After an underwhelming DGW which saw Haaland and Kane get limited points, we are back with our captain picks for FPL Gameweek 21, as we dust off the disappointment of DGW20.
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Note: “Returns” ~ player topping the metrics getting points returns and not necessarily the highest scoring option of the week. Metrics total points so far: 328 points(24+10+12+34+34+18+12+46+12+4+6+26+14+10+2+26+12+10+16)
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FPL GW21 Captaincy poll ~ Wisdom Of the Crowd
Without any surprises, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland tops the polls yet again. He’s followed by Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah and Tottenham’s Harry Kane. The candidates list is rounded up by Ivan Toney and Kevin DeBruyne.
Further Read: Best FPL GW21 Differential Picks(<10% TSB)
Underlying Numbers of the FPL Gameweek 21 Captain picks
Erling Haaland tops our picks for Underlying Numbers. With 17 Shots Inside the Box, 10 Big Chances in total, and an xG total of 4.50, as the striker leads the Attacking Stats factor for players in consideration.
Brentford’s Ivan Toney comes in behind Haaland, with 14 Shots Inside the Box, 10 Big chances and an xG total of 4.03.
Mohammed Salah rounds up the podium places at third amassing 15 Shots Inside the Box, 7 Big Chances and xG total of 3.30.
Harry Kane just about gets beaten to fourth place with 16 Shots Inside the Box , 3 Big Chances and an xG of 2.64.
Haaland’s teammate Kevin DeBruyne with 4 Shots inside the box, 0 Big Chances and xG of 0.93 finishes last for attacking numbers for individual players.
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Underlying Numbers of the Candidate’s Teams
Manchester City have the best underlying numbers of the teams in comparison in the last 6 games. A total of 69 Shots Inside the Box and 21 Big Chances, helps in boosting their xG to 12.88, which is the highest of all teams in question.
Liverpool come in second behind Manchester City, with 59 Shots Inside the Box, their 23 Big Chances in Total and xG at 11.13 pushes them to second in our tables.
Brentford come in behind Liverpool with 42 Shots Inside the Box, 18 Big Chances in total and an xG of 9.77.
Lastly, Tottenham have the weakest underlying numbers of all teams involved in our picks, with 50 Shots Inside the Box, 13 Big Chances in Total and an xG of 7.33.
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Fixture Difficulty of the candidate team in FPL GW21
In the Third Phase of the Article, we look at the Fixture Difficulty of our 5 Candidates.
We will 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.
Manchester City lead the teams with a 91% chance of scoring at least 1 goal this Gameweek, and also have a 55% chance of scoring more than 2 goals this week.
Liverpool come in behind City, with an 82% of scoring at least 1 goal this Gameweek and a 29% chance of scoring more than 2 goals this Gameweek.
Tottenham have been given an 78% scoring at least 1 Goal this GW, while their odds to score at least 2 goals this Gameweek is at 25%.
Brentford come last of the teams, with an 73% chance of scoring at least 1 goal this gameweek, and a 18% chance of scoring more than 2 goals this Gameweek.
Further Read: FPL GW21 Odds Preview: Goals, Clean Sheets & Predicted Points
Projections Rank of our FPL Gameweek 21 Captain Picks
In the Fourth Phase of the article, I have used the Anytime Returns and Projected Points Tools available at Fantasy Football Hub. With the help of the Anytime Returns Tool, I have derived the Safety Rank, which helps in determining the Safest Captaincy Option of the week, while I have used the Projected Points Tool to determine the Explosion Rank, which helps in determining the Most Explosive Option of the week.
I have then averaged the Two Ranks to churn out the Average Rank Factor, which I have used to determine the Safest yet Explosive option.
Erling Haaland has the highest Anytime Returns Projections at 77%, while his Projected Points stand at 8.8 for the week.
Harry Kane has an Anytime Returns Projection at 76%, and the highest Projected Points at 8.6 this week, just behind the Manchester City talisman.
Kevin De Bruyne has an Anytime Returns Projections of 66% while the Projected Points stand at 6.6, which puts him in third place.
Ivan Toney has an Anytime Returns Projections at 53% and Projected Points at 5.3, and is tied last at the last spot with Mohammed Salah last, who has an Anytime Returns Projections at 49% and Projected Points at 5.6 .
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Conclusion – Final Rank from our FPL Gameweek 21 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.
As has been the case all season, it is Erling Haaland, who comes out on top with a CRF Value of 4.
His teammate, Kevin De Bruyne with a CRF value of 10 comes second behind Haaland, showing why he is such a strong pick again for the restart. Mohammed Salah only manages to finish third with a CRF value of 13, who beats Harry Kane and Ivan Toney who have a CRF value of 15 each.
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