Over the years, the English Premier League has witnessed several legendary partnerships – Henry and Bergkamp, Rooney and Ronaldo, and more recently, Kane and Son.
Now, prepare to witness the synergy of a brand new alliance – Fantasy Premier League (FPL) and AI.
Fantasy soccer glory is possible for anyone and, like betting at the best Premier League betting sites, a mini league is a great way to add excitement to any game.
The dawn of a new season provides hope that you can outwit your friends and family in your FPL league and with access to a new AI toolset, your chances of victory could get a boost.
How Can AI Be Used in FPL?
Unlike in seasons past, new FPL-specific AI applications like ChatFPL and Fantasy Football Hub have emerged.
These tools offering data-driven insights that will transform how you play fantasy soccer and can also help discover new angles to use when looking at how to bet on soccer.
Even before the season begins, AI can pick the best team available and, throughout the season, utilizes real-time data and continuous learning to help fine-tune your Fantasy Premier League squad.
Here’s how it works:
AI Tools for Fantasy Premier League
Undoubtedly, the current range of AI features will continue to expand, but there is already a substantial arsenal of tools available to you already, including:
Opta Stats
Globally recognized as a pioneer in the collection of footballing statistics, if something happens in a game, Opta records it – from player passes and tackles to the number of throw-ins and corners.
Platforms like Fantasy Football Hub use Opta stats to help you eliminate the need to sift through countless statistics.
AI makes these statistics useable by converting them into categories such as ‘Goal Threat,’ ‘Creativity,’ ‘Passing,’ and ‘Involvement’ to showcase players, which can be filtered to match your desired player position and price in any given game week.
Points Predictions
Similar to the Opta Stats tool, if you’re not a fan of trawling through thousands of individual player metrics, alternative AI tools like Points Predictions make the job a whole lot easier for you.
Quite possibly the simplest tool in the toolbox, you can nominate your preferred player, position, or team here, then select a game week and price bracket. AI then provides a shortlist of key players and the expected points they should achieve.
The Points Prediction tool is ideal for replacing individual players for upcoming game weeks or a complete overhaul of your team ahead of the packed Christmas fixture list.
Team and Player Comparison
A great innovation if you’re stuck in two minds between two fairly equal players or teams, as the Analytical AI Team and Player Comparison tool should prove invaluable.
This handy AI feature provides a fantastic visual overview of two comparable players’ heat maps, head-to-head stats, and their corresponding fixture lists to help make an insightful decision ahead of any forthcoming game weeks.
Fairness of Using AI for FPL
As anyone who has played Fantasy Premier League will testify, the season always throws up surprise results.
Because of factors like the way VAR is used in the Premier League, the regularity with which underdogs keep top teams scoreless and the fact that big scorers go weeks without bagging a goal (looking at you, Erling Haaland) AI can never provide all the answers.
Rogue outcomes can still transform your fantasy football season.
Even so, while these Fantasy Premier League and AI toolsets remain under most FPL players’ radars there is a distinct edge to be gained.
Perhaps it’s an unfair advantage, but when everybody else catches up, the playing field might level up again.
For now, though, take advantage of these artificial intelligence data-driven suggestions, as just like the history of the English Premier League itself… nobody remembers who came second.
FAQs
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References
- Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League (Fantasy.premierleague)
- Fantasy Premier League AI – ChatFPL – Fantasy Football Fix (Fantasyfootballfix)
- Fantasy Premier League Tips by Fantasy Football Hub (Fantasyfootballhub.co)