Foontasy — Championship GW1 Review + GW2 Preview

Play Fantasy Championship on Foontasy, where you can buy players after deadline and loan them for just one gameweek. Also wildcard and 2 free transfers each GW.

GW1 DREAM TEAM

Best Player — Fred Onyedinma (Luton, MID 5.5) who assisted the first two goals against Peterborough and scored third himself. He is just 2 goals away from repeating his last season goal contribution record.

STAT LEADERS

Shots

7 — Brereton Diaz (Blackburn, MID 7.0)

5 — Lolley (Nottingham Forest, MID 6.0), Brown (Stoke, MID 5.0)

4 — Bacuna (Cardiff, MID 5.0), Woodrow (Barnsley, FW 8.0), Dolan (Blackburn, MID 5.0), Robinson (West Bromwich, MID 8.5)

Key Passes

Huddersfield deep bench-warmer, winger Sorba Thomas (MID 5.0) started at left wing-back role after LBs Toffolo and Ruffels were hit by Covid. And he made 9 key passes! Nine! Deserves at least one more start.

6 — Vrancic (Stoke, MID 6.5)

5 — Giles (Cardiff, DEF 6.0), Smith (Stoke, DEF 5.5)

Big chances (including shots and chances created)

4 — Onyedinma (Luton, MID 5.5, 2+2)

3 — Brereton Diaz (Blackburn, MID 7.0, 3+0)

2 — Mowatt (West Bromwich, MID 7.5, 0+2), Martin (Bristol, FW 6.0, 1+1), King (Bristol, MID 5.5, 1+1), Bacuna (Cardiff, MID 5.0, 2+0), Giles (Cardiff, DEF 6.0, 0+2), Thomas (Huddersfield, MID 5.0, 0+2), Barkhuizen (Preston, MID 5.5, 1+1), Lewis-Potter (Hull, MID 6.0, 1+1), Vrancic (Stoke, MID 6.5, 0+2), Jutkiewicz (Birmingham, FW 6.5, 1+1)

GW2 PREVIEW

LONG TERM PICKS

Ben Brereton Diaz (Blackburn MID 7.0) — player with 7 goals and 4 assists in 27.1 90-minute segments last season is now a penalty-taker after Adam Armstrong’s departure to Southampton. Armstrong took 8 penalty kicks, Ben can end up with more goals from the spot than non-penalty goals.

Tommy Smith (Stoke, DEF 5.5) — made 2 assists and contributed to 5 of 18 Stoke shots against Reading (all 5 are key passes). 27.8% is a pretty big share. He’ll still be decent if this figure drops to 16.7% (1 shot/key pass per team’s every 6 shots)

SHORT TERM PICKS

Sammie Szmodics (Peterborough, MID 6.0) vs Derby (H)— Huddersfield’s depleted-by-covid squad made 18 shots against the Rams. Peterborough must be at least not worse than them.

Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn, MID 5.0) vs Millwall (A) — last season didn’t give a clear answer to a question who would play centre-forward in absence of Adam Armstrong. Ben Brereton Diaz or Sam Gallagher, who were more deployed on left and right flank respectively. But Tony Mowbray surprised us by fielding RW Tyrhys Dolan there. Guaranteed at least one more start before Rovers sign Adam Armstrong replacement.