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FPL Defensive Contribution

Defensive contribution — who actually crosses the line

FPL pays 2 points when a single match crosses the defensive-actions threshold. These are each player’s projected DefCon points for the gameweek. An adj tag marks a summer mover rebased to his new club’s defensive workload — hover it for the clubs.

Defenders

Threshold: 10 actions, recoveries excluded in one match. Bold number = expected DefCon points per start; right column = start chance, then points and value over the next 8 gameweeks.

1MurilloForest · £5.5m · 2% owned1.3890% starter
9.9 pts · 1.81/£m
2PinnockadjCoventry · £4.5m · 0% owned1.2790% starter
9.2 pts · 2.04/£m
3TarkowskiEverton · £6.2m · 18% owned1.2590% starter
9.0 pts · 1.45/£m
4BotmanNewcastle · £5.0m · 1% owned1.2390% starter
8.9 pts · 1.77/£m
5HillBournemouth · £5.5m · 1% owned1.2290% starter
8.8 pts · 1.60/£m
6RichardsPalace · £4.9m · 1% owned1.1790% starter
8.4 pts · 1.72/£m
7BranthwaiteEverton · £5.5m · 2% owned1.1766% starter
6.2 pts · 1.12/£m
8AffengruberFulham · £4.5m · 1% owned1.1345% starter
4.1 pts · 0.91/£m
9LacroixadjChelsea · £5.9m · 6% owned1.1172% starter
6.4 pts · 1.09/£m
10ThomasCoventry · £4.0m · 9% owned1.0890% starter
7.8 pts · 1.94/£m
11SenesiadjTottenham · £5.7m · 3% owned1.0890% starter
7.8 pts · 1.36/£m
12MuharemovićLeeds · £5.0m · 5% owned1.0590% starter
7.6 pts · 1.51/£m
13MukieleSunderland · £5.4m · 2% owned1.0390% starter
7.4 pts · 1.38/£m
14SilvaBournemouth · £5.0m · 1% owned1.0290% starter
7.3 pts · 1.47/£m
15FofanaChelsea · £5.0m · 0% owned1.0272% starter
5.9 pts · 1.17/£m
16BijolLeeds · £5.0m · 1% owned1.0046% starter
3.7 pts · 0.74/£m
17MilenkovićForest · £5.4m · 1% owned0.9532% starter
2.4 pts · 0.45/£m
18SchusterBrentford · £4.5m · 0% owned0.9353% starter
4.0 pts · 0.88/£m
19AldereteSunderland · £4.8m · 0% owned0.9263% starter
4.6 pts · 0.96/£m
20VirgilLiverpool · £6.5m · 16% owned0.8990% starter
6.4 pts · 0.98/£m

Midfielders

Threshold: 12 actions including recoveries in one match. Bold number = expected DefCon points per start; right column = start chance, then points and value over the next 8 gameweeks.

1MainooMan United · £5.5m · 1% owned1.3968% starter
7.6 pts · 1.37/£m
2LermaPalace · £4.8m · 0% owned1.2438% starter
3.8 pts · 0.78/£m
3ChristieBournemouth · £5.0m · 0% owned1.1072% starter
6.3 pts · 1.26/£m
4JaneltBrentford · £5.0m · 2% owned1.0990% starter
7.9 pts · 1.58/£m
5M.SangaréBrentford · £5.5m · 8% owned0.9863% starter
5.0 pts · 0.90/£m
6CaicedoChelsea · £5.3m · 1% owned0.9851% starter
4.0 pts · 0.75/£m
7AdamsBournemouth · £5.0m · 0% owned0.9790% starter
7.0 pts · 1.39/£m
8AmpaduLeeds · £5.4m · 1% owned0.9590% starter
6.9 pts · 1.27/£m
9TielemansadjMan United · £5.7m · 1% owned0.9090% starter
6.5 pts · 1.13/£m
10PalaciosIpswich · £5.0m · 0% owned0.8845% starter
3.2 pts · 0.64/£m
11GarnerEverton · £6.0m · 0% owned0.8790% starter
6.3 pts · 1.05/£m
12AndersonadjMan City · £6.3m · 4% owned0.8490% starter
6.0 pts · 0.96/£m
13StachLeeds · £6.0m · 2% owned0.8490% starter
6.0 pts · 1.00/£m
14CharlesFulham · £5.0m · 0% owned0.7685% starter
5.2 pts · 1.03/£m
15I.SangaréForest · £4.8m · 0% owned0.7442% starter
2.5 pts · 0.52/£m
16XhakaSunderland · £5.4m · 3% owned0.7290% starter
5.2 pts · 0.96/£m
17TimberPalace · £5.0m · 0% owned0.7190% starter
5.1 pts · 1.03/£m
18CookBournemouth · £5.0m · 0% owned0.7140% starter
2.3 pts · 0.45/£m
19GomesadjAston Villa · £5.5m · 0% owned0.7090% starter
5.0 pts · 0.92/£m
20SchlagerForest · £5.0m · 0% owned0.6790% starter
4.8 pts · 0.96/£m

Opponents to target — where DefCon points get conceded

How often opposition defenders hit the 10-action threshold against each club last season (league average 27%). Palace have been the most reliable DefCon fixture in the league, home or away; Bournemouth are generous hosts but stingy travellers.

Most generous

1Palacehome 40% · away 39%39%1.45x
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2Liverpoolhome 40% · away 36%38%1.39x
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3Brentfordhome 38% · away 30%34%1.24x
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4Aston Villahome 35% · away 32%33%1.22x
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5Evertonhome 35% · away 31%33%1.20x
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6Bournemouthhome 41% · away 24%32%1.17x
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7Newcastlehome 32% · away 31%32%1.16x
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8Leedshome 29% · away 33%31%1.13x
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9Brightonhome 27% · away 33%30%1.09x
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Least generous

10Arsenalhome 28% · away 26%27%0.98x
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11Man Unitedhome 30% · away 23%27%0.98x
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12Tottenham Hotspurhome 31% · away 22%26%0.96x
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13Sunderlandhome 32% · away 17%24%0.90x
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14Man Cityhome 25% · away 21%23%0.84x
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15Chelseahome 31% · away 14%22%0.82x
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16Foresthome 20% · away 23%22%0.80x
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17Fulhamhome 23% · away 11%17%0.62x
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