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Hello everyone and welcome to gameweek 5! Waivers this week are due on Thursday at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET! The League C brawl continues as 3 of our 6 matchups saw wins by 4 points or less, and the same proportion involved both teams having 40+ points! The highlight of them all being the shootout between Morgan and Katie in which Morgan came out victorious by a score of 56-54! The other close ones saw JohnM pick up a big win against Tori 36-33 and Jackson defeat Travis by a score of 31-27! Aarushi also had a high scoring win against Maddie 50-41 and Charlotte leapt to the top of the table following her 47-40 victory against Brylan! Full matchups are as follows:

• Morgan 56-54 Katie
• Travis 27-31 Jackson
• Anthony 34-25 Emma
• Brylan 40-47 Charlotte
• Aarushi 50-41 Maddie
• Tori 33-36 JohnM

League Table

Weekly Matchups

And the league table is as close as ever, with Charlotte leading the pack on 10 points, followed by Anthony, Aarushi, Tori, and Jackson, who are all on 9! Travis and John occupy 6th and 7th place on 6 points, just ahead of Katie and her league high PF and +43 point differential… with only 1 win. She is ahead of Brylan, Morgan, and Emma on PF and just 2 ahead of Maddie who only has a draw to her name.

Game changers!

• Morgan: Charalampos Kostoulas - 10 pts - The young Greek striker at Brighton (no, not Tzimas, the other one) scored a goal and picked up an assist against Coventry this week. That's his 3rd goal contribution of the season, which is pretty solid for a 19 year old.
• Jackson: Bukayo Saka - 8 pts - England internationals Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden suited up for Jackson this week and played very different games, as one scored a last minute penalty to seal the win against Sunderland, and the other picked up an early red card so he could join the VAR team and win a decision on Manchester City's behalf. Both equally instrumental in securing the win for their teams.
• Anthony: Micky van de Ven - 6 pts - Ya know, Van de Ven and Vuskovic were level on tie breakers, so I thought it'd be more funny to give the Spurs defender the accolade for the week, for keeping a clean sheet against Everton and earning 6 whole points. I'm sure he's very satisfied with his team's performances so far this season. 2 clean sheets!
• Charlotte: Kevin Schade - 15 pts - This week's "guess I'm writing 3 blurbs about this guy" is Kevin Schade, who suddenly decided to be the most clinical finisher in the league. Maybe he ate Thiago? Has anyone checked on him? He hasn't scored a penalty yet.
• Aarushi: Pascall Groß - 17 pts - How he's doing this being so old and decrepit is genuinely incredible. He's the oldest player in the league - maybe even in the country - and he's dropping 17 pointers against Coventry? And playing all 90 minutes? Is he a robot? Is this what they mean by German efficiency?
• JohnM: Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 10 pts - If I was John or any of the other DCL owners, I'd be fuming right now. He lost a whole 2 points from the goal being awarded to Bogle during/after the game, and now via Instagram petitioning he's got it overturned and given to himself. I expect an apology from FPL on behalf of all owners.

And 2/3 of the way into September, Anthony takes a slight lead on PF ahead of Charlotte, Aarushi, and Jackson!

Manager of the Month

Next week will see some great matchups, headlined by what should be a very interesting one between Katie and Aarushi! Elsewhere, Morgan looks to keep the momentum up against Jackson and Charlotte takes on Travis to defend the top spot in the table! Full matchups are as follows:

• Katie (8) vs Aarushi (3)
• JohnM (7) vs Maddie (12)
• Jackson (5) vs Morgan (10)
• Emma (11) vs Tori (4)
• Charlotte (1) vs Travis (6)
• Brylan (9) vs Anthony (2)

Shoutouts this week go to Charlotte for 4 undefeated (3W1D)! Also to Anthony and Jackson for 3 wins in a row, and to Aarushi for back to back wins!

