GW33 turned out to be a huge week for the metrics and the managers. The metrics gave out a bold call which showed Salah toping it and he registered a massive haul of 19 points, the extra effort in analyzing Ronaldo proved to be fruitful as well with the United attacker scoring a hatrick for a 17-point haul. But there’s little time to celebrate as we are closing on another deadline. In our FPL Gameweek 34 captaincy picks and metrics let’s see who will come out on top in a week which sees the popular options being Chelsea assets, Salah and KDB.
Metrics record this season: 27/33 this season
Link to all our FPL Gameweek 34 blogs. Our blogs cover a wide range of topics including the best free hit drafts, captaincy, transfer trends, player comparisons, chip strategy, differentials, and more.
FPL GW34 Captaincy poll ~ Wisdom Of the Crowd
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The polls this week is again split between the double gameweek assets and the single gameweek options with good fixtures. Mount tops the poll with nearly 37% of the votes, Salah comes second with nearly 32% of the votes. Havertz and James finish third and fourth with close to 10% vote. KDB with a great fixture comes fifth in the voting in this week’s FPL Gameweek 34 Captain Picks poll by our readers.
Further Read: FPL GW34 Differential Picks to Consider Ahead of Gameweek 34 Deadline
Underlying Numbers of the FPL Gameweek 34 Captain picks
As expected, Salah tops the underlying numbers for yet another week with an impressive xG of 4.77. Havertz is second with an xG of 4.33. Mount and KDB are close with Mount slightly above in xG compared with KDB and ends up third whereas KDB is fourth. It’s always tough for a defender to compete with attackers in this half of the metrics and James comes last.
Further Read: Who Are The Best Chelsea Assets To Consider For FPL DGW34?
Underlying Numbers of the Candidate’s Teams
Man City ate at the top of the xG ranks in the last six games and take the first spot for the team attack rank. Chelsea assets pick the second spot with an xG of 12.63. Liverpool are last(weird) with a minor difference of 0.2 xG compared with Chelsea. There’s no rank three for Liverpool because of three Chelsea assets with a rank 2, so this means Liverpool rank 5th.
Further Read: FPL GW34 Wildcard Team & Drafts to Consider | Wildcard Guide
Fixture Difficulty of the candidate team in FPL GW34
In the Third Phase of the article, We use Drafthound’s odds for a Team scoring at least One goal in the Gameweek and the Odds of Scoring more than 2.5 goals in the Gameweek as a whole. You can check out the same as well for free on Drafthound along with fixture analysis, predicted analysis, and more.
With the Double Gameweek for Chelsea against West Ham and Manchester United and Liverpool, Man City having single gameweeks- Chelsea top the odds for at least one goal at 97% and odds of scoring more than 2.5 goals at 76%. Liverpool and Manchester City despite the single Gameweek have good odds for scoring more than 2.5 goals because of the opposition they are up against- Everton and Watford.
Projections Rank of our FPL Gameweek 34 Captain Picks
In the Fourth Phase of the article, We have used the Anytime Returns and Projected Points Tools available at Fantasy Football Hub.
James tops the projections with a 79% chance of return across the two games and a points projection of 9.3. KDB is close behind even though he’s a single gameweek option with a 78% chance of return and 8.8 points projected.
Mount has the second-highest projection of 9.1 points and is third overall for safety and explosion rank. Havertz meanwhile ends last even though he has decent numbers which however isn’t close to the other four options.
Further Read: FPL Chip Strategy For The Remainder Of The Season | All Scenarios
Conclusion – Final Rank from our FPL Gameweek 34 Captaincy metric analysis
In the Fifth and Final Phase of the article, I have aggregated the Ranks derived above to pull out the Cumulative Rank Factor (CRF). The Candidate having the lowest Cumulative Rank Factor is the most ideal Captaincy Option according to this metric.
Mount(9) and James(9) finish on top and are the best captaincy options ahead of GW34 as per the metrics. Havertz(10) runs them close but Mount(9) and James(9) finish above Havertz with a CRF difference of 1. Salah and KDB surprsingly finish 4th and 5th on the metrics largely due to the Single Gameweek fixtures compared to Chelsea’s Double Gameweek fixtures.
Further Reads from ALLABOUTFPL Ahead of FPL Gameweek 34:
Who Are The Best Chelsea Assets To Consider For FPL DGW34?
FPL GW34 Wildcard – Teams and Players to Target
FPL GW34 Differential Picks to Consider Ahead of Gameweek 34 Deadline
FPL Gameweek 34 Analysis | Players To Buy, Hold And Sell
Mount vs Havertz Comparison Ahead of FPL GW34
FPL GW34 Wildcard Team & Drafts to Consider | Wildcard Guide
Best FPL GW34 Free Hit Drafts To Consider | Free Hit Guide
FPL Chip Strategy For The Remainder Of The Season | All Scenarios
How to Effectively Use Free Transfers Till The End of The FPL Season
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