The central defender led the way for ‘defcon’ points at FPL Gameweek 1

25 Players in the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) take defensive contribution points (Defcon) at Gameweek 1.

Here we know who meets the requirements and how many defcons they make in total.

As a reminder, outfield players are valued with additional points if they meet the following criteria:

Players with defensive contribution points in Gameweek 1

Defenders

The most direct Takeaway here is that of the 15 defenders who reach Defcon’s threshold in Gameweek 1, 11 are central defenders.

Even Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri (£ 6.0 million), which we have not included in our calculation, play a full-back role/hybrid central defender.

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk (£ 6.0 million) leads the road.

The Dutch won 21 Defcons, including 17 (!) Clearance. This special statistics contributed 80.95% of the total, underlined the importance.

Mark Sejesi (£ 4.5 million) is another defender who meets the requirements in this match.

The Center-Halves of Bournemouth is very good for Defcon Points last season, and this was seen again on Friday, with a senensi defense partner, Bafode is actted (£ 4.5 million), only one defcon is far from reaching a bonus.

Three clubs provide two defenders:

• Crystal Palace: Maxence Lacroix (£ 5.0 million) and Tyrick Mitchell (£ 5.0 million)
• Newcastle United: And Burn (£ 5.0 million) and Fabian Schar (£ 5.5 million)
• Manchester United: Matthijs de Ligt (£ 5.0 million) and Leny Yoro (£ 4.5 million)

In particular, each of the three teams met opponents who finished in the top six last season.

Somewhat surprising just to see And Ballard (£ 4.5 million) represented by a promoted team. This is a worthy aspect tracked in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the minutes played are the key in Gameweek 1: Every defender who meets the requirements for bonuses to play 90 full.

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