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Data Scientist || #ChelseaFC #FPL and Football + sprinkle of political opinions. Breaking down data. Follow for unfair advantages in the game of data

Manchester, England
Joined December 2019
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Gabriel vs Vuskovic vs Calafiori vs Van Hecke
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GW10 clean sheet % 🧤🥅 ARS: 60% EVE: 37% LIV: 36% MCI: 35% CHE: 33% BOU: 31% BHA: 29% FUL: 29% LEE: 29% TOT: 28% MUN: 26% SUN: 21% AVL: 20% NEW: 20% IPS: 18% BRE: 17% NFO: 17% COV: 16% CPL: 14% HUL: 8% Source: Oddschecker
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INJURY NEWS 🚨 An update from the boss on Juanlu, Tóth and Kroupi ahead of tomorrow night. afcb.co.uk/news/2026/novembe…
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Lens 1-9 Como wow.
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Slavia Prague (2.42) 1-2 (1.61) Arsenal
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Lens (0.83) 1-9 (4.61) Como
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#FPL captaincy matrix: GW10-15 Top captaincy picks for the next 6GW, based on the latest Solio projections and expected minutes - and the gap to the next best options 👇 First defender captaincy pick of the season - let's see if it holds by deadline!
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Back-to-back double-digit hauls mean Ezri Konsa's price is on the rise... 📈 But with William Saliba back in full @arsenal training, will Konsa keep a place in your #FPL team? 🤔
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Who's got the best Next 5 fixtures? 🎯 (Goals + Clean Sheets via @elevenify) fpl.page/projections
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🚨William Saliba exclusive update: Saliba travelled today with the #AFC squad to Prague ahead of tomorrow’s UCL fixture against Slavia Praha. Sources say that the Frenchman has been included in the matchday squad for the game on Wednesday, despite only returning to first-team training yesterday. To my understanding, Arsenal are working with the France National team to coordinate a suitable international break structure for the CB. Saliba has surpassed all recovery milestones that were set out for him at the start of the season and is now ready to go again. Great news. 🥷roundtable.io/sports/soccer/…
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[REVISED] Projection xG and xGC Gameweek 10⚽️🥅 Previously, the projections relied purely on a bidirectional model based on historical xG and xGC, team attacking power, and opponent concession rates, with consideration for undefined xG and xGC Delta. However, some figures looked disconnected from recent form, especially against specific opponents, thanks to @norway_fpl for pointing this out! The goal is to keep the model purely stats-driven. Whether it's a non-Big 6 side like Bournemouth, Brighton, or Ipswich, or a title contender like City or Arsenal, every team holds an equal position in the projection. To create better balance, Bidirectional Venue Sourcing remains the base calculation, but I've introduced a dedicated 30% weightage for xG and xGC Delta. The model now balances underlying expected performance (xG/90 or xGC/90 at 70%) with actual finishing and conversion form (GF/game or GA/game at 30%). For example, this adjusts Leeds United's GW10 home fixture against Tottenham to a realistic 1.35 xG (down from 1.91 xG), aligning perfectly with Leeds' 1.50 home goal-scoring average and Spurs' 1.25 away defensive rating. This is still Beta version, feel free to share your feedback on this update! Later on, will feature this on my FPL Datastudio #fpl #FPLCommunity #ykfpl
Projected xG and xGC for Gameweek 10 Form Weighting Architecture: Every fixture evaluation now attributes 60% weight to recent 4-gameweek performance and 40% weight to full-season metrics, ensuring fixture difficulty and projected outputs respond dynamically to tactical and momentum shifts. Dynamically models projected goals scored (xG) and projected goals conceded (xGC) per fixture as a two-way average of form-adjusted team attacking power and opponent defensive concession rates. Brighton has the highest projected xG (1.77) ⚽️against BRE, whereas Arsenal are projected the lowest xGC of just 0.78 against HUL🛡️ #fpl #ykfpl #FPLCommunity
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🚨Teams and Players to Target as per Fixtures In order👇 1️⃣ Aston Villa 🥇 Jackson 🥈 Manzambi 🥉 McGinn 2️⃣ Brighton 🥇 Vuskovic 🥈 Groß 🥉 De Cuyper 3️⃣ Liverpool 🥇 Alexander Isak 🥈 Jacquet 4️⃣ Spurs 🥇Van Hecke 🥈Kudus 🥉Kinsky 5️⃣ Bournemouth 🥇Tavernier 🥈Silva 🥉Evanilson #FPL #FPLCOMMUNITY
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Calafiori owners seeing he's rested tonight before Hull at home
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Look at those Manzambi fixtures 😋 xGC by his next opp. [PL rank] : MUN : 14.68 [15th] SUN : 15.56 [17th] IPS : 17.11 [19th] EVE : 12.80 [10th] CRY : 19.25 [20th] COV : 13.70 [14th] BUY HIM NOW! Jackson alone may not be enough for these fixtures!
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50 #PL goals. 🔥
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Bournemouth's fixtures are elite! ✅ And the numbers backs it up: → 3rd best xG: 15.8 → 3rd best defence xGC: 10.0 The best assets: Petrovic, Hill, Silva, Tavernier, Rayan, Kroupi, Evanilson.
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I’ve been looking at @xgstat website, which shows goals and assists conceded per match by position. Nottingham Forest have conceded just 0.13 goals and assists per match to strikers – the lowest figure in the league. Another reason to think twice before handing Haaland the armband. #FPL
Erling Haaland has 5 goals and 1 assist in 8 games against Nottingham Forest. However, he hasn’t scored against them in the last two seasons. Nottingham Forest are also the second-best defensive side in the league after 9 GWs, behind only Arsenal. They conceded just 0.45 xG away to Brentford last week, one of the league’s better attacking sides. Who are you captaining this week? #FPL
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Top 3 teams for xGC this season and their GW10 opponents’ xG. 1. Arsenal 7.24 xGC vs Hull 10.6 xG (19th) 2. Nott’m Forest 9.26 xGC vs Man City 18.31 xG (1st) 3. Tottenham 10.05 xGC vs Leeds 11.35 xG (15th) The best defence faces the second-worst attack. Arsenal should keep a clean sheet here. If you don’t have a triple Arsenal defence, get one in, and it’s very possible you should captain an Arsenal defender this GW. #FPL
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🔵 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🟡 Six changes for our Champions League test 👊

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Erling Haaland has 5 goals and 1 assist in 8 games against Nottingham Forest. However, he hasn’t scored against them in the last two seasons. Nottingham Forest are also the second-best defensive side in the league after 9 GWs, behind only Arsenal. They conceded just 0.45 xG away to Brentford last week, one of the league’s better attacking sides. Who are you captaining this week? #FPL
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