DGW 24 CAPTAINCY THREAD 🧵

Its double gameweek time! - but who do we captain then? I’ve put together some stats to help ease your decisions ⤵️

Likes and RTs appreciated
First off, do we captain an attacker or a defender?

In the last double gameweek, we saw hauls from lots of defenders. So in this thread, I’ll consider them as well as the usual attackers.
First off let’s have a look at the ATTACKERS
The CANDIDATES

▶️ Salah LEI (A)
▶️ Gundogan TOT (A) + EVE (A)
▶️ Sterling TOT (A) + EVE (A)
▶️ Foden TOT (A) + EVE (A)
▶️ Fernandes WBA (A)
▶️ DCL FUL (H) + MCI (H)
All stats per90 last 6 GWs📊

NPxG
1️⃣0.54 DCL
2️⃣0.52 Sterling
3️⃣0.37 Salah
4️⃣0.36 Gundogan
5️⃣0.30 Foden
6️⃣0.27 Fernandes
Sitb
1️⃣2.66 Sterling
2️⃣2.42 Salah
3️⃣2.28 Foden
4️⃣2.04 Gundogan
5️⃣2.01 DCL
6️⃣1.15 Fernandes
xA
1️⃣0.48 Fernandes
2️⃣0.36 Foden
3️⃣0.34 Gundogan
4️⃣0.27 Sterling
5️⃣0.22 Salah
6️⃣0.13 DCL
Big Chances
1️⃣1.02 Sterling
2️⃣0.94 Gundogan
3️⃣0.75 DCL
4️⃣0.75 Salah
5️⃣0.29 Fernandes
6️⃣0.21 Foden
Big Chances Created
1️⃣0.86 Fernandes
2️⃣0.47 Gundogan
3️⃣0.41 Foden
4️⃣0.20 Sterling
5️⃣0.19 Salah
6️⃣0.00 DCL
xPts
1️⃣7.8 Sterling
2️⃣7.7 Gundogan
3️⃣6.5 Fernandes
4️⃣6.4 Salah
5️⃣6.2 Foden
6️⃣5.4 DCL
Their FIXTURES

Stats for the season 📊
S (Shots conceded)
xGC (Expected goals conceded)
BC (Big Chances Conceded)

Gundogan + Sterling + Foden:

TOT (A)
xGC 1.31 (8th)
S 13.14 (14th)
BC 1.27 (2nd)

EVE (A)
xGC 1.46 (12th)
S 12.86 (12th)
BC 1.95 (13th)
Salah faces:

LEI (A)
xGC 1.27 (5th)
S 10.35 (5th)
BC 1.74 (8th)
Fernandes faces:

WBA (A)
xGC 2.08 (20th)
S 16.09 (20th)
BC 2.7 (20th)
DCL faces:

MCI (H)
xGC 0.77 (1st)
S 7.05 (1st)
BC 0.91 (1st)

FUL (H)
xGC 1.78 (18th)
S 12 (11th)
BC 2.64 (19th)
Now the DEFENDERS
If you’re choosing a defender, you’ll be picking from MAN CITY or BURNLEY realistically. That narrows it down to these candidates:

▶️ Mee
▶️ Tartowski
▶️ Pope
▶️ Lowton
▶️ Dias
▶️ Cancelo
▶️ Stones
▶️ Ederson
MAN CITY defensive statistics

This season
xGC 0.77 (1st)
S 7.05 (1st)
BC 0.91 (1st)

Last 6 GWs
xGC 0.42 (1st)
S 5.14 (1st)
BC 0.29 (1st)
BURNLEY’s defensive statistics

The Season
xGC 1.61 (16th)
S 14.73 (19th)
BC 1.82 (10th)

Last 6 GWs
xGC 1.73 (18th)
S 16.43 (19th)
BC 1.86 (=14th)
OTHER SOURCES of Points for defenders

xG
1️⃣0.18 Cancelo
2️⃣0.16 Stones
3️⃣0.15 Tartowski
4️⃣0.10 Mee
5️⃣0.05 Dias
6️⃣0.00 Lowton
xA
1️⃣0.17 Cancleo
2️⃣0.08 Mee
3️⃣0.03 Stones
4️⃣0.02 Lowton
5️⃣0.02 Dias
6️⃣0.02 Tartowski
BPS
1️⃣29.67 Stones
2️⃣29.05 Cancleo
3️⃣26.43 Dias
4️⃣21.71 Pope
5️⃣20.00 Ederson
6️⃣14.71 Mee
7️⃣12.71 Tartowski
8️⃣12.00 Lowton
Pts
1️⃣7.92 Cancelo
2️⃣7.83 Stones
3️⃣6.57 Dias
4️⃣5.43 Ederson
5️⃣3.86 Pope
6️⃣3.00 Mee
7️⃣2.14 Tartowski
8️⃣2.14 Lowton
Saves - important to note that goalkeepers can rack up extra points through saves. Number of saves this season p90

1️⃣4.04 Pope
2️⃣1.62 Ederson
the FIXTURES
(Attacking output for the season)

Burnley face:

CRY (A)
xG 1.05 (16th)
S 9.22 (17th)
BC 1.26 (16th)

FUL (H)
xG 1.31 (13th)
S 11.77 (12th)
BC 1.73 (12th)
Man City face:

EVE (A)
xG 1.40 (10th)
S 10.24 (15th)
BC 1.90 (9th)

TOT (A)
xG 1.64 (8th)
S 10.96 (13th)
BC 2.45 (5th)
CONCLUSION: take these stats w a pinch of salt. They’re interesting to look at but back your own gut feeling and all that 🙌
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