Season 4 Weekly Update 34 - League A

Hello everyone and welcome to blank gameweek 34! Quick turnaround this week with free agency already open since for whatever reason the Premier League decided to give just a single day gap between matches! Hooray! Anyway, a very high scoring week considering the teams that double with an average of over 57. And the most interesting result came from the 36-all tie between Gavin and Scott! Elsewhere, Zach posted the highest score of the week at 80, defeating my 65 pointer, Darryan defeated MatthewR 73-62, and Luke picked up a big 3 points with his 63-51 win over Dylan. Full results are as follows:

  • Zach 80-65 Matthew
  • Coop 42-66 Kevin
  • Gavin 36-36 Scott
  • Darryan 73-62 MatthewR
  • Jesse 66-46 Matt
  • Dylan 51-63 Luke

League Table

Weekly Matchups


5 weeks left! And not much going on at the top as Zach, Darryan, and Jesse all won and kept the status quo going into the blank week. However, 5 points behind Jesse, Kevin and Luke did win their matchups and leapfrog ahead of Dylan and MatthewR by a point. And I am 3 points behind them.

Game Changers!

  • Zach: Ferdi Kadioglu - 16 pts - A huge foot by Fofana took the ball out of Sanchez's hands and into the back of the net as I'm totally not salty about Ferdi bouncing back from his 1 pointer in the first game to pick up 15 in the second. And also Chelsea just went 5 losses without scoring for the first time since before World War 1.
  • Kevin: Morgan Gibbs-White - 20 pts - A huge walk away from the TV from Kevin saw the Nottingham Forest star score 3 goals against Burnley in 15 minutes as they cruised to a 4-1 victory against the (now) relegated side.
  • Scott: Zian Flemming - 9 pts - The only Burnley goal of their double gameweek (sadly) came from this man's 9th of the season. Which is pretty solid for a team that isn't very good at scoring.
  • Darryan: James Justin - 19 pts - A very inspired pickup for Darryan as Justin notched a huge 16 points in Leeds' 3-0 win against Wolves, then followed it up with a +3 as Leeds somehow tied 2-2 against Bournemouth at the death. The player we all expected to outscore Haaland (who scored twice) during the double gameweek.
  • Jesse: Rayan Cherki - 13 pts - The steal of the transfer window continues his wizardry with a goal and 3 bonus against Arsenal and 3 more points for participation against Burnley.
  • Luke: Pascal Gross - 16 pts - Somehow this guy was just meant to play for Brighton as he continues to be the best player for them every week. This gameweek he picked up 2 assists and 4 total bonus points as Brighton drew against Spurs 2-2 and defeated Chelsea 3-0. Huh.

Going into the final week of April, Zach takes the top spot on PF above Luke and Kevin!

Manager of the Month


Over on the form table, Luke takes the top spot (barely) on PF as he, Jesse, and Kevin have all earned 12/15 points in the last 5 weeks!

Form Table


This week will see some great matchups, headlined by a huge match for Darryan as he goes up against Kevin! Elsewhere, Dylan takes on MatthewR in what should be a fun one, and Luke goes up against Matt! Full matchups are as follows:

  • Coop (10) vs Matthew (8) (all-time: 1-0-5, 180-209)
  • Gavin (12) vs Zach (1) (all-time: 4-0-5, 384-379)
  • Darryan (2) vs Kevin (4) (all-time: 7-0-3, 337-303)
  • Jesse (3) vs Scott (11) (all-time: 5-0-6, 352-341)
  • Dylan (6) vs MatthewR (7) (all-time: 3-2-7, 420-477)
  • Luke (5) vs Matt (9) (all-time: 3-0-2, 179-197)

Shoutout this week to Zach for his 3 winstreak! And to Kevin and Luke for picking up back to back wins!

