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FPL Regression Watch — Gameweek 3: Sell, Buy, Hold

2 attackers running ahead of their xG, 5 attackers running behind. The CURSD finishing-variance read on every Premier League team's most-owned FPL assets.

The CURSD Luck Score measures how much a team's results are running ahead of or behind their underlying performance. The same logic, applied one layer down, identifies which FPL assets are riding luck and which are due a bounce. Here's the regression watch for Gameweek 3 based on goals vs expected goals (xG).

Sell Candidates — Goals Far Above xG

These players have scored at least 1.5 goals above their xG total. Finishing this hot historically does not persist. The fantasy returns are real, but the underlying data does not support them continuing.

PlayerTeamPriceOwnedGoalsxGΔ
Elanga (MID)Newcastle£6.110.9%20.4+1.6
Janelt (MID)Brentford£5.01.5%20.5+1.5

Buy the Dip — Goals Below xG

These players are creating the chances but the goals haven't followed. A drop of 1 or more goals below xG is meaningful. The shots are there. Conversion regresses to expected eventually.

PlayerTeamPriceOwnedGoalsxGΔ
Thiago (FWD)Brentford£7.912.1%02.3-2.3
Foden (MID)Man City£7.04.8%01.6-1.6
Barry (FWD)Everton£5.65.5%12.3-1.3
Awoniyi (FWD)Coventry City£5.50.7%01.2-1.2
Nketiah (FWD)Crystal Palace£5.50.7%01.1-1.1

Every Team — Most-Owned Attackers

Newcastle — Newcastle as a team has scored 4 goals above their season xG total — finishing has been hot. Most-owned attackers: Wissa (17% owned, Δ -0.4) · Elanga (11% owned, Δ +1.6) · Barnes (2% owned, Δ +0.8).

Brighton — Brighton's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Groß (16% owned, Δ +0.2) · Gomez (5% owned, Δ -0.7) · Yalcouyé (3% owned, Δ +0.3).

Manchester City — Manchester City's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Haaland (71% owned, Δ +0.5) · Cherki (30% owned, Δ +1.4) · Semenyo (18% owned, Δ -0.2).

Fulham — Fulham's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Kusi-Asare (6% owned, Δ 0.0) · Gonzalo (4% owned, Δ -0.4) · Reed (1% owned, Δ 0.0).

Chelsea — Chelsea's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: João Pedro (72% owned, Δ +0.1) · Rogers (28% owned, Δ +0.8) · Palmer (22% owned, Δ +0.9).

Bournemouth — Bournemouth's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Scott (4% owned, Δ +0.7) · Evanilson (3% owned, Δ -0.7) · Tavernier (3% owned, Δ +0.5).

Crystal Palace — Crystal Palace's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Hughes (9% owned, Δ 0.0) · Mateta (2% owned, Δ -0.7) · Sarr (1% owned, Δ 0.0).

Liverpool — Liverpool's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Szoboszlai (39% owned, Δ -0.2) · Isak (20% owned, Δ +0.7) · Gakpo (14% owned, Δ +0.6).

Everton — Everton's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Barry (6% owned, Δ -1.3) · Dewsbury-Hall (4% owned, Δ +0.6) · Beto (1% owned, Δ -0.1).

Leeds — Leeds's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Calvert-Lewin (24% owned, Δ -0.6) · Wilson (3% owned, Δ -0.0) · Stach (3% owned, Δ +0.5).

Arsenal — Arsenal's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Tzolis (18% owned, Δ -0.2) · Rice (14% owned, Δ -0.1) · Ødegaard (13% owned, Δ +1.0).

Hull City — Hull City's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Slater (5% owned, Δ -0.0) · McBurnie (2% owned, Δ -0.5) · Belloumi (1% owned, Δ -0.2).

Manchester United — Manchester United's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: B.Fernandes (47% owned, Δ +0.8) · Mbeumo (26% owned, Δ -0.3) · Cunha (7% owned, Δ -0.5).

Sunderland — Sunderland's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Brobbey (8% owned, Δ -0.6) · E.Le Fée (5% owned, Δ -0.2) · Xhaka (4% owned, Δ -0.1).

Nottingham Forest — Nottingham Forest's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Gibbs-White (9% owned, Δ -0.4) · Igor Jesus (3% owned, Δ -1.0) · Yates (1% owned, Δ 0.0).

Aston Villa — Aston Villa's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: Watkins (3% owned, Δ 0.0) · McGinn (2% owned, Δ -0.8) · George Hemmings (1% owned, Δ -0.1).

Brentford — Brentford's finishing has tracked their xG closely. Most-owned attackers: M.Sangaré (14% owned, Δ -0.4) · Thiago (12% owned, Δ -2.3) · Schade (4% owned, Δ +0.2).

How To Read This

FPL ownership signals the conventional wisdom; the Δ column signals where conventional wisdom is built on hot finishing rather than sustainable underlying numbers. None of this is a transfer recommendation — your team context, captaincy, fixtures, and chips all matter. But ignoring goals-vs-xG when a player is over 1.5 above is leaving information on the table.

For live data and all 20 teams, see /fpl-watch.

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