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Season 5 Weekly Update 7 - League B

Hello everyone and welcome to gameweek 7! Waivers this week are also due on Friday at 3:00am PT / 6:00am ET! A gameweek of wild matchups and tons of movement, led by Andrew's high scoring 50-44 win over ZachA! Elsewhere, ChrisB picked up a narrow 35-30 victory against Morgs, Amber defeated Kim by a score of 33-27, and Delaney handed Gavin his first loss of the season in her 38-28 win! Full matchups are as follows:

  • Amber 33-27 Kim
  • Gavin 28-38 Delaney
  • Mack 21-35 Cole
  • Morgs 30-35 ChrisB
  • Scott 26-60 Angus
  • ZachA 44-50 Andrew

League Table

Weekly Matchups


And over on the table, Gavin's lead at the top drops to just 3 ahead of ChrisB! He now sits just 2 points ahead of Andrew and Amber, whose wins rocketed them up the table this week. They are a single point ahead of a handful of managers led by Angus after his 60-pointer. Scott, Mack, and ZachA follow, with Delaney joining the party on 9 points with her win. Morgs drops a couple of places to 10th, just 1 point ahead of Cole after his win. Kim is still seeking that first win!

Game changers! Oops I traveled this weekend so details are gonna be sparse.

  • Amber: Riccardo Calafiori - 9 pts - The Italian continues to prove Dylan wrong again and again and again as his first goal of the season results once again in a Calafiori-led Amber victory.
  • Delaney: Ferdi Kadioglu - 9 pts - That's now 3 clean sheets in a row for the seagulls and a 12 defcon game from their right back. Good enough to pick him up a bonus point as well.
  • Cole: Matheus Cunha - 10 pts - Somehow Spurs gave up 14 defensive contributions to Matheus Cunha… how many times did their backline lose the ball? Because that's kinda crazy. And so is the fact Cunha got 3 bonus for an assist and those defensive contributions.
  • ChrisB: Morgan Rogers - 9 pts - The Gross for Morgan Rogers trade is paying ~~dividends~~3 points already as Rogers joined the weird defcon club with 13 of his own. Unlike Cunha though he scored a goal and got exactly 0 bonus points for his efforts.
  • Angus: Maxim De Cuyper - 15 pts - Another huge week for the out of position defenseman who picked up his 2nd goal and 5th goal contribution of the season, which is just a bit absurd. Anyway, his 67 minute cameo resulted in all 3 bonus points which is pretty good.
  • Andrew: Joao Pedro - 12 pts - Another Chelsea player on the list is the Brazilian striker who turned out to not only be alive, but able to score 2 goals and earn 2 bonus points against ournemouth!

And heading into our 4 week long October, Angus takes the early lead on PF with 60! Andrew is the only other winning manager on 50+!

Manager of the Month


And finally, we can complete the suite of tables (until the end of the season) with the form table! For those who are new, this is a table that contains only the last 5 weeks, to track which teams are in form throughout the season! And this table is currently led by ChrisB, who takes a PF lead over Gavin as the duo sits on 12/15 points earned across the last 5! Amber and Andrew's draws take them to 10/15 points earned as well.

Form Table


Next week will see some great matchups, headlined by a top 2 matchup as ChrisB looks to pile on Gavin's first loss! Elsewhere, Angus goes up against Mack in a Henderson derby and ZachA takes on Scott in what should be an interesting one! Full matchups are as follows:

  • Delaney (9) vs Amber (4)
  • Cole (11) vs Kim (12)
  • ChrisB (2) vs Gavin (1)
  • Angus (5) vs Mack (7)
  • Andrew (3) vs Morgs (10)
  • ZachA (8) vs Scott (6)

Shoutouts this week go to Andrew for 4 undefeated (3W1D) and to ChrisB and Cole 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

