Welcome to the FPL Gameweek 35 Captaincy metrics blog. Blank GW34 was a pretty average one, with popular captaincy choice Bruno managing only an assist, while the pick of Captaincy Metrics, Mo Salah, also blanked. We look forward to GW35 as normalcy resumes with a full set of fixtures this week.
Total metrics points: 14 + 4 + 18 + 26 + 10 + 32 + 16 + 26 + 4 + 26 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 28 + 4 + 26 + 32 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 12 + 4 + 2 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 4 + 30 + 4+ 4 + 20 + 4 + 26 + 4= 444 points
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FPL GW35 Captaincy Metrics
Erling Haaland tops the captaincy poll this week with 50% of the votes against Everton (A). Bruno Fernandes is second with 20% of the votes as he faces Liverpool at home. Thiago is third in the captaincy poll this week with 6% of the votes. Gabriel is 4th as he faces Fulham (H). Finally, Cherki rounds up the captaincy picks for GW35, as he travels to Everton (A).
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Underlying Numbers of the FPL Gameweek 35 Captain Picks
Igor Thiago tops the table with 8 shots in the box, 5 Big chances, and an xG of 3.48 in the last six games.
Erling Haaland is 2nd with an xG of 3.20 in the last six games. He’s also had 8 big chances and 21 shots inside the box.
Cherki is 3rd with an xG of 1.50 in the last six games. He’s had 2 big chances and has had 18 shots inside the box.
Bruno Fernandes stands 4th with an xG of 1.33, managing 3 shots inside the box and 2 big chances in total.
Finally, Gabriel stands 5th with an xG of 0.16, managing 3 shots inside the box and 0 big chances in total.
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Underlying numbers of Candidate’s teams
Manchester City take the top spot and have registered 13.16 xG, 22 Big Chances, and 91 Shots inside the box in the last six games.
Brentford are up next with 49 shots inside the box and 17 big chances during the period, and an xG of 8.86.
Arsenal are fourth with 49 shots inside the box and 14 big chances during the period, and an xG of 8.69.
Manchester United are last with 50 shots inside the box and 15 big chances during the period, and an xG of 7.27.
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Fixture Difficulty of the Candidate Team in FPL GW35
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 2.0 goals in the Gameweek as a whole.
Arsenal have 93% odds to get at least one goal and 54% odds to get 2 or more Goals in GW35.
Manchester City are second with 90% odds to get at least one goal and 50% odds to get 2 or more Goals in GW35.
Brentford are third with 81% odds to get at least one goal and 23% odds to get 2 or more Goals in GW35.
Finally, Manchester United are last with 75% odds to get at least one goal and 14% odds to get 2 or more Goals in GW35.
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Projections Rank of our FPL Gameweek 35 Captain Picks
In the fourth phase of the article, I 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.
Haaland is first with an anytime returns projection of 64% and a 7.0 points projection in FPL Gameweek 35 vs Everton (A).
Gabriel is second with an anytime returns projection of 63% and a 6.5 points projection in FPL Gameweek 35 vs Fulham (H).
Thiago is third with an anytime returns projection of 58% and a 6.2 points projection in FPL Gameweek 35 vs West Ham (H).
Bruno Fernandes is fourth with an anytime returns projection of 55% and a 5.8 points projection in FPL Gameweek 35 vs Liverpool (H).
Finally, Cherki is last with an anytime returns projection of 46% and a 4.6 points projection in FPL Gameweek 35 vs Everton (A).
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Conclusion – Final Rank from our FPL Gameweek 35 Captaincy metrics
Erling Haaland is at the top of the captaincy metrics with a cumulative rank factor of 7. Gabriel is second with a CRF value of 9. Cherki and Thiago are third with a CRF value of 12 each. Finally, Bruno Fernandes is last with a CRF value of 18.
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