Arsenal midfielder Alexis Sanchez
and Chelsea forward Diego Costa
are among five winners to have
been honoured for their
exceptional Fantasy Premier
League performances during the
first half of the Barclays Premier
League campaign in the 2014/15
EA SPORTS FPL Half-time Awards.
Highest Points Scorer – Alexis
Sanchez (ARS)
Alexis Sanchez has claimed the
award for being Highest Points
Scorer after hitting the ground
running in his first season in the
English top flight with an
impressive 120 points from 19 BPL
appearances. The Chile
international, who was signed from
Barcelona in the summer, has
represented Arsenal's, and many
FPL managers', main attacking
threat this season, scoring 10
goals, providing six assists and
amassing 19 Bonus Points (BP)
through his tireless work-rate and
productivity. The 26-year-old's
displays have lifted his value by
£0.9 million to £11.4m over the
course of the first half of the
season, persuading 41% of FPL
managers to take advantage of his
status as a midfielder by procuring
his services.
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Fans' favourite – Diego Costa
(CHE)
Sanchez's free-scoring ways have
not made him the most popular
player in FPL, however. That
honour belongs to Diego Costa,
who, like Sanchez, has also made
light of his first season in the
Barclays Premier League, by
racking up 13 BPL goals at the
midway stage of the season. The
Chelsea No 9's eye for goal has
made him the player to have been
bought by the most FPL managers,
with 59.4% boasting the Spain
forward in their squads, despite his
value increasing from £10.5m to
£11.2m over the first 19
Gameweeks.
Most saves by a goalkeeper –
Robert Green (QPR)
Queens Park Rangers may be
battling the threat of relegation
but were it not for their goalkeeper
they might well have found
themselves further embroiled at
the foot of the BPL table. As it is,
though, Robert Green has helped
his side steer clear of the bottom
three with a glut of saves. The 34-
year-old, whose value remains the
£4.5 million it was at the start of
the season, leads the way after 19
Gameweeks with 67 saves, earning
him 63 FPL points at the halfway
point in the campaign.
Stats for the EA SPORTS FPL Half-
time Award Winners
Player
Team
Pts
Goals
Assists
Clean sheets
Bonus pts
Value
Sanchez
ARS
120
10
6
4
19
+0.9m
Costa
CHE
91
13
1
8
11
+0.7m
Sterling
LIV
86
4
5
5
12
-0.2m
Clyne
SOU
86
2
1
8
9
+0.9m
Player
Team
Pts
Saves
Assists
Clean sheets
Bonus pts
Value
Green
QPR
63
67
0
4
5
+0.0m
Best Under-21 player – Raheem
Sterling (LIV)
The 2014/15 edition has had a
number of rising stars emerge,
including Saido Berahino, James
Ward-Prowse and, most recently,
Harry Kane, but the winner of the
EA SPORTS FPL Half-time Award
for Best Under-21 player is
Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, who
accumulated 86 points after 19
Gameweeks. The 32.2% of FPL
managers who own the England
international have benefited from
the deployment of the attacking
midfielder in a more advanced
striking position as Liverpool
manager Brendan Rodgers sought
to address the Reds' injury
problems. Curiously, however,
Sterling's value has decreased by
£0.2m since the start of the
season, perhaps as a consequence
of Liverpool's diminished
goalscoring returns compared with
last.
Biggest price increase – Nathaniel
Clyne (SOU)
One player whose stock has not
lessened since the start of the
season is Nathaniel Clyne, who
wins the award for the Biggest
Price Increase over the first 19
Gameweeks. The right-back's
displays for a Southampton side
sitting in fourth place in the
Barclays Premier League and
boasting the best defensive record
in the top flight, have been
reflected in his value rocketing
from £5 million to £5.9 million by
the halfway point. Clyne, who has
also broken into the England first
team over recent months, was not
the only player to boast a £0.9
million price increase. Sanchez
and Stewart Downing, the West
Ham United midfielder (£5.5m-
£6.4m), also did so but the Saints
full-back shaded the award on the
tie-breaker criterion of having
managed the highest percentage
increase based on his original
price.
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