Which players enjoy scoring against their GW28 FPL opponent?
Looking at the next FPL opponent of various players to assess whether their record is good or bad against them.
Player vs FPL opponent
Here is the data on how attacking FPL assets usually fare against their next opponents. Clearly a lot can change in the years since Striker A scored a hat-trick against Team B. On the other hand, if a player enjoys playing at a certain ground against a particular centre back, that could be useful information for the FPL community.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t included because his 2003-09 appearances were too long ago to be relevant.
Points of interest
Raheem Sterling has never scored in 18 league meetings against Man United. Similarly, Gabriel Jesus is without a Manchester derby goal.
Mohamed Salah enjoys facing West Ham, with four double-digit hauls versus the Hammers.
Two goals and one assist helped Neal Maupay to a 16-point haul at St James’ Park last season.
Son Heung-min only has scores of two and three during his last five meetings with Everton, although 21 and 13 came in the two before.
Meanwhile, Spurs team mate Harry Kane returned four consecutive hauls of 13, 13, 13 and 15 against Everton throughout 2017 and 2018.
Last season, Chris Wood scored and assisted away to Southampton. The forward played for Burnley at the time but has since signed for Newcastle.
Eight of Kevin De Bruyne‘s nine starts against Man United have been blanks.
Wilfried Zaha faces Wolves, the side he scored against during a 2-0 win in Gameweek 11.
The Double Gameweek looks promising for Raul Jimenez on paper but he only has 1 goal from 11 games against Crystal Palace and Watford.
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