Tag Archives: Midfielders

Gameweek 4: Injury and Suspension Report Injuries can have a big impact on a fantasy lineup. Not only can they impact your score by providing under the radar options, but replacements often come in at a lower price point and can make it easier to field a full roster. Each week I’ll review key injuries and help you find replacements …

There’s a lot to consider when making your transfers for the week – current fixture, price, double game weeks, injuries, lineup rotation… Every week there are a couple players who rise to the top of the transfer list. I decided to look into these players to see how they performed compared to others in single game weeks. Note: this analysis …

In both MLS Fantasy and Draft format, midfielders are your core point producers.  You can run up to five midfielders in your starting lineup. While this position is not nearly as critical to getting a good draft, drafting well can set you apart from your opponents. Lodeiro Nicolas Lodeiro is the consensus best midfielder in the game and arguably the …

  This is the second of a four-post series focused on finding value in each position. To learn more about the methodology or look at the post about forwards, click here. For those of you who can’t be bothered to read the last post (lazy bum!)…. the important column in this table is the rightmost one labeled “Residuals”. The higher …

If you’re reading the advice we give here on MLSFantasyBoss, you probably already know that it is good to pick players who take set pieces and PKs. The question is just how much does it account for? The below table looks at PP90 for specific positional roles. The equations I use are now able to pull out midfield set-piece takers …

Im back from vacation and ready to finish the year strong!!! -GK-I dont see any possible CS this week, so I wont advise on a GK -DEF-Scott-SEA-6.7 Mil @ 0.8% Ownership Scott has had 11/18 CBIS in the last 2 games. They do play LA, but are at home, and could rack up the CBI’s/Def bonus against LA. -MID-Valeri-PDX-10.6 Mil …

-GK-Kwarasey-PDX-5.9 Mil @ 2.6% Ownership PDX has had B2B CS, and Kwarasey is tied/leads the league with 10 CS. The next 2 games look to be in favor of PDX (rsl/HOU) RSL playing Midweek USOC(throwing a B team in MLS games) and a Hou team that hasn’t impressed. -DEF-Francis-SJ-5.3 Mil @ 1.2% Ownership Francis has amassed 12 pts in 2 …

  We’re getting down to the wire, so I’m going to have to make these last two early picks articles a little shorter so that we can all meet our deadlines. If you’re looking for information about Keepers and Defenders, be sure to check out my other articles. Also, be sure to look over my articles at MLS Soccer and …

Last month I posted some stats from the 2013 MLS season. Since then, I’ve done a little more work and I’m ready to talk what we can learn from this data. Specifically, I took a look to see which stats were most related to a player’s final total score. The idea was that by identifying the stats that contribute the most …

  The playoffs are here and the times for the first games have now been announced. There are only 4 teams playing this week and you have unlimited transfers to prepare for this round. If you’ve built up a good team value, you should not have a problem picking all of the big names from each team, or maybe you …