The premier league remains the most popular football league in the world, attracting hundreds of millions of followers globally. This...
The premier league remains the most popular football league in the world, attracting hundreds of millions of followers globally.
This is evidenced by the recent ground-breaking deal the league signed with broadcast companies (Sky and BT), worth about £8 billion, to broadcast live premier league games, in addition to other deals with international broadcast companies.
The fantasy premier league game is also
increasingly popular amongst fans around the world since its inception in 2002,
with the 2016/2017 season recording over 3.8 million participants. The
popularity exploded and continues to increase due to the evolution of the
internet
The fantasy game has also become
increasingly popular amongst the massive number of people that follow the
English Premier League in Nigeria.
THE FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE
WHAT IT IS?
The Fantasy premier
league is a fan based game that runs concurrently with the English premier
league season. The game started in 2002 and has grown to become the most
popular fantasy game of the most popular football league in the world, amassing
just under 4 million users for the 2016/17 season.
It basically involves
fans creating a virtual team of real players, under a virtual budget, with the
players in turn scoring points based on performances each week. A user with the
most points accrued by the selected players is the eventual winner of the game.
There are global
leagues which users are automatically a part of based on their country, as well
as favourite club in the league.
SELECTING A SQUAD
Each team is allocated
a virtual budget of £100m to spend on up to 15 players, who have virtual costs
ranging from £4m to up to £13m. it should be noted that this virtual cost, is
in no way related to the actual transfer value of these players in real life.
It is after all, a game based on fantasies.
Each user can select
up to:
2 Goal keepers
5 Defenders
5 Midfielders
3 Forwards
Each team can select a
maximum of 3 players from any one Real Premier league team e.g. a fantasy team
can only have 3 players from Chelsea or Manchester United in the squad.
MANAGING A SQUAD
From your pool of 15
selected players, you must select a team of 11 players to undertake each match
week. This must be done before the match week deadline. All points for the
match week would be scored with only these 11 players take into consideration.
However, if one (or more) players doesn’t feature in the match week, they can be automatically substituted by one of the 4 remaining players.
However, if one (or more) players doesn’t feature in the match week, they can be automatically substituted by one of the 4 remaining players.
You can set your team
up in any formation of your choosing, provided there is at least 1 goal keeper,
3 defenders and 1 forward always. Each match week, you can also select a
captain and vice-captain from the “My team” page. The captain scores double the
points the player is able to accrue in real life. If the captain doesn’t play,
the vice-captain takes this mantle.
TRANSFERS
For each match week, a
user is allowed 1 free alteration to the squad roster. A team can choose to
“carry over” this free transfer into the next match week, however, you can only
have a maximum of 2 free transfers at any given point through the season.
Each transfer above the limit, would attract a 4-point hit each match week. The sum of these ‘hits’ are subtracted from the total points in league play.
Each transfer above the limit, would attract a 4-point hit each match week. The sum of these ‘hits’ are subtracted from the total points in league play.
However, it is
important to note that there must be consideration for the cost implication of
each transfers, prices vary amongst players.
CHIPS
For the 2017/2018
season, there would be up to 4 chips available to every user:
Bench Boost: This enables your entire squad of 15 to score points for the match
week. Can only be used once per
season.
Triple Captain: This enables your selected captain for a match
week to score triple his accrued points rather than the standard double
multiple. Can only be used once per
season.
Free Hit: This enables you to make unlimited transfers in a match week. However,
the effect would only last for that single match week, and is particularly
useful in the event that there is not a full complement of fixtures for the
match week. Can only be used once per
season.
Wildcard: This also enables you to make unlimited transfers in your team and is
perfect for a complete overhaul of your squad. This is available twice in a season.
LEAGUES
Every team
automatically joins public league based on favourite clubs and country.
However, you can create and join private leagues with friends, in both the
classic or head to head format.
Classic format calculates all the points accrued and members of the league are
ranked in a table.
Head to Head format pits teams against each other on a weekly basis, with 3 points
awarded for each win, and a point for a draw.
SCORING POINTS
During the season, players
are awarded points based on their performance in the real world Premier League
Action
|
Points
|
Playing up to 60 mins
|
1
|
Playing 60 mins or more
(excluding injury time)
|
2
|
Each goal scored by a Goal
keeper or Defender
|
6
|
Each goal scored by a
midfielder
|
5
|
Each goal scored by a forward
|
4
|
Each goal assist
|
3
|
Each clean sheet by a goal
keeper or defender
|
4
|
Each clean sheet by a
midfielder
|
1
|
Every 3 shot saves by a goal
keeper
|
1
|
Each penalty saved
|
5
|
Each penalty missed
|
-2
|
Bonus points (Appointed via the Bonus Points System)
|
1-3
|
Every 2 goals conceded by a
goal keeper or defender
|
-1
|
Each yellow card
|
-1
|
Each red card
|
-3
|
Each own goal
|
-2
|
Clean sheets are awarded for not conceding whilst on the pitch AND playing at least
60 min (excl. injury time)
If a player receives a Red
Card, they will continue to be penalised for goals conceded by their team
Assists
Assists are awarded
when a player provides the final pass (intentional
or unintentional) before a goal is scored. If an
opposing player touches the ball after the final pass before a goal is scored,
significantly altering the intended destination of the ball, then no assist is
awarded.
Rebounds
If a shot on goal is blocked by an
opposition player, is saved by a goalkeeper or hits the woodwork, and a goal is
scored from the rebound, then an assist is awarded.
Own
Goals
If a player shoots or passes the ball and
forces an opposing player to put the ball in his own net, then an assist is
awarded.
Penalties
and Free-Kicks
In the event of a penalty or free-kick, the
player earning the penalty or free-kick is awarded an assist if a goal is
directly scored, but not if he takes it himself, in which case no assist is
given.
Finalizing
Assists
Assist points awarded by Opta within
Fantasy Premier League are calculated using additional stats which may differ
from other websites. For example, some other sites would not show an assist
where a player has won a penalty.
For the avoidance of doubt, points awarded
in-game are subject to change up until one hour after the final whistle of the
last match of any given day. Once the points have all been updated on that day,
no further adjustments to points will be made.
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