The League of Champions

Welcome to gameweek 7 of the League of Champions and our first round of the knockout stage! But before we get to the matchups for next week, let's take a look at the most influential results of the last week! Starting with Alex, whose 28-26 victory over Travis took him out of the elimination places and into the playoffs! The only other manager who managed to move into a different qualification bracket this week was Kevin, whose 34-26 win over Charlotte saw him move from the playoff spots up to 5th and directly into the Round of 16. Full results are as follows:

  • John 24-32 Jackson
  • Kevin 34-26 Charlotte
  • Zach 44-66 Tori
  • Darryan 38-36 Maddie
  • Alex 28-26 Travis
  • Luke 30-35 JohnM
  • Matthew 23-28 Gavin
  • Dylan 51-35 Cole
  • Coop 52-44 ZachA
  • MatthewR 41-60 Angus
  • Chris 46-26 Scott
  • Jesse 28-50 Andrew
  • Mack 21-34 Aarushi
  • Amber 33-31 Emma
  • ChrisB 35-29 Katie
  • Kim 27-42 Morgan
  • Delaney 38-26 Brylan
  • Morgs 30-49 Anthony

And of course, that means our group stage has finished and our knockout rounds are set. Congratulations to Chris for finishing 1st in the table with an undefeated 18 points! The top 8 ended up coming down to PF, with 8th place just 3 points ahead of 9th, so definitely goes to show just how much every single point is worth!

League of Champions - Group Stage Table


League of Champions - Group Stage Matchups


And looking ahead to the first round of the knockouts: the playoffs! The managers from 9th to 24th will face off in a single-leg matchup to determine who will move onto the Round of 16, where a top 8 contender is waiting! Probably the most highly anticipated matchup of that playoff pairing is, of course, Dylan vs Amber! Where we really will get to see how valuable that Calafiori pick is. Elsewhere, I go up against Darryan as the universe seems to want us to play 2 weeks in a row and Coop takes on Mack in what should be an interesting one! Full matchups are as follows:

  • Dylan vs Amber (winner plays Chris)

  • MatthewR vs Travis (winner plays Katie)

  • Zach vs Morgan (winner plays Aarushi)

  • ChrisB vs Kim (winner plays Scott)

  • Anthony vs Jesse (winner plays Luke)

  • Matthew vs Darryan (winner plays Kevin)

  • Coop vs Mack (winner plays Gavin)

  • Tori vs Alex (winner plays Charlotte)

Good luck to all of our remaining teams, and welcome to the knockouts!

League of Champions - Knockout Stage Matchups


Power Rankings

I'm gonna be honest I might fly through these because it is Thursday night and I gotta go to sleep at a reasonable hour.

On the bubble (in no order): Matthew, Morgan, Chris, Dylan, Angus Fell off: Matthew

10 - Anthony (NEW) - League C - Last 5: 43 (W), 71 (W), 34 (W), 39 (W), 49 (W) - Anthony's been on a roll in League C, picking up his 5th win in a row and finally landing himself that #1 spot on the table this week. And, unlike the other Isak owner, he had plenty of uninjured subs to fill in this week, with Solanke picking up a goal, Cherki scoring of course, Anderson, Wharton, and even Maitland-Niles bringing home assists, and Vuskovic being on what, 1 of the 2 teams to keep a clean sheet? A big week for Anthony when a lot of other teams had some trouble coming back from the international break and a huge +1 on the table.

9 - ChrisB (+1) - League B - Last 5: 58 (W), 40 (W), 44 (L), 68 (W), 35 (W) - Despite also being hit by the international break injury bug that knocked out Alex Scott, Pedro Porro, Brian Brobbey, and apparently Szoboszlai, he did what was needed to win and keep his good form going in League B. That is, he had Nicolas Jackson and Morgan Rogers both come home with 9s and Ajer scored a goal that surely was not as good as his one over the international break. Also, Sarr is back? Maybe?

8 - MatthewR (+1) - League A - Last 5: 51 (W), 40 (W), 41 (W), 56 (W), 41 (L) - An unfortunate loss for MatthewR this week as he went up against the buzzsaw that was an Adam Wharton and Daichi Kamada midfield, but he still outscored the average off the back of a double 10 from Cherki and Cunha. Plus, Strand Larsen and Rutter both got assists. One of them did the job in 80 less minutes on the field though. And actually if Rutter had started, he would've probably had 45 assists so Hurzeler out?