Stats

Copium Tables

Performance Table

Luck Table

xP Table (manager vs average)

All Manager Table

Statistical Breakdowns

Gameweek Breakdown

Manager Breakdown

Timelines

Position Timeline

Points Timeline

Points For Timeline

Champions Cup

Group Stage

Welcome to Gameweek 6 of the Champions Cup and to the Round of 16! This week had some crazy matches and high scores, led by Jesse's narrow victory over MatthewR 66-62 in Group B! Over in Group A, Darryan picked up 3 points against Luke in a high scoring 73-63 match as Andrew pulled off the upset against Alex 61-51. Group C saw a high scoring match between Zach and Kevin in which the first won 80-66. The full results are as follows:

Group A:

  • Darryan 73-63 Luke
  • Matt 46-25 Emma
  • Alex 51-61 Andrew
  1. Alex - 10 pts - 243 PF
  2. Darryan - 10 pts - 232 PF
  3. Luke - 9 pts - 257 PF
  4. Matt - 9 pts - 183 PF
  5. Andrew - 6 pts - 172 PF
  6. Emma - 0 pts - 107 PF

Just one difference in this group following this week's matches with Darryan sneaking into 2nd ahead of Luke. Quite the close group, actually, with Alex taking the top spot on PF and just 1 point ahead of the 4th place finisher.

Group B:

  • MatthewR 62-66 Jesse
  • Gavin 36-63 Chris
  • ZachA 60-30 Travis
  1. Jesse - 15 pts - 252 PF
  2. MatthewR - 12 pts - 214 PF
  3. ZachA - 9 pts - 194 PF
  4. Chris - 6 pts - 184 PF
  5. Gavin - 3 pts - 142 PF
  6. Travis - 0 pts - 156 PF

Literally no change after this week's matches. Jesse takes the top spot pretty convincingly and Chris wins when it is important to secure his spot in the knockout rounds.

Group C:

  • Zach 80-66 Kevin
  • Scott 36-50 Mack
  • Matthew2 74-32 Divya
  1. Matthew2 - 15 pts - 284 PF
  2. Scott - 9 pts - 151 PF
  3. Mack - 7 pts - 231 PF
  4. Zach - 7 pts - 228 PF
  5. Kevin - 6 pts - 237 PF
  6. Divya - 0 pts - 104 PF

Unlike the first two groups, this one did see some drama as Kevin could not get it done against Zach and with Mack's win has been knocked out of the cup! The 51-all draw between the two was mutually beneficial since Kevin would have had the PF tiebreaker and they both go through!

Group D:

  • Matthew 65-51 Dylan
  • Coop 42-54 Morgs
  • John 73-33 Cara
  1. John - 12 pts - 251 PF
  2. Morgs - 10 pts - 224 PF
  3. Matthew - 10 pts - 205 PF
  4. Dylan - 6 pts - 238 PF
  5. Coop - 6 pts - 215 PF
  6. Cara - 0 pts - 155 PF

And out final group was also uninteresting, as the top 3 all won and Dylan was able to score more than Coop to hang onto that final playoff spot in Group D.

So, here is the final look at the group stage!

Group Stage Groups


Group Stage Matchups


Knockout Stage

And finally, what you all have been waiting for, the Round of 16! As a reminder, all knockout stage matches will be best of 1s until the Final, which will be across both Gameweek 37 and 38! Some very fun matchups this week, including the Matt(hew) quadrant, in which the winner of Matthew2 vs Matt will play the winner of MatthewR vs Matthew. Elsewhere, Alex vs Zach looks like it'll be a great matchup, as does the League B double between John and Chris. And here are the full matchups:

Top Half:

  • Alex vs Zach

  • Morgs vs ZachA

  • Matthew2 vs Matt

  • MatthewR vs Matthew

Bottom Half

  • Jesse vs Dylan

  • Scott vs Luke

  • John vs Chris

  • Darryan vs Mack

Good luck to those who made it to the Round of 16!

