Fantasy Premier League managers for the first time this season felt a big pinch of the coronavirus as a record return of 18 positive cases ...
Fantasy Premier League managers for the first time this season felt a big pinch of the coronavirus as a record return of 18 positive cases led to two fixtures being postponed in GW 16. To make matters worse, the games involved three teams in the top half of the table where FPL managers were heavily invested in.
The result a season-lowest average score of 37.
However, the fixture postponement wasn’t the only reason for the low scores. Teams showed signs of festive fatigue as just 12 goals were scored in the last gameweek. Everyone apart from Leeds United found goals hard to come by, as Marcelo Bielsa’s men who smashed five past West Brom and were the only team to score more than one goal in the week.
Manchester City returned no new positive tests this week and their fixture against Chelsea on Sunday looks set to go ahead. But with a general lack of goals, FPL managers may do well to adopt a different approach. Defenders were the among the leading scorers last week and it could well be the case in GW 17 as there is little time for respite.
Fixture difficulty
The blank and double gameweeks in GW 18 and 19 respectively means, its not...
