Ings has already hit form in pre-season with a goal in his first start for Villa, so his first 3 fixtures should be a treat for owners🔥
We can then move him on to Jimenez, who has some of the best fixtures in the league up until GW14 🤯
GW4: Targett ➡️ Tierney
Villa’s first 3 fixtures are there to attack, but then the fixtures get tough where can expect very few CSs ⚠️
That’s where moving to Tierney will have its upside, all the way up until GW11 the fixtures are bright green for Arsenal ✅
GW5: Greenwood ➡️ Raphinha
We can expect Greenwood to start the early season fixtures with doubts over Sancho starting early, Martial’s fitness, and Cavani being on an extended break 👀
He can be moved on for Raphinha’s green fixtures, one of the key men in the Leeds attack ✅
GW6: Toney ➡️ A.Armstrong
Toney is the perfect budget striker to start with, given he’s on pens and is Brentford’s main man 🔥
Armstrong should be very well settled in at Southampton by GW6, in time for his run of green fixtures until GW12 ✅
GW7: Bruno ➡️ Lukaku
It will definitely be difficult to fit in more than 2 premiums at a time, so Bruno may need to be sacrificed when the fixtures get sour for United 🤔
If Lukaku hits some form, we will all want him in for Chelsea’s good run from GW7 🔥
(2 FTs needed ⚠️)
GW7: Shaw ➡️ Chilwell
Shaw is a chance creating machine for United. Expect some assists in those easy run of games to start the season 🔥
You can move him on to Chilwell (or any other Chelsea defender) for their incredible run until GW14. Under Tuchel, expect plenty of CSs ✅
GW7: DCL ➡️ Bamford
GW7: Digne ➡️ Firpo
Fitting in an Everton asset from GW1 to 6 could be wise option 👀
Many will be aiming to have triple Leeds by GW7 for those 4 amazing fixtures until GW10. Bamford in particular, is one that many will fear not owning here ⚠️
GW10: Wilson ➡️ Wood
The talisman of Newcastle will definitely want to hit the ground running after his spell of injuries last season, and he has the fixtures to do so 👀
It’s then an easy switch to Wood until GW18, where Burnley tend to only do well against the easier teams ✅
Taking advantage of fixtures should not be neglected, as good fixtures can easily lead to good form ✅
However, it’s also important to not pencil in too many of these transfers in advance ‼️
Thank you for reading feel free to share if you found it helpful 🙏❤️
To end the thread, here are some great accounts in the community to follow 👇
Pros ✅
• £3m less than counterpart
• Strong attacking potential - 3 assists in pre-season
• On some set pieces
• Good starting fixtures (nor, BUR, CHE)
Cons ❌
• Milner can also play LB
• Blocks third Liverpool slot
• Robbo expected back GW3/4 the earliest
Amartey 🔵
Pros ✅
• Leicester currently have no other fit CBs
• Impressed v City in the community shield
• Good starting fixtures (WOL, whu, nor)
Cons ❌
• Leicester in the market for a new CB
• Evans expected back around GW4 at the earliest
• No attacking threat
• United’s 443 isn’t hindering Bruno from getting forward ✅
• Greenwood starting and scoring from RW then shifting to no.9 when Martial went off 🔥
• Everton defence in absolute shambles 🗑
• DCL out with a knock ⚠️
• Townsend (5.5) on set pieces 🤔
🐺Wolves 0-1 Celta Vigo
• Lage struggling to find a system that works for Wolves 😕
• Gibbs-White (4.5) benched ❌ - but subbed on after Traore’s poor performance 👀
• Ait-Nouri (4.5) also benched for Marcal ❌
• Hoever (4.0) starts but Semedo expected back for GW1 ❌
All stats are from the 2020/21 Championship & Bundesliga seasons and in the format ‘per 90 mins’
Heatmaps: very close one. Buendia has some good central positioning, whereas Bailey has more presence in the box. I think this slightly favours Bailey 🇯🇲🔥
🇦🇷Buendia v Bailey🇯🇲
Goals: 0.39 v 0.3 🇦🇷
xG: 0.30 v 0.2 🇦🇷
Shots: 2.86 v 1.93 🇦🇷
SoT: 0.93 v 0.84 🇦🇷
Conversion rate: 14% v 16% 🇯🇲
Big chances missed: 0.26 v 0.16 🇦🇷
Assists: 0.41 v 0.32 🇦🇷
xA: 0.32 v 0.24 🇦🇷
Chances created: 3.54 v 2.24 🇦🇷
BCC: 0.46 v 0.32 🇦🇷
I’ll be ranking the prospects of the players starting using the follow metrics, from highest chance of playing (✅), to clear avoids (❌)…
✅ Likely
👀 Watch
😕 Unlikely
❌ Avoid
Amartey (LEI) 🦊
Evans is currently injured and expected to spend some weeks on the sidelines. The only way Amartey can start is if Rodgers opts for a back 5, where Amartey will likely be the one to slot in at CB.