Knockout Stage


The Run In

League A

Starting with the top 8! Kevin and Luke move up to 4th and 5th, with Kevin facing the most difficult opposition this week in Darryan! MatthewR vs Dylan is also one to watch on this table! The top 3 sees steady progress in points as Darryan's more difficult opponent certainly is a juxtaposition against his competitors near the top.

League A - Top 8


The race continues to be tight between Matt and Coop as they both faced tough opposition this week and could not prevail. And the opposition does not appear to get any less tricky in the coming weeks.

League A - Relegation Race


League B

The title race in League B also continues to sit in status quo as both John and I win! A tough match for John this week against Chris, though, as I take on Divya!

League B - Title Race


Mack's win sees her jump above ZachA this week, with the opportunity to put some space between them if she can win this week! Chris also takes on John which could be huge for Mack if she can take home all 3 points!

League B - Promotion Playoff Race


Power Rankings

On the bubble (in no order): Chris, Coop, Morgs, ZachA Fell off: None

10 - Alex (-1) - League B - Last 5: 43 (W), 60 (W), 28 (W), 61 (W), 51 (L) - (3 doublers) On the one hand, Alex only had 3 players play twice this week and still scored 51 points, on the other hand, he did lose by 3. Could he have grabbed a couple more doublers to give himself a better chance of taking home three points? Probably, considering the only notable returns were from Truffert/Tavernier/Kroupi, who all had 9+ points this week. Konate and Szoboszlai did solidly for their single games, but Sunderland defense couldn't hold back the goat Ollie and Dango has been absent the past few weeks. He's got a good team (as his position would indicate), but it's going to be an uphill battle if his sights are set on a top 2 finish this season.

9 - Luke (+1) - League A - Last 5: 56 (W), 44 (W), 36 (L), 58 (W), 63 (W) - (5 doublers) A solid double gameweek performance from Luke saw him win a key matchup against Dylan off the back of mostly single gameweek players in Leno and Canvot, who each picked up 10 points. However, Senesi, Boscagli, and Gross carried the weight this week as the Brighton midfielder led the charge with a 16 pointer. And what a signing he has been for Brighton, who steamrolled Chelsea this week. Another point of interest is that Luke's team contained 4 10-pointers this week, with 2 of them coming at the GKP position, and the other non-Canvot one sitting 3rd on his bench. Nice.

8 - Kevin (-) - League A - Last 5: 51 (W), 45 (W), 24 (L), 51 (W), 66 (W) - (4 doublers) A similar performance to Luke (and a lot of League A, honestly) for Kevin, although he was able to consolidate two 10 pointers into a single 20-pointer from Morgan Gibbs-White. Why didn't Luke think of that? Maybe if he did he'd be 8th right now but alas. Anyway, 3 of Kevin's 4 doublers picked up 8 pointers, with the 4th (Caicedo) apparently misunderstanding and scoring only 4. Apparently LinkedIn Liam didn't bring enough B2B to the team :shrug: Anyway, Mitchell and KDH also contributed with a clean sheet and an assist, respectively. The others not mentioned are insignificant 1 and 2 pointers.

7 - Dylan (-3) - League A - Last 5: 40 (L), 62 (W), 38 (W), 47 (W), 51 (L) - (3 doublers) Dylan's in a similar situation to Alex this week, where he did pretty well with 3 doublers, but could a few more have moved the needle? Maybe less directly considering he lost by 12 instead of 3, but still. His doublers did perform well, with Van Hecke picking up 12, Welbeck 8, and Minteh's participation trophy 4 pointer still outscored 5 of his players. Hell, even single gameweeker Salah contributed 10 to the cause alongside Richards' 6 and Szo's 5. Solid week normally, but when the average is 57 there's a bit of a hill to climb.

