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            <p>The <strong>best value players in FPL</strong> are one of the most important <strong>Fantasy Premier League</strong> assets in the game.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/FPLMatthew"><em>FPL Matthew</em></a>, arguably the best FPL manager in the world, defines what we mean by "<strong>FPL value</strong>" and then identifies the <strong>best value players in FPL for the 2021/22 season</strong>.</p>
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<h2>The Best Value Players in FPL | Defining Value</h2>
<p>For this article, I'm using a largely data driven model, with subjectivity included only where needed.</p>
<p>As a result, these findings <strong>will not be altered by any outside influences</strong> such as the social media bubble or emerging 'templates'. I'm interested to see if the players coming up as <strong>best value</strong> match that of popular opinion or whether any surprising names emerge.</p>
<p>Below are the factors that I'm using to identify the <strong>best value FPL players</strong> 'on paper' going into the new <strong>2021/22</strong> <strong>Fantasy Premier League</strong> season.</p>
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<li><strong>Opening fixtures. </strong>For this I am using the <strong>first six fixtures</strong> for each team, but discounted to reflect the effect of changes over time. <strong>Gameweek 1</strong> is weighted at 100%, <strong>Gameweek 2</strong> at 90%, and so on. This takes into account the quality of the team itself as well as their opponents. I'm using the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/"><strong>Fantasy Football Hub Fixture Ticker</strong></a> for this.</li>
<li><strong>'Nailed-on-ness'. </strong>How likely is the player to start every game? This is based on starts last season, together with my own knowledge and research.</li>
<li><strong>Player quality.</strong> The main source of subjectivity. This is my own opinion of each player's overall quality (not their team's).</li>
<li><strong>Team attacking stats. </strong>For all players apart from <strong>goalkeepers</strong>, with more weighting given to <strong>midfielders</strong> and <strong>forwards</strong> (second half of 2020/21).</li>
<li><strong>Team defensive stats. </strong>For <strong>goalkeepers</strong> and <strong>defenders</strong> only (second half of 2020/21).</li>
<li><strong>Goal Involvement. </strong>Expected Goal Involvement (goals and assists) for the player (whole of 2020/21 season).</li>
<li><strong>Expected FPL Points</strong> - expected goals, assists, clean sheets, etc applied to the <strong>FPL points system</strong> for the player (second half of 2020/21).</li>
<li><strong>Average FPL Points per appearance</strong> - whole of 2020/21 season.</li>
<li><strong>Price. </strong>Both absolute price, and amount over 'base price' (i.e. £4.0m for goalkeeper and defenders, £4.5m for others).</li>
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<p><strong>A couple of notes to bear in mind:</strong></p>
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<li>I have included only players who were in the <strong>Premier League</strong> last season, as it's difficult to know how to equate performances in other leagues.</li>
<li>The <strong>Value Index</strong> figures mean nothing in their own right but are a relative measure. The higher the number, the better value.</li>
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<h2>The Best Value FPL Players 2021/22</h2>
<p>I put all of this data into my algorithm and sorted by value for each position. Here are the results:</p>
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<h3>The Best Value FPL Goalkeepers 2021/22</h3>
<p>I am only going to highlight one here, as he is streets ahead of the rest in terms of <strong>best FPL value</strong>. No surprises here; it's <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-brighton-fpl-players/"><strong>Brighton</strong></a>'s <strong>Robert Sánchez (£4.5m)</strong> with a value index of <strong>22.9</strong>.</p>
<p>Having ousted Mathew Ryan from the Seagull's number one shirt, he went on to keep <strong>10 clean sheets in 27 appearances</strong> last season. Brighton's defence are well organised and boasted amongst the very best defensive stats in the second half of last season.</p>
<p>To add to this, Brighton also have a relatively favourable <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/"><strong>opening set of fixtures</strong></a>.</p>
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<h3>The Best Value FPL Defenders 2021/22</h3>
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