The Premier League set a new record for most number of goals in a single round of matches (44) last week, but that didn’t exactly translate to big success for Fantasy Premier League managers.
With an average score of 59 – only an increase of nine from GW1 – the goal-fest evidently didn’t lead to a huge surge in points scored.
Son Heung-min, who was the biggest point scorer last week after scoring four goals in Tottenham’s 5-2 win over Southampton, was the second-most transferred out player ahead of Gameweek 2. Imagine the agony for those FPL managers.
Some of it may have been eased by Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hat-trick for Everton as he was among the most purchased players ahead of GW 2.
Last week’s most popular captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang only returned five points but the additional goals from elsewhere seemed to balance it out for majority of FPL…