6 - Jesse (-) - League A - Last 5: 55 (W), 39 (W), 49 (W), 43 (L), 66 (W) - (3 doublers) Although Jesse was also in the triple double club, he chose correctly as his were Cherki (13 pts), Truffert (13 pts), and Ampadu (12 pts). And of course they were bolstered by two of the most prolific goalscorers in the league in VVD and Beto picking up 8 and 9 points, respectively, and Casemiro doing Casemiro things and somehow getting 23 defensive contributions on his old man legs. I am worried about Jesse's goalkeeper situation though. Is he putting curses on them? How do they keep getting injured? Can we get an investigation into this matter, please.

5 - Zach (+2) - League A - Last 5: 31 (L), 33 (L), 33 (W), 51 (W), 80 (W) - (7 doublers) And this is the other side of the coin, (probably) the second most doublers this week (behind me? I think), and an 80 pointer to show for it. Solid performances came from Kadioglu (16), Matheus Nunes (11), Tavernier (9), Darlow and Guehi (8), and Bogle (7). Plus, he got 9 points from Rogers, 5 from Milenkovic, and 4 from Sangare. Because why not. The only disappointments who didn't do anything on his team were Gomez (who got injured) and Sesko (who started). Oh and he benched Osula, who is apparently the #1 striker on a team with Woltemade and Wissa on it (somehow).

4 - Darryan (+1) - League A - Last 5: 65 (W), 34 (L), 28 (L), 32 (L), 73 (W) - (7 doublers) Darryan followed suit and made some huge double gameweek transfers, including Justin (19) and Khusanov (15)… and the rest of his team didn't need to do too much. His Bournemouth doublers (Scott and Evanilson) had 5 and 6, Hermansen had his clean sheet, and Haaland of course had 13 between the two games. And maybe most importantly, he didn't make any glaring mistakes in benching players who shouldn't have been benched. A huge improvement!

3 - Mack (-1) - League B - Last 5: 49 (W), 42 (W), 39 (L), 51 (W), 50 (W) - (3 doublers) On the one hand, Mack only had 3 players play twice this week and still scored 50 points, on the other hand, she did win by 20. At the end of the day, it is a game of luck and sometimes you don't need to put your finger on the scale to give yourself a better chance at winning. And you know what, now Mack doesn't have to make 400 waivers to field a full team this week. Anyway, other than the Strand Larsen and Gyokeres 1 pointers, this 50 pointer was built by 3-8 pointers. Garner got his yellow and defcon (3), Dubravka doubled and got 0 points in the first game and 4 in the second, Casemiro, Semenyo, and Milenkovic found their own ways to 5 points, Dalot and Andersen enjoyed clean sheet 6 pointers while KDH had to get an assist and bonus to equal them, and Guehi joined Dalot/Andersen for a clean sheet, but he also played an extra game (and got a bonus point to cancel out a yellow) to end up at 8 points.

2 - John (+1) - League B - Last 5: 59 (W), 36 (W), 32 (L), 51 (W), 73 (W) - (3 doublers) John followed the Jesse strat of just picking the right guys as his 3 doublers combined for 37 points (Gross 16, O'Reilly 13, DCL 8). Unlike Jesse though, he went all in on a West Ham clean sheet which paid off and earned him 17 points from Hermansen/Diouf/Mavropanos. Add in the best MID in the game earning yet another assist and Bruno Fernandes getting on the board and that's a solid 73 pointer from the League B leader.

1 - Matthew2 (-) - League B - Last 5: 67 (W), 51 (L), 37 (W), 55 (W), 74 (W) - (7 doublers) Yeah, those 4 extra matches played by my players were worth the +1 on John. And I didn't even have to look at a 0 or 1 on my team, since my low scorers (Thiago and Wieffer smh), each had 2s. Otherwise my standouts were Ampadu, wishes he was Ampadu (Salah), yearns to one day be Ampadu (Rogers), training under Ampadu's guidance (Bogle), scared of Ampadu after this week (Senesi, Hill, Evanilson), begging to learn his long throw abilities (Munoz), and Bart (bart).

Good luck all!