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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

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The League of Champions

Welcome to gameweek 5 of the League of Champions! Another week of high scoring and close matchups across the board, led by Jesse's single point victory over Angus, 52-51! Elsewhere, we saw another 50+ point clash between Dylan and Andrew, where the former came out victorious 58-54, a one point win for Alex to upset Tori 34-33, a DRAW between me and Scott at 47, and a close shave for Luke as he defeated Maddie 44-41. Full results are as follows:

• John 21-27 Travis
• Kevin 46-36 JohnM
• Zach 55-31 Jackson
• Darryan 37-47 Charlotte
• Alex 34-33 Tori
• Luke 44-41 Maddie
• Matthew 47-47 Scott
• Dylan 58-54 Andrew
• Coop 70-38 Gavin
• MatthewR 41-28 Cole
• Chris 39-32 ZachA
• Jesse 52-51 Angus
• Mack 57-40 Brylan
• Amber 71-34 Anthony
• ChrisB 44-50 Aarushi
• Kim 45-25 Emma
• Delaney 31-54 Katie
• Morgs 25-56 Morgan

And over on the table, just 2 managers are left at the top with 4/4 wins: Luke and Chris! They are just ahead of unbeaten Scott, whose draw took him up to 10 points ahead of about 10 managers. The elimination line currently sits just below Maddie, who is 1 of 4 draw-getters in this league stage and sits on 4 points. And going into the penultimate gameweek of the group stage we have some huge matchups, headlined by a top 8 showdown between Charlotte and Zach! Elsewhere, we'll have the privilege of viewing a John derby between John and JohnM, a huge match in the race for top 8 between Jesse and Scott, and a match between two very in form teams in Amber and Aarushi! Full matchups are as follows:

• John (32) vs JohnM (34)
• Kevin (9) vs Jackson (28)
• Zach (8) vs Charlotte (6)
• Darryan (22) vs Tori (19)
• Alex (23) vs Maddie (24)
• Luke (1) vs Travis (13)
• Matthew (14) vs Andrew (26)
• Dylan (18) vs Gavin (4)
• Coop (17) vs Cole (33)
• MatthewR (10) vs ZachA (29)
• Chris (2) vs Angus (25)
• Jesse (11) vs Scott (3)
• Mack (21) vs Anthony (16)
• Amber (15) vs Aarushi (6)
• ChrisB (20) vs Emma (36)
• Kim (12) vs Katie (5)
• Delaney (27) vs Morgan (31)
• Morgs (35) vs Brylan (30)

League of Champions - Group Stage Table

League of Champions - Group Stage Matchups

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Power Rankings

On the bubble (in no order): Tori, Kevin, Coop, MatthewR, Amber, ChrisB, Angus Fell off: Tori

10 - Matthew (NEW) - League A - Last 4: 31 (L), 47 (W), 65 (W), 47 (W) - I'm so back because why not. Second week at the top of League A and the PF table so maybe it isn't a complete fluke. And did I get lucky this week? Maybe. Did Ampadu get an assist from a throw in and hit defcon with Thiaw in the final minutes for me to win by 1? Yes. And did Awoniyi get a straight red for Kevin while I decided to bench Foden at like 11pm the night before the deadline? Also yes. But hey, that's 100% skill that I benched Foden and Kerkez and started Neco Williams and Ampadu and those are 4 button presses that took a lot of energy and coordination to make. Anyway, my team is spotty at best but also I've only scored less than 47 in week 1, so it kinda sounds like my ragtag group led by a forward line of Isak, Igor Jesus, and Nicolas Jackson is doing something right. Well, maybe not JACKson, but he'll come good :copium:. Behind them though is a defcon midfield if I've ever seen one made up of Xhaka, Ampadu, and Alex Scott (and maybe Sarr will realize he should maybe play for the team he's contracted to eventually) (or maybe he'll just get uninjured if that's the problem). Oh and Gvardiol is somehow the like second best defender or something and Jacquet is the second coming of Konate except less giraffe, so we take those.

