The Gameweek 6 Roundup

Gameweek 6: Henderson top scored with 18; Coventry City 4–1 Newcastle was the result of the round; Man City are on 6 straight wins; B.Fernandes blanked for the 35% who own him.

Written after Gameweek 6 was settled — once FPL had confirmed the round's stats, so the bonus points here are the final ones rather than the provisional totals that move overnight. It has not changed since and will not.

The Scorers

The three highest points totals of the gameweek, and what made them up.

Chelsea MID

Henderson

18 points

Henderson scored 18 points — 2 goals, 1 assist and 3 bonus points, from 90 minutes.

Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Bonus: 3
Owned: 0.3%

Brighton DEF

De Cuyper

15 points

De Cuyper scored 15 points — 1 goal, a clean sheet and 3 bonus points, from 67 minutes.

Goals: 1
Clean sheet: Yes
Bonus: 3
Owned: 34.9%

Everton MID

Dewsbury-Hall

13 points

Dewsbury-Hall scored 13 points — 1 goal, 1 assist and 3 bonus points, from 90 minutes.

Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Bonus: 3
Owned: 5.7%

The Blanks

Players enough managers own for it to have hurt, who played an hour or more and returned almost nothing. The expected-goal figure is the part that matters — it separates a bad week from a bad player.

Man Utd MID

B.Fernandes

1 point

B.Fernandes returned 1 point from 90 minutes, owned by 35.0% of managers. There was little behind it either: 0.16 expected goal involvements.

Owned: 35.0%
Minutes: 90
xGI: 0.16

Leeds FWD

Calvert-Lewin

2 points

Calvert-Lewin returned 2 points from 90 minutes, owned by 22.6% of managers. There was little behind it either: 0.00 expected goal involvements.

Owned: 22.6%
Minutes: 90
xGI: 0.00

Arsenal DEF

Gabriel

2 points

Gabriel returned 2 points from 90 minutes, owned by 21.9% of managers. There was little behind it either: 0.01 expected goal involvements.

Owned: 21.9%
Minutes: 90
xGI: 0.01

Against the Table

Results where the league position going into the round said the other thing. Positions are as they stood before this gameweek, since the win being judged has already moved both clubs.

Coventry City Coventry City 4–1 Newcastle

Coventry City, 18th going into the round, beat Newcastle in 9th at home — 9 places between them in the table.

On a Run

Clubs whose run is live as of this gameweek — counted backwards from it, so a streak that ended last week isn’t here.

Man City 6 straight wins

Man City have won 6 in a row.
Brighton 3 straight wins

Brighton have won 3 in a row.

How the Model Did

The AI Best XI’s projection for this gameweek was frozen at the deadline and never recomputed. This is it against what the squad actually scored.

Projected: 52.9
Actual: 49
Difference: -3.9

Every gameweek’s record is on the AI teams page, including the ones it got wrong.