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Best budget midfielders(5M-6.5M) @OfficialFPL 20/21

With so many premium options like Salah, Mane, KDB, Auba at midfield, we are finding it hard this year to fit majority of them in our #GW1 squad while not destroying the squad balance.

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In order to boost our squad with more premium mids, we need to find budget but effective mids.

So, in this article, I have picked out few players & will analyse their performance post project restart(GW30+to GW38+) to find out the players in form at the tail end of last season.
Traore(6.5M)-The Spanish muscle man in the last 9 Gws played 534 mins, started 5 of them.

Although he played only 3 mins less than Foden, he had only 9 Shots on goal(26th among all mids priced <=6.5m) & 3 of them were on target.

Post restart, he had 4 big chances(2nd best..
.. at his price range).Although he had an xG of 1.68(9th best at his price bracket), he scored none.He assisted twice in the same time frame with an xA of 0.91.

Watch him in the first 2 GWs & if he keeps starting & finds some rhythm, he is certainly a good pick between GW3-GW7.
Jota(6.5M)-The wolves forward who scored back to back double digit points before lock down is somebody who is pretty explosive on his day.

In the 2nd half of the 18/19 season he was the player who had the highest xg & highest no.of big chances among all mids at his price range.
Post project restart he had 3 big chances but he converted only 1 of them.

He created 2 big chances in that time frame with penalty area touches as 31(3rd best among mids at his price range).

If he can replicate his form from 2nd of 18/19 season, at 6.5M, he is a bargain.
Foden(6.5M)-Starting 6 of the 9 matches post lockdown, he played 537 mins. Only Sterling,JDB,Jesus played 100+ minutes more than him.

With Silva's departure this summer his minutes should be more secure.

Post restart, he had the most no. of shots(24), 2nd best no. of SOT(9),..
..most no. of shots inside box(18), 2nd best no. of BC(4), most no. of penalty area touches(47).

He scored 5 goals for ManC(just behind Sterling).

The good part about him is, he is available at almost half of the price than the premium city options with so much high ceiling.
Bowen(6.5M)-The English winger with a goal in his debut for WHU this season is somebody who is getting overshadowed by the likes of Soucek(5.0m).

The man who is also designated for few set piece duties for Hammers is also somebody who had the 2nd most penalty area touches(37),.
.,best figure of BCC(4), highest no. of assists(4, Soucek having 0 assists) among all mids at his price bracket.

Although he didn't score any but his xG was 1.0 & xA was 2.42.

If Hammers starts well then he can well be considered as an option in midfield when fixtures favors.
Soucek(5.0M)- Unarguably the most kindly priced mid by @officialfpl this season is none other than Soucek.

The man whom Hammers brought from Slavia Praha on loan this winter is surely somebody who is pretty attacking in nature.

Post restart, he had 3rd most no. of shots(18)..
..4th best no. of SOT(7), 3rd most no. of SIB(14), 2nd best no. of BC(3) among mids at his price range.

He scored all 3 of his goals from inside the box.

If you are trying to squeeze in max. no. of premiums for your GW1 squad he is definitely somebody whom you can cosnider.
ASM(5.5M)-Remember the retweet from @asaintmaximin on @fpl_Swe's post "You can say hate too much but you shouldnn't say love too much".

This french winger, post restart had played in 8 matches.

He scored 1 goal with having a xG of 1.75 & he had 3 assists(The 2nd most..
..across all mids at his price range).

In the same time frame he had 15 shots, only 1 less than Trossard & 7(only 2 less than Foden & 3 more than Trossard) of them were on target.

He created 3 big chances, 2nd most at his price bracket.

One to consider for your GW1 squad.
Trossard(6.0M)- The talisman from Brighton who played close to 100 mins less than Maupay, had the highest xG(2.27) & 4th most xA(0.99) figure post restart in Brighton team.

Among 16 of his shots that he took in that time frame, 15(just behind Foden across mids at his price)..
..were from inside the box.

He had 5 big chances post lockdown, highest across all mids at his price range.

He scored 2 goals & assisted once in that period.

He is somebody who should definitely be in your watchlist & whom you can consider to bring in post GW3.
JWP(6.0M)-A lot of love around for Armstrong in #fplcommunity, I am going to talk about JWP from #saintsfc. Why?? Please read further.

Starting GW30+, JWP had the 2nd most no. of shots(20, 5 more than Armstrong), most no. of SOT(10, 2 more than Armstrong), 2nd most no. of..
..big chances(4, 3 more than Armstrong) with the highest xG(3.09) at his price bracket across all mids in FPL.

He is also on set piece duties for Saints including the penalty duty too.

One to consider for our GW1 squad specially looking at Saints kind run of fixtures at start.
Matheues(6.0M)- Last but not the least the Samba star, starting 38 out of the 42 matches in the season had the most no. of assists(16) in EFL this year.

He had created 20 big chances(8 more than Benrahma) in the season.This talisman from WBA had the 2nd most(8) no. of goals...
.. this year in EFL.

Outside Mitrovic, any player from promoted teams if I would recommend at the moment, it has to be him.

He is surely somebody who should be at least in your watch list.

Consider to bring him in post GW3, if this talisman from WBA looks promising at start.
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