<p>This FPL strategy article will look at Rich P&#8217;s team for Gameweek 9.</p>
<p>The Using FPL Points as a Metric series uses data including FPL points scored by position and fixture tickers to act as a starting point for identifying transfer targets.</p>
<p>Last season, the team ranked 14k.</p>
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<h2>Gameweek 8 review</h2>
<p>After playing the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/what-is-the-fantasy-premier-league-wildcard-and-when-to-use-it">Wildcard</a> in Gameweek 8, a score of 54 points was a little underwhelming to be honest.</p>
<p>It gave me a small red arrow down to 411k though, and I feel I&#8217;m well set up for the coming weeks now, so I&#8217;ll take that as the positive.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-49608 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.52.06.jpg" alt="" width="646" height="906" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.52.06.jpg 646w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.52.06-214x300.jpg 214w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.52.06-610x856.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Both <strong>Aleksandr Mitrovic (£6.9m) </strong>and <strong>Andreas Pereira (£4.6m) </strong>underwhelmed against Nottingham Forest.</p>
<p>My punt, <strong>Miguel Almiron (£5.0m), </strong>under-scored his expected FPL points of 4.35 points to blank, despite having a couple of half-chances.</p>
<p>Leaving <strong>James Maddison (£7.9m) </strong>on the bench was a mistake, despite a bad fixture, but I&#8217;m pleased he&#8217;s in the squad now with a juicy run of fixtures coming up.</p>
<p><strong>Kieran Trippier (£5.3m)</strong> and<strong> Joao Cancelo (£7.1m) </strong>delivered for us, as did <strong>Erling Haaland (£12.0m) </strong>and captain <strong>Harry Kane (£11.4m)</strong>.</p>
<h2>The data</h2>
<h3>Goalkeepers</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49616 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.11.jpg" alt="" width="910" height="337" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.11.jpg 910w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.11-300x111.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.11-768x284.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.11-610x226.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>West Ham have conceded the most FPL points to opposition goalkeepers this season, with Newcastle scoring the most so far.</p>
<p>Anyone looking for a goalkeeper might fancy a punt on <strong>Jose Sa (£5.0m) </strong>with three of his next four games coming up against teams conceding the most FPL points to opposition goalkeepers.</p>
<p>Leicester also have a reasonable run but it&#8217;s tough to trust <strong>Danny Ward (£4.0m) </strong>right now.</p>
<h3>Defenders</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49617 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.42.jpg" alt="" width="910" height="339" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.42.jpg 910w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.42-300x112.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.42-768x286.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.47.42-610x227.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px" /></p>
<p>Bournemouth are conceding the most FPL points to opposition defenders.</p>
<p>The Cherries, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Wolves and Southampton are the teams you want your defenders to be playing against.</p>
<p>Spurs, Arsenal, Man City, Newcastle and Chelsea are the teams scoring the most defender FPL points.</p>
<p>West Ham vs Wolves could be our best bet for a 0-0 this week, given both teams are in the top-five teams conceding FPL points to opposition defenders.</p>
<h3>Midfielders</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49619 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.48.17.jpg" alt="" width="911" height="338" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.48.17.jpg 911w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.48.17-300x111.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.48.17-768x285.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.48.17-610x226.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Southampton, Bournemouth and Leicester are conceding the most FPL points to opposition midfielders by some distance.</p>
<p>Ideally I want midfielders facing these teams.</p>
<p>Wolves are just outside the five teams conceding the most FPL points to opposition midfielders.</p>
<p>So I feel that in players like <strong>Jarrod Bowen (£8.1m)</strong> and Maddison, I&#8217;m putting myself in a decent position to get lucky and grab some lowly owned returns.</p>
<p>At the time of writing, both of these players are less than 7% owned!</p>
<p>Almiron,while a punt, has a couple more decent fixtures and is cheap enough to bench if needed.</p>
<p>The teams who have the highest-scoring midfield units are Brighton, Manchester City, Leeds, Arsenal and Manchester United.</p>
<p>With Arsenal and Manchester City having a blank gameweek in Gameweek 12, I won&#8217;t be looking to add anyone from these teams at this stage.</p>
<h3>Forwards</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49620 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.49.03.jpg" alt="" width="896" height="338" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.49.03.jpg 896w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.49.03-300x113.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.49.03-768x290.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.49.03-610x230.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Nottingham Forest and Leicester are the two teams conceding the most FPL points to opposition forwards.</p>
<p>While Arsenal are not currently conceding many points to opposition forwards, Kane has an excellent record against the Gunners.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not considering him for captaincy but I&#8217;d be hopeful of a return.</p>
<p>Mitrovic has returned from international duty with a potential knock &#8211; not ideal a week after playing my Wildcard. He did however <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-players-international-action-roundup">play 93 minutes</a> in Serbia&#8217;s last game.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got £2.5m in the bank, which I&#8217;ve earmarked for <strong>Mohamed Salah (£12.9m) </strong>in Gameweek 12. But if I need to, I can upgrade Mitrovic to <strong>Ivan Toney (£7.3m) </strong>or downgrade him to<strong> Dominic Solanke (£5.7m)</strong>.</p>
<p>City and Brentford are the two teams scoring the most FPL points in the forward position, so the Toney move wouldn&#8217;t be a bad shout. Hopefully Mitrovic is fit and I can save a transfer.</p>
<h3>Points per game data</h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49624 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.46.49.jpg" alt="" width="728" height="668" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.46.49.jpg 728w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.46.49-300x275.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.46.49-610x560.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I look at this table to target specific fixtures and to see how teams are performing at home and away.</p>
<p>For my transfer targets and captaincy in any given week, I&#8217;ll be looking at how their opponents perform either at home or away.</p>
<h2>Gameweek 9 transfers</h2>
<p>The team currently looks like this:</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-49626 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.53.39.jpg" alt="" width="645" height="693" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.53.39.jpg 645w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.53.39-279x300.jpg 279w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.53.39-610x655.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>My plan is to roll the transfer. If Mitrovic is out long term, then I&#8217;d be tempted to move him on for either Solanke or Toney.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I&#8217;d be happy for <strong>Vladimir Coufal (£4.4m) </strong>to come in this week.</p>
<h2>Captaincy</h2>
<p>It seems like a tough week for captaincy this week, with no standout fixtures. Let&#8217;s take a look at the Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">Points Prediction</a> tool:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49627" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.53.17.jpg" alt="" width="636" height="664" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.53.17.jpg 636w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.53.17-287x300.jpg 287w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-15.53.17-610x637.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Seeing this, I&#8217;m happy to see the armband go to Haaland this week. A</p>
<p>t 81% ownership and seemingly fixture-proof, he&#8217;s a good bet for returns this week. I&#8217;ll put the vic-captaincy on Maddison, with his juicy fixture at home to Forest.</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-fpl-captain"><strong>See our bumper captaincy options article by Chris Tan for all the analysis you need to decide your own captain for this week</strong></a></li>
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<h2>Fantasy Football Hub My Team rating</h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49628" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.56.08.jpg" alt="" width="655" height="733" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.56.08.jpg 655w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.56.08-268x300.jpg 268w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-28-at-14.56.08-610x683.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As you can see above, the team is rated at 92% with a gameweek rank of 87%.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope I can get a decent green arrow this week and start to make a climb up the rankings.</p>
<p>I hope you’ve found this interesting, and it would be great to hear your thoughts on it.</p>
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