9 - Anthony (-2) - League C - Last 4: 43 (L), 43 (W), 71 (W), 34 (W) - A win in slightly less convincing fashion than past weeks for Anthony as he dodged a bullet by not pulling one of the 6 managers who scored over 40 in League C this week, but a win nonetheless as Delap, Anderson, Van de Ven, and Vuskovic all put up "got an assist" and "got a clean sheet" scores while Gakpo rehabbed, Cherki showed why he can't play winger like Ndiaye can, and Daniel Munoz played out of his mind but went home with a cool 2 points. Despite that, Isak and Delap are possibly just a better version of Isak, Igor Jesus, and Nicolas Jackson, and Anderson somehow is continuing the defensive contribution magic at his new club, despite them looking like overwhelming favorites the entire game against United's 10 men. Oh wait, City had 10 men?

8 - Scott (+1) - League B - Last 4: 64 (W), 41 (L), 47 (W), 47 (W) - Not really sure what's up with 47 pointers but apparently my dad and I are on the same wavelength as we tied in the cup and both had single digit league victories with 0 overlap in players. Although, he also didn't have a single double digit scorer (I only had 1, Gvardiol's 11) so we have that going for us. His points though came from Saka's last minute penalty, Kluivert's first goal of the season coming against Brentford, Nunes playing out of his gourd against Manchester United, Murillo taking the weird path for a center back to get 6 points with an assist, defcon, and yellow card, and Alisson doing… something? in the 0-0 match against Fulham. Unfortunately though for Scott's cup ambitions, Le Bris decided to substitute Isidor into the match against Arsenal 6 minutes too late so he didn't get a goal contribution. Does he not read these or something?

7 - Andrew (+1) - League B - Last 4: 53 (L), 28 (L), 32 (D), 54 (W) - And since apparently I have the memory of the goldfish, Andrew climbs! He's snapped out of his weird ~30 point streak with another mid-50s score coming from a bunch of 1 pointers + the Joao Pedro classic 1g1a, Rogers and Tavernier goals, double Brighton clean sheets, and an Evanilson assist for the 3rd time in 4 weeks. Reminiscent of Ollie Watkins a few seasons ago… when I scored something like 1900 points across the entire season - is that in Andrew's future? Perhaps an Evanilson jersey to go with your promotion? Regardless, Andrew does have some dead wood. And by dead wood I think Caicedo might be actually dead, since he's out until 2027 at least. Add to that Dango seemingly being replaced by a Burnley player, Aaronson losing his starting spot after… 1 week, and Lacroix being benched because Xabi wants to see Hull City do well. Well, we'll see, he did score 54 this week.

6 - Luke (-) - League A - Last 4: 53 (W), 45 (W), 37 (L), 44 (W) - Not to spoil anything but the rest of this list may or may not be pretty predictable considering the score distribution this week. Which works for me because it's already 11pm and I gotta wrap this thing up eventually. Anyway, starting with Luke! Who put up a just-under league average performance, but I won't fault him for it too much considering he has a -3 for Disasi on his field and an 11 pointer on his bench. And actually, I will fault him for that, because he started "hasn't played in half a year" Grealish over a defender who is against a team who hasn't scored or even really looked like scoring this season. Anyway, he was rescued (once again) by Pascal Gross along with some mid range returns from Palmer, Van Hecke, and Murillo. Oh and if DCL would've gotten the extra 2 points he deserved it would've been over for him.

5 - Zach (-) - League A - Last 4: 47 (W), 45 (L), 35 (L), 55 (W) - Over to another League A manager who put up enough points to stay exactly where he is in this list, although he did beat the average despite not quite having a 17 pointer on his team. Just the 15 from Schade was enough. And credit where credit's due, Zach did call it when we said that Manchester United had to lose (or at least get battered by Haaland) for him to win in FPL this week. And the 9 points from the Haaland goal that shouldn't have counted alongside the 6 from Ruben Dias's clean sheet were just enough for him to pick up the 3 point win. Other notable returns this week for Zach included Rice's assist for Bruno Guimaraes's absolute screamer, the Kinsky clean sheet against Everton, and the Gomez 3 pointer in a game that had 5 Brighton goals.

