The 7 best tools for winning your fantasy football league

The 7 best tools for winning your fantasy football league

1) Fantasy Football Fix

Actually paying for help with your Fantasy League tactics (£10 for the Pro Pack, £5 for Essential) feels like crossing a line, but who can put a price on bragging rights? This site plugs your spreadsheet (and spare time) weaknesses, serving up points projections for the next five weeks, strategies for rotating players, starting line-up probabilities and other analytics that will leave you questioning your life priorities. Still, you know Jose Mourinho would do it.

2) Fantasy Football Geek

If the only title you’ve won is ‘specialist in failure’, this site could turn you from a Nicklas Bendtner into a Cristiano Ronaldo. With more analysis than Gary Neville and better scouting than Southampton, Fantasy Football Geek lets you keep up to date with which players are on form and more likely to grab you points. It even offers advice on leagues run by Sky Sports and The Telegraph, not just the official Premier League one.

3) Whoscored

“Football is a numbers game” has been said more times by Michael Owen than “goals wins games”. But despite how annoying his punditry may be, adopting the Moneyball approach may not be such a bad idea. WhoScored offers every stat you could possibly want, from simple stuff like goals and assists, to more advanced info such as shots per game and pass success rate. With so much raw data you should be able to time your Triple Captain to perfection.

4) PhysioRoom

If you’re going to win your fantasy football league you’ll need to take a risk. For example, investing in Daniel Sturridge, even though he spends more time in the physio room than on the pitch – or maybe buying a forgotten player on the cusp of a return. Either way, PhysioRoom will keep you updated with the latest injury news in the Prem so you can avoid relying on non-starters and time your transfers for maximum value.

5) FantasyPL subreddit

Brace yourself, we’re going in deep. If you weren’t aware of the lengths people will go to win their fantasy football league, then this subreddit will fill you in. Prepare to wade through tables of ‘4.5 keeper options’, lists of ‘pre-season bandwagons’ and endless debates about the relative merits of Alvaro Morata. Of course, we say all this in a dismissive tone, while checking it every Friday afternoon instead of working…

6) FPL Price Changes+

How many times have you been 0.1m short of your perfect team, and then thrown your laptop out of the window? Some crucial cash can be saved by timing your player transfers before they reach critical mass and get a price rise. Follow this Twitter account for alerts that’ll make sure you’re always one step ahead of the transfer bandwagon.

7) FPL Statistico

This site will help compare how many points you could have won if you’d just captained your vice captain and how successful that last-minute transfer was. Sure, it feels more like an exercise in self-flagellation, but if it steers you towards some more sensible captaincy choices, it’ll be time well spent. If time playing fantasy league football can ever be ‘well spent’.