<p>This FPL strategy article will look at Rich P&#8217;s team for Gameweek 9, as he attempts to build on finishes of 15k and 42k in his last two seasons with his data-based approach.</p>
<p>The Using FPL Points as a Metric series uses data, including FPL points scored by position and our<a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker"> fixture ticker</a>, to act as a starting point for identifying transfer targets.</p>
<p>You can find out more about this series in this <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-tips-using-fpl-points-as-a-metric-introduction">introductory piece</a>. And see our other experts&#8217; team reveals, <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-team-reveals">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>Gameweek 8 review</h2>
<p>A decent green arrow this week, from 1.2m to 777k. I sold <strong>Marcus Rashford (£8.8m), Bukayo Saka (£8.5m)</strong> and<strong> Pervis Estupinan (£5.1m) </strong>for <strong>Mohamed Salah (£12.6m), James Ward-Prowse (£6.3m)</strong> and<strong> Matty Cash (£5.1m)</strong>.</p>
<p>The hit paid off immediately as Salah got a 15 pointer. Combined with <strong>Raheem Sterling (£7.0m) </strong>getting a much needed 16 pointer, it was a good week overall.</p>
<p>This season has been difficult, but as mentioned last week, rank is so volatile at this time of the season, so I&#8217;m not panicking just yet. Lots of FPL yet to be played.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-58875 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.25.10.jpg" alt="" width="694" height="660" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.25.10.jpg 694w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.25.10-300x285.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.25.10-610x580.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px" /></p>
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<h2>Using FPL Points as a Metric: The data</h2>
<h3>Goalkeepers</h3>
<div id="attachment_58876" style="width: 919px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-58876" class="wp-image-58876 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.28.jpg" alt="" width="909" height="339" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.28.jpg 909w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.28-300x112.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.28-768x286.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.28-610x227.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px" /><p id="caption-attachment-58876" class="wp-caption-text">FPL points data &#8211; goalkeeper</p></div>
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<p>Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton are conceding the most FPL points to opposition goalkeepers.</p>
<p>Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Fulham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Crystal Palace are the teams scoring the most FPL points in this position.</p>
<p>There isn&#8217;t much to tempt me here but it&#8217;s encouraging to see <strong>Ederson (£5.6m) </strong>has some green fixtures coming up!</p>
<h3>Defenders</h3>
<div id="attachment_58877" style="width: 918px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-58877" class="wp-image-58877 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.38.jpg" alt="" width="908" height="337" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.38.jpg 908w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.38-300x111.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.38-768x285.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.38-610x226.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" /><p id="caption-attachment-58877" class="wp-caption-text">FPL points data &#8211; defenders</p></div>
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<p>Bournemouth, Sheffield United, Luton, Burnley and Everton are conceding the most FPL points to opposition defenders after the opening five weeks.</p>
<p>Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and Palace are the teams scoring the most FPL points in the defender position.</p>
<p>Again, there&#8217;s not much standing out here. Brighton, Liverpool and Arsenal defenders could be on the menu from next week, though.</p>
<h3>Midfielders</h3>
<div id="attachment_58878" style="width: 919px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-58878" class="wp-image-58878 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.49.jpg" alt="" width="909" height="338" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.49.jpg 909w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.49-300x112.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.49-768x286.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.49-610x227.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px" /><p id="caption-attachment-58878" class="wp-caption-text">FPL points data &#8211; midfielders</p></div>
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<p>Luton, United, Burnley, Sheffield United and Bournemouth have conceded the most FPL points to opposition midfielders so far.</p>
<p>Spurs, Brighton, Arsenal, West Ham and Newcastle are the teams scoring the most midfielder FPL points so far.</p>
<p>Sterling is someone I&#8217;ll be moving on soon, perhaps to someone like <strong>Kaoru Mitoma (£6.6m) </strong>or <strong>Moussa </strong><b>Diaby (£6.7m)</b>, but I&#8217;m happy waiting a week on either of those.</p>
<h3>Forwards</h3>
<div id="attachment_58879" style="width: 903px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-58879" class="wp-image-58879 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.58.jpg" alt="" width="893" height="336" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.58.jpg 893w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.58-300x113.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.58-768x289.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.12.58-610x230.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px" /><p id="caption-attachment-58879" class="wp-caption-text">FPL points data &#8211; forwards</p></div>
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<p>West Ham, Villa, Everton, Brighton, and Fulham are conceding the most FPL points to opposition forwards so far.</p>
<p>City, Brighton, Luton, Newcastle and Villa are the teams scoring the most FPL points in the forward position.</p>
<p><strong>Ollie Watkins (£8.2m) </strong>is someone I have my eye on but I will need to free up some cash first. At his current price, I&#8217;d need to get £1.3m from somewhere to switch to him from <strong>Julian Alvarez (£7.0m)</strong>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m likely to roll this week and this will give me more flexibility in respect of getting him in.</p>
<h3>Points per game</h3>
<p>I use this table to check out specific fixtures. It helps with captaincy and double gameweeks.</p>
<div id="attachment_58880" style="width: 736px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-58880" class="wp-image-58880 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.13.11.jpg" alt="" width="726" height="664" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.13.11.jpg 726w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.13.11-300x274.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.13.11-610x558.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px" /><p id="caption-attachment-58880" class="wp-caption-text">Points per game data</p></div>
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<h2>Gameweek 9 transfers</h2>
<p>Going into Gameweek 9, I&#8217;m set up like this:</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-58873 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.22.jpg" alt="" width="648" height="692" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.22.jpg 648w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.22-281x300.jpg 281w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.22-610x651.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px" /></p>
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<p>I have one free transfer and £0.1m in the bank. As I already have <strong>Son Heung-min (£9.5m) </strong>and now<strong> Mohamed Salah (£12.6m)</strong>, I can focus on other players.</p>
<p>When I look at the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/transfers">Hub AI transfers</a> tool, I get the following:</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-58874" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-1024x281.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="281" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-1024x281.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-300x82.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-768x211.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-610x167.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48-1080x296.jpg 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-15.24.48.jpg 1126w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If we get news Diaz isn&#8217;t starting, then I will consider this move. Otherwise, I&#8217;m happy to roll my transfer ahead of the fixture swing next week.</p>
<p>Hub AI has me down at 92% for my team rating, with a gameweek rating of 91%.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for a good week.</p>
<h2>Gameweek 9 captaincy</h2>
<p>When looking at the Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">Points Prediction tool,</a> we see <strong>Erling Haaland (£14.0m)</strong> top of the charts. Make sure to check the predictions later in the week, as things can change.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-58872 aligncenter" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.32.19.jpg" alt="" width="716" height="550" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.32.19.jpg 716w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.32.19-300x230.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-13.32.19-610x469.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I think Haaland will be my captain, with Salah vice-captain.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading. If you&#8217;re on Twitter and you want follow me, I&#8217;m <a href="https://twitter.com/RichP_FPL">@RichP_FPL</a>.</p>
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