Review the Defenders for FPL 2016/17

It this article we will reviewing the players for our fantasy team, hope you can get the good clues and tips here. There are few important part in this article, Top 20 Defenders, Top Set-Pieces Taker, Top Home Performers and narrowing down the list to 4.5M and 4.0M Defenders.

Top 20 Defenders:

Name	Team	Pos.	Value(M)	Points	Total Games	PPG	PPM
Bellerín	ARS	DEF	6.5	172	33	5.2	26.5
Alderweireld	TOT	DEF	6.5	166	36	4.6	25.5
Koscielny	ARS	DEF	6	153	31	4.9	25.5
Monreal	ARS	DEF	6	152	34	4.5	25.3
Fuchs	LEI	DEF	5.5	150	31	4.8	27.3
Huth	LEI	DEF	5	140	33	4.2	28
Morgan	LEI	DEF	5	139	36	3.9	27.8
Smalling	MUN	DEF	6	135	31	4.4	22.5
Cresswell	WHU	DEF	5.5	133	33	4	24.2
Daniels	BOU	DEF	5	130	35	3.7	26
Dann	CRY	DEF	5.5	130	32	4.1	23.6
van Dijk	SOU	DEF	5.5	130	34	3.8	23.6
Fonte	SOU	DEF	5.5	127	35	3.6	23.1
van Aanholt	SUN	DEF	5	127	30	4.2	25.4
Azpilicueta	CHE	DEF	6	124	34	3.6	20.7
Dawson	WBA	DEF	5	124	34	3.6	24.8
Williams	SWA	DEF	5	123	34	3.6	24.6
Walker	TOT	DEF	5.5	121	31	3.9	22
Simpson	LEI	DEF	5	120	30	4	24
Kolarov	MCI	DEF	6	118	25	4.7	19.7

Above are the list of top 20 defenders based on 2015/16 fantasy points. Bellerin and Alderweirald are at the top of the table.

From the top 40 defenders only 4 are frequently taking set-pieces, they are:

Player	Club
Aaron Cresswell	WHU
Charlie Daniels	BOU
Christian Fuchs	LEI
Aleksandar Kolarov	MCI

Home Performer Defenders:

This chart are based on FPL 2015/16 Players Performance Index. At the right side on the chart you see the best defender. Based on this chart, Van Dijk scoring the highest average home performances index that is 18 points. Followed by Alderweireld and Bakary Sagna with 17 points.

4.5M and 4.0M Defenders:

Name	Team	Pos.	Value(M)	Points	Total Games	PPG	PPM
Fernández	SWA	DEF	4.5	98	30	3.3	21.8
Taylor	SWA	DEF	4.5	89	28	3.2	19.8
Kaboul	SUN	DEF	4.5	72	21	3.4	16
Yedlin	TOT	DEF	4.5	68	22	3.1	15.1
Naughton	SWA	DEF	4.5	65	25	2.6	14.4
Targett	SOU	DEF	4.5	61	12	5.1	13.6
Koné	SUN	DEF	4.5	60	14	4.3	13.3
Rangel	SWA	DEF	4.5	56	23	2.4	12.4
Yoshida	SOU	DEF	4.5	52	18	2.9	11.6
O'Shea	SUN	DEF	4.5	43	26	1.7	9.6
Martina	SOU	DEF	4.5	36	15	2.4	8
Chambers	ARS	DEF	4.5	23	12	1.9	5.1
Friend	MID	DEF	4.5	0	38	0	0
Gibson	MID	DEF	4.5	0	36	0	0
Nsue Lopez	MID	DEF	4.5	0	38	0	0

After filtering based on home fixtures difficulty in the first 6 games, and chance to play, 15 defenders get into the list.

Swansea players are at the top of this list but not all of them are going into our watchlist because they have the worst fixtures compare to other teams in this list.

Watchlists:
Friend ~ Favorite
Nsue Lopez ~ Favorite
Kaboul ~ Good for rotation
O'Shea ~ Good for rotation
Kone ~ Monitor-Playing time
Targett ~ Monitor-Playing time
Chambers ~ Monitor-Playing time
Fernandez ~ Monitor-Tough fixtures

Note:
1. GK-Goalkeeper, DF-Defender, MF-Midfielder, ST-Striker.
2. Points-Fantasy Premier League Points in 2015/16.
3. Value(M)-Fantasy Value in Million. PPM-Points per millions. PPG-Points per games.
See also:
Review the Goalkeepers for FPL 2016/17
EPL 2015/16 Top 20 Goalkeepers
EPL 2015/16 Players Specific Position FPL