2023/24 FPL Season: Bonus Points Explained | FPL Guide

Bonus Point have been an integral part of Fantasy Premier League since 2002. Bonus points are a vital element of the scoring in FPL. BPS system became fully active from the 2012/13 season from the Opta Era.

The equilibrium of BPS points was changed somewhat in the initial two seasons however has been unaltered since 2015/16. The worth of a saves and an effective tackle multiplied, while the significance of pass culmination was diminished by a third. Effective dribbles weren’t compensated until the second year of the BPS. These days, they supply a variety of information in the form of XML records.

However, Opta aren’t simply worried about live match information. After the full-time whistle has blown their post-match group dominates, auditing the game detailed breakdown. What’s more, before an XML record is set apart as ‘protected to utilize’, a subsequent post-match group finishes its checks.

So changes in the match information can happen for quite a while after a game has wrapped up. Just the early openers on an end of the week have any possibility of having their checks finished when extra focuses are added.

Basically, intensive and precise video examination sets aside time. Fortunately, Opta’s three-venture measure guarantees that we, as Fantasy directors, don’t need to hang tight days for our extra focuses or for positions to refresh. Be that as it may, it implies there’s an odd event when players are duped.

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Bonus Points in FPL Explained

Let’s take an example, following Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, Bobby Firmino narrowly missed out on BAP,

It’s totally unreasonable to anticipate that Opta should have assessed the match, in full, one hour after the last whistle. Extra focuses are added while that cycle is occurring. What’s more, however great as the live information seems to be, there will definitely be a couple of mistakes.

At the end of the day, events like this are generally uncommon. Also, while it will be baffling to miss out the odd point sometimes, the on-occasion lightning-speedy turnaround between Gameweeks implies there’s little space for error for FPL to postpone adding extra focuses and refreshing positions – regardless of whether that was alluring.

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Compound Events:

 Players earn BPS points based on the following statistics:

FPL Bonus points ties are resolved as follows:

– If there is a tie for first place, Players 1 & 2 will receive 3 points each and Player 3 will receive 1 point.

– If there is a tie for second place, Player 1 will receive 3 points and Players 2 and 3 will receive 2 points each.

– If there is a tie for third place, Player 1 will receive 3 points, Player 2 will receive 2 points and Players 3 & 4 will receive 1 point each.

The single event that earns the most BPS points is a forward scoring a goal. If that goal-scoring forward also plays more than 60 minutes they would have a base of 30 BPS, putting them firmly in the mix when the bonus points are dished out. However, compound events can allow other players to rival those up front. Depending on the type of goal, playmakers can earn more than just the nine BPS points for the assist: if the chance they create is deemed a big chance they will gain an additional three BPS; most assists are key passes, according to the BPS, so that’s an extra point; and if the assist came from a cross in open-play or a free-kick, that’s yet another point. 

For an example, if a player misses a big chance and the ball ricochet back and falls on the feet of someone who scores then the player gets an assist with nine BPS but would lose three BPS points for missing the chance which results to only six BPS points for him.

Eventually, an assist isn’t always just an assist – other factors can enhance or reduce its value.

In FPL not all ‘assists’ are ‘chances created’ because the game also includes fantasy assists but considering only the narrower Opta definition of an assist, they are all chances created too.

Players who put in lots of crosses benefit from a quirk in the BPS not only because successful crosses are rewarded, but also because unsuccessful crosses don’t count as failed passes which is important when it comes to pass completion.

So, as a defender, if Alexander-Arnold makes it past the hour mark and keeps a clean sheet, he’ll add another 18 BPS points to his tally taking him up to 32. Two better than the goal-scoring forward.

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