FPL / SKYFF / Premier League Notes (02/01/24)

Top scorers – Manchester City (45)
Best defence (least goals conceded) – Liverpool (18)
Most clean sheets – Liverpool (7), Arsenal (7) & Newcastle United (7)
Top points scoring goalkeeper – Alisson Becker (77)
Top points scoring defender – Trent Alexander-Arnold (97)
Top points scoring midfielder – Mohamed Salah (156)
Top points scoring forward – Ollie Watkins (120)
Top scorer(s) in the Premier League – Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland (14), Son Heung-Min & Dominic Solanke (12), Jarrod Bowen (11)
Top assister(s) in the Premier League – Ollie Watkins (11), Mohamed Salah (8), Bukayo Saka, Julian Álvarez – 8, Darwin Núñez (8), Pedro Neto (8), Kierran Trippier (7), Pedro Porro (7), Anthony Gordon (7), Moussa Diaby (7), Alfie Doughty (5), Vladimir Coufal (5), Trent Alexander-Arnold (4)
Most returns in 2023/24 – Mohamed Salah (22)
Games in hand/teams to to potentially have DGWs – Manchester City, Brentford, Bournemouth, Luton Town
Returned in 6 consecutive matches (clean sheets, assists or goals) – N/A (none)
Most goals conceded (20th) – Sheffield United (49)
Second most amount of goals conceded (19th) – Burnley (41)
Third most amount of goals conceded (18th) – Luton Town (37)
Best xG (Total) – teams – Liverpool (44.3)
Best Xg (Total) – players – Erling Haaland (14.95)
Best Xg (Total) – forwards – Erling Haaland (14.95)
Best xG (Total) – midfielders – Mohamed Salah (13.82)
Best xG (Total) – defenders – Matty Cash (3.72)
Best xG (Total) – fully fit/available (not flagged) strikers – Dominic Solanke (10.77)
Best xG (Total) – fully fit/available (not flagged) – midfielders – Jarrod Bowen (7.75)
Most bonus points (overall) – Mohamed Salah (21)
Most bonus points (forwards)  – Erling Haaland (15)
Most bonus points (defenders) – Trent Alexander-Arnold/Kieran Trippier (18)
Most bonus points (goalkeepers) – Neto/Bernd Leno (10)
SkyFF best goalkeeper (most points) – Alisson Becker (96)
SkyFF best defender (most points) – W.Saliba (118)
SkyFF best midfielder – Mohamed Salah (166)
SkyFF best forward – Erling Haaland (136)
Best xGA (expected goals against) – Arsenal (16.3)
Worst xGA (expected goals against) – Sheffield United (39.9)
Defences to potentially get at (defenders unavailable) – Nottingham Forest, Brighton
Top scoring team 11th-20th – Wolves (30)
Main 9s (limited back up options/no back up options in form) – Domic Solanke, Chris Wood
Main 10s (roughly speaking/may be open to interpretation) – Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Dejan Kulusevski, Morgan Gibbs-White (possibly), Buonannotte (possibly)
Main left backs/wing backs (limited out and out backs/no left backs/wing backs) – Alex Moreno, Hugo Bueno, Joe Gomez / vanilla but potentially reliable picks (6/8s/set piece takers/potential SkyFF picks – potential for tackles tier/passes tier bonus points) – Virgil Van Djk, Rodri, Declan Rice, James Ward-Prowse (possibly/potentially playing as a 10), Pascal Grob, Douglas Luiz
Players likely to get more starts/increased minutes – Diogo Jota, J.Pedro, Raúl Jimenez, Eberechi Eze (available again)
Highest scoring team outside of the top 4 – Tottenham (42)
Relatively cheap/budget ‘midfielders’ effectively playing as forwards in FPL (and in SkyFF) – Richarlison, Diogo Jota, Jarrod Bowen, Leon Bailey
Budget/cheap young (19-24) wide forwards – Michael Olise (currently a doubt at 75%), Wilson Odobert, Anthony Elanga
Cheap playing number 9s – Lyle Foster, Zeki Amdouni, Chris Wood
Best fixtures (ranked as a top 6 for the next 6) combined with form (underlying numbers/opinion) – Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Burnley
Improving fixtures from GW22 – Crystal Palace
Main first team players (in recent weeks) currently unavailable (potentially unvailable for the next 3 GWs or so due to injury/suspension/on international duty) – Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-Min, Mohammed Kudus, Paqueta (50%), Nayef Aguerd, Andy Robertson, Endo, Lucas Digne, Christian Romero, James Maddison, Nicolas Jackson, Alex Iwobi, Callum Wilson, Sensi
Potentially close to fitness again when Premier League action returns – Erling Haaland, Jéremy Doku (50% flagged), Hwang
Fit/available again – Kevin De Bruyne, Diogo Jota, Raúl Jimenez, Ivan Toney, Rasmus Højlund, Dejan Kulusevski

This post was partly produced through memory and with the use of FBREF/official Premier League (website)/Sky Sports Fantasy Football (website).

[ Slightly edited after originally posting on 05/01/24 at 01:12. ]

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