4 - Katie (-) - League C - Last 4: 30 (L), 80 (W), 37 (L), 54 (L) - A slightly unfortunate one for Katie as she occupied the Jesse role in Zach's win by losing by 3 or less (while scoring 50+), so I don't fault her team too much here. And honestly much to be said considering her entire defense returned (Tarky(8), Matheus Nunes(9), Branthwaite(6), Alisson(9)), Gibbs-White ~~scored~~got an assist and 3 bonus points, and Evanilson was mentioned like 3 ranks up. Oh and you can't forget she has probably the best midfielder to ever do it in Alex Scott. And she would've won too, if only Iraola decided to start the child, or the manager who shall not be named at Spurs started Kudus, or Le Bris had put Isidor on the field 6 minutes earlier (for the people who have skipped to this section (aka, Katie), I already made this joke). Anyway, in a world where Carrick isn't the United manager and/or Bryan Mbeumo can finish his dinner Bruno Fernandes would've had at least an assist this week, so she has that going for her. Especially considering what may or may not occur should United lose against Fulham on Sunday.

3 - Charlotte (-) - League C - Last 4: 50 (D), 50 (W), 42 (W), 47 (W) - And then there were three: only 3 managers have scored 40 or more in all 4 gameweeks, Charlotte, Scott, and MatthewR. Sorry Matthew, not sure how you haven't made this list yet but uh maybe next time buddy. Anyway, this is supposed to be about Charlotte, who has successfully kept her point spread locked between 42 and 50, which is so surprising that I'm almost convinced she benched Dorgu just so she wouldn't hit 51? Regardless, Igor Jesus scored his first goal of the season (was it last week I said he was due a goal? The week before?) so hopefully Glasner will realize that he is better than double-bloody-nose Dan Ndoye, Tavernier scored his 3rd goal of the season, Schade scored his 3rd goal of the season, Guehi got his 3rd return of the season, and Trafford somehow nearly gave away 3 goals against Newcastle all by himself. That's about all I have to say and I'm kinda crashing so I don't think I can look at a team that willingly owns Dalot for much longer.

2 - Aarushi (-) - League C - Last 4: 55 (W), 51 (L), 33 (W), 50 (W) - Another big week for Aarushi as her hospital ward grew to include Luke Shaw, yet was no match for the dynamic duo of Gross + Raya who scored over 60% of her 50 points this week. And that was with two 0's on the field, Ndiaye only getting 45 minutes (and being a midfielder his 10 defensive contributions were worth nothing), Belloumi single handedly causing Reece James to only score 1, Phil Foden single handedly causing Harry Maguire to only score 1, and Matty Cash being out on vacation or something. Sangare and Muharemovic did their part though combining their effort for 11 points (that's just over 20%).

1 - Gavin (-) - League B - Last 4: 63 (W), 52 (W), 59 (W), 38 (W) - Apparently Gavin's team is fallible? Although he didn't lose, he did score less than 7/11 of the League B members. It's just too bad that not every week will see Ndiaye and Cherki playing defense for 70 minutes, Tzolis and Odegaard up against 2nd best defense in the league Sunderland, and Neco Williams going up against famed scorers Aston Villa, who surely are scoring multiple goals per game so far this season. Despite the sub-average week for Gavin, his defense did look great, with Everton staying consistent, Araujo looking like he's the first choice right back for Liverpool, and I guess Tottenham has an okay defense? A goalie is a goalie okay. Plus, Justin should have +3 for assisting DCL's stolen goal, so there's that. Regardless, someone needs to stop this man one of these weeks, preferably before he creates an insurmountable gap and makes my weekly updates less interesting. Or maybe, just maybe, I started a League C so that the other leagues can afford to be less interesting?