7 - Aarushi (-3) - League C - Last 5: 51 (L), 33 (W), 50 (W), 34 (L), 34 (L) - Aarushi bookended the international break with 34 points, which isn't great considering her earlier form. Other than Doku, who obviously picked up a 12 pointer this week and Gross who halved that amount, not a lot was going on. Ndiaye and Odegaard were quiet, no team was keeping clean sheets this weekend, and Newcastle looks… rough.

6 - Andrew (+1) - League B - Last 5: 28 (L), 32 (D), 54 (W), 41 (W), 50 (W) - A huge week for Andrew as he picked up his 3rd 40+ in a row and fended off ZachA's 44 pointer. A lot of 1s and a -1, but also JP scored 2, Evanilson scored his first of the season, Vuskovic and Verbruggen kept like, the only clean sheet in the league, and Gross returned, yet Andrew is still losing the Gross for Rogers trade after 1 week (by 3). Also, Andrew's bench kinda popped off, with 14 points between the 3 outfield players.

5 - Katie (-2) - League C - Last 5: 80 (W), 37 (L), 54 (L), 45 (W), 29 (L) - A rough loss by 3 points this week as Katie falters. Which might be the plan considering her on-weeks are 45+ scores. Good luck to whoever has to play her next. Anyway, Evanilson and Matheus Nunes were the only returns, but Rio had a great game in the Champions League so that probably deserves some FPL points.

4 - Luke (+2) - League A - Last 5: 45 (W), 37 (L), 44 (W), 48 (W), 30 (L) - Similarly, Luke had a tough loss this week as he lost by 7x the margin Katie did. And less similarly, he had 3 players who returned: Manzambi, Palmer, and Gross. It's too bad that amounted to 1 more point than the team with only 2 returners did. Certainly doesn't help he keeps trusting the Newcastle goalkeeper over the Manchester City one. Is anyone tracking how many points he's lost to this decision?

3 - Zach (+2) - League A - Last 5: 45 (L), 35 (L), 55 (W), 40 (W), 44 (L) - And also very much like Luke and Katie, Zach saw his lead slip away as Botman scored an absolute screamer to seal his 2 point loss. Still, a solid score (and scores over the past few weeks) keep the Haaland owner moving up the board. It also helps he had 3 players from the 2 teams who kept clean sheets and Declan Rice who got his 3rd assist of the season this week. Maybe things would've been different if Schade and Willock made it to 60'. Guess we'll never know.

2 - Charlotte (-) - League C - Last 5: 50 (W), 42 (W), 47 (W), 71 (W), 26 (L) - Charlotte broke her absurd 40+ scoring streak with a bang this week, dropping 26 points with 2 players accounting for 14 of them. Shoot, 3 players accounted for 18. Shoot, 4 players accounted for 21. Shoot, 5 players accounted for 23. Shoot, 6 players accounted for 24. Shoot, 7 players accounted for 25. Shoot, 8 players accounted for 26. Okay you get the gist and the other players all scored 0. And if that exercise didn't illuminate it, Charlotte's team was also hit hard by the international break bug, missing Brobbey, Igor Jesus, Dorgu, Dalot(basically).

1 - Gavin (-) - League B - Last 5: 52 (W), 59 (W), 38 (W), 52 (W), 28 (L) - Luckily for Gavin, he did beat Charlotte's score since I was oh so close to swapping them if he didn't this week. And there's only so much you can blame injuries, but you totally can for Gavin's case because that 0 on his field might as well be a Jean-Philippe Mateta sized hole in his team because this guy must be in a full body cast or something because wtf happened to him. Oh, apparently he's expected back on October 18th. Nevermind then. Anyway, Gavin's got basically the same team he has in past weeks, but also I think he grabbed Justin recently so that saved him from a Fofana 0.