie Watkins FWD AVL £7.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 37 (37)
Minutes per game: 90
⚽️ 14 goals   🅰️ 5 assists
Per game:   👟 2.6 shots   🔑 1.2 KPs
🎨 8 big chances created

Ollie Watkins was another forward who stepped up his output right from the beginning of the season. His work rate is exceptional, presses really high, main counter-attack threat likes to do lay-offs and can create some chances out of nowhere.

In the second half of the 20/21 campaign, he had a goal or an assist in 13 of his subsequent 21 appearances, in fact from Gameweek 20, Watkins recorded 43 shots inside the penalty area and 26 shots on target were both the top totals among forwards in Fantasy.

3 . Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD EVE £8.0

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 33 (32)
Minutes per game: 87
⚽️ 16 goals   🅰️ 0 assists
Per game:   👟 2.5 shots   🔑 0.5 KPs
🎨 1 big chances created

Calvert-Lewin was Everton’s standout attacker under Carlo Ancelotti last term. He was involved in a team-leading 54 percent of their goals, scoring 16 and assisting nine. He had an exceptional start to the campaign, he scored 10 goals and an assist in his first 9 games, blanking only one.

Everton has some mouth-watering opening fixtures but there might be a slight concern with the departure of Carlo Ancelotti but with Rafa Benítez coming in, he might operate in the 4-2-3-1 formation similar to the system he used and became very successful later on at Liverpool. In this formation, Calvert-Lewin becomes a very important player.

Further Read: Team to Target for Initial Few GW’s – Everton | FPL 21/22 Season

4. Edinson Cavani FWD MUN £8.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 26 (13)
Minutes per game: 53
⚽️ 10 goals   🅰️ 3 assists
Per game:   👟 1.3 shots   🔑 0.5 KPs
🎨 5 big chances created

Cavani ended the previous season scoring 6 goals from 13 games and assisting 2. He guaranteed to score goals even off the bench which resulted in more predictable run till mid 20 GWs prior to missing up another 4 games with a thump. In general of his 26 appearances, Cavani began just 13 matches which stays a reason of concern for most FPL supervisors.

This might be a very important season for him and he might start more games with respect to his debut season. Whenever he plays a full 90 minutes, his work rate and ability to find space in the opposition box makes him a real threat.

Further Read: Making the Case to be an FPL Asset This Season ~ Edinson Cavani

5. Callum Wilson FWD NEW £7.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 26 (23)
Minutes per game: 80
⚽️ 12 goals   🅰️ 5 assists
Per game:   👟 1.9 shots   🔑 0.7 KPs
🎨 4 big chances created

A positive run of early opponents can assist Newcastle United with partaking in a solid beginning to the new campaign. According to the FDR, only one of their opening nine matches scores more than three.

Further Read: FPL Season Review – How I became a Top 500 FPL Manager! | FPL Tips

6. Danny Ings FWD SOU £8.0

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 29 (26)
Minutes per game: 75
⚽️ 12 goals   🅰️ 4 assists
Per game:   👟 2.0 shots   🔑 0.8 KPs
🎨 3 big chances created

Danny Ings will be a very interesting pick as South’ton have a mixed start to the season facing Manchester United and Chelsea both, he had a very good 2019/20 season but his form dropped a bit in the 2020/21 season with injuries also playing a part in it., the forward was limited to just 26 starts last season due to injury yet had a major influence on the Southampton attack, he was involved in 48% of Saints’ goals, scoring 12 and assisting four. Ings’ numbers last season further shows his significance to the side. If Ings remains injury-free, he can possibly have a major impact on managers’ forward lines in 2021/22.

Further Read: FPL GoalKeepers for 2021/22 FPL season

7. Michail Antonio FWD WHU £7.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 26 (24)
Minutes per game: 76
⚽️ 10 goals   🅰️ 5 assists
Per game:   👟 2.4 shots   🔑 1.0 KPs
🎨 3 big chances created

With form hard to assess in front of another season, the main Fantasy administrators frequently center around choosing players from groups with the best opening apparatuses for their Gameweek 1 crew, and Michail Antonio certainly belongs to that group. He is exceptional in front of the goal and Hammers have a great run of fixtures in the opening weeks, he’ll be very influential if he remains fit.

Further Read: FPL Budget Strikers (£4.5 – £6.5 Mil) Analysis Ahead Of 2021/22 Season

8. Kelechi Iheanacho FWD LEI £7.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 25 (16)
Minutes per game: 58
⚽️ 12 goals   🅰️ 2 assists
Per game:   👟 2.4 shots   🔑 1.2 KPs
🎨 6 big chances created

Iheanacho produced wonders in the second half of the 20/21 campaign, scoring 12 goals and two assists from just 13 appearances. His link-up play with Vardy was top-class, he was so lethal in front of the goal scoring some absolute screamers. He compelled us to take him into our team. In the 21/22 campaign, he has already booked his place in 15.6% of squads.

Further Read: Mid-Priced FPL Midfielders (£7 – £9.5 Mil) Analysis and Comparison Ahead Of 2021/22 Season

9. Raúl Jiménez FWD WOL £7.5

Playing Position: CF
Appearances (starts): 10 (10)
Minutes per game: 82
⚽️ 4 goals   🅰️ 0 assists
Per game:   👟 2.6 shots   🔑 0.5 KPs
🎨 0 big chances created

Jimenez in the 2019/20 season, produced 24 attacking returns. He topped the shots charts for forwards in that season with 118 attempts and shots in the box (93), he was out in front for the creativity stakes this time, creating another 13 big chances for his teammates. Jimenez created 48 opportunities in total, second only to Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino. The striker landed in second on the xGI charts in 2019/20, with his total of 21.73 not far off first-placed Jamie Vardy (23.35).

In the 2020/21 campaign, Jimenez ranked fifth among all forwards for attempts (26) from Gameweeks 1 to 10 scoring but unfortunately, he sustained a fractured skull which ruled him out for the rest of the season. This will be a comeback season for him and with the new manager coming in with a run of easy fixtures in the beginning really makes him a strong candidate for the forward position. He’s owned by only 3.0% of managers which makes him a huge differential pick.

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