Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 2

After a big opening match against Norwich City in Gameweek 1, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is at the top of Andrew Laird's player rankings for Gameweek 2 as Liverpool host Burnley at Anfield.

August 18, 2021

Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 2

By:

Andrew M. Laird

August 18, 2021

Fantasy Premier League Rankings

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MATCHES (EDT)

Friday, 7:30 am: Liverpool vs. Burnley
Saturday, 10:00 am: Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United
Saturday, 10:00 am: Crystal Palace vs. Brentford
Saturday, 10:00 am: Leeds United vs. Everton
Saturday, 10:00 am: Manchester City vs. Norwich City
Saturday, 12:30 pm: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Watford
Sunday, 9:00 am: Southampton vs. Manchester United
Sunday, 9:00 am: Wolverhampton vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday, 11:30 am: Arsenal vs. Chelsea
Monday, 3:00 pm: West Ham United vs. Leicester City

PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	-	1	-	-	Mohamed Salah	LIV v. BRN	M	12.5	55.7	10.90
2	-	2	-	-	Diogo Jota	LIV v. BRN	M	7.5	12.9	10.87
3	-	3	-	-	Riyad Mahrez	MCI v. NOR	M	9.0	7.6	10.26
4	-	4	-	-	Bruno Fernandes	MUN at SOU	M	12.1	56.8	9.96
5	-	5	-	-	Sadio Mane	LIV v. BRN	M	12.0	4.0	9.76
6	-	6	-	-	Raheem Sterling	MCI v. NOR	M	11.0	3.0	9.52
7	-	-	1	-	Trent Alexander-Arnold	LIV v. BRN	D	7.5	33.1	9.09
8	1	-	-	-	Gabriel Jesus	MCI v. NOR	F	8.5	3.3	8.88
9	-	7	-	-	Son Heung-Min	TOT at WOL	M	10.0	23.1	8.72
10	-	8	-	-	Jack Grealish	MCI v. NOR	M	8.0	22.4	8.68
11	-	-	2	-	Joao Cancelo	MCI v. NOR	D	6.0	7.3	8.51
12	-	9	-	-	Leon Bailey	AVL v. NEW	M	6.5	2.7	8.20
13	-	10	-	-	Mason Greenwood	MUN at SOU	M	7.5	8.9	7.91
14	-	11	-	-	Emiliano Buendia	AVL v. NEW	M	6.5	5.3	7.73
15	-	12	-	-	Paul Pogba	MUN at SOU	M	7.6	12.4	7.61
16	-	-	-	1	Ederson	MCI v. NOR	G	6.0	10.5	7.19
17	-	13	-	-	Mason Mount	CHE at ARS	M	7.5	20.4	7.15
18	-	-	-	2	David de Gea	MUN at SOU	G	5.0	3.2	7.14
19	-	14	-	-	James Maddison	LEI at WHU	M	7.0	9.6	7.10
20	-	15	-	-	Harvey Barnes	LEI at WHU	M	7.0	12.4	7.00
21	-	16	-	-	Lucas Moura	TOT at WOL	M	6.5	1.2	6.98
22	-	-	-	3	Alisson Becker	LIV v. BRN	G	6.0	6.7	6.88
23	-	17	-	-	Kai Havertz	CHE at ARS	M	8.5	10.0	6.87
24	-	-	3	-	Luke Shaw	MUN at SOU	D	5.5	54.4	6.86
25	-	-	4	-	Marcos Alonso	CHE at ARS	D	5.5	5.8	6.83
26	-	18	-	-	Daniel James	MUN at SOU	M	6.0	0.2	6.80
27	-	19	-	-	Leandro Trossard	BHA v. WAT	M	6.5	1.2	6.78
28	-	20	-	-	Pascal Gross	BHA v. WAT	M	6.0	0.6	6.75
29	2	-	-	-	Ivan Toney	BRE at CRY	F	6.5	30.0	6.69
30	-	21	-	-	Dele Alli	TOT at WOL	M	6.5	1.4	6.69
31	-	-	5	-	Kyle Walker	MCI v. NOR	D	5.5	5.7	6.67
32	-	22	-	-	Wilfried Zaha	CRY v. BRE	M	7.0	6.6	6.63
33	3	-	-	-	Ollie Watkins	AVL v. NEW	F	7.5	3.4	6.62
34	4	-	-	-	Patrick Bamford	LEE v. EVE	F	8.0	17.0	6.55
35	-	-	6	-	John Stones	MCI v. NOR	D	5.5	10.9	6.52
36	-	-	7	-	Joel Veltman	BHA v. WAT	D	4.5	3.4	6.51
37	5	-	-	-	Christian Benteke	CRY v. BRE	F	6.5	1.4	6.49
38	6	-	-	-	Jamie Vardy	LEI at WHU	F	10.5	16.4	6.43
39	-	23	-	-	Bukayo Saka	ARS v. CHE	M	6.5	12.6	6.39
40	7	-	-	-	Timo Werner	CHE at ARS	F	9.0	4.3	6.38
41	8	-	-	-	Danny Ings	AVL v. NEW	F	8.0	38.4	6.34
42	-	-	8	-	Kostas Tsimikas	LIV v. BRN	D	4.1	26.4	6.33
43	9	-	-	-	Neal Maupay	BHA v. WAT	F	6.5	2.8	6.29
44	-	24	-	-	Bryan Mbeumo	BRE at CRY	M	5.5	1.3	6.22
45	-	-	9	-	Virgil van Dijk	LIV v. BRN	D	6.5	13.7	6.20
46	-	25	-	-	Nicolas Pepe	ARS v. CHE	M	7.4	2.7	6.19
47	-	26	-	-	Steven Bergwijn	TOT at WOL	M	6.0	0.6	6.11
48	-	-	10	-	Joel Matip	LIV v. BRN	D	5.0	0.8	6.10
49	-	-	11	-	Aaron Wan-Bissaka	MUN at SOU	D	5.5	9.9	6.10
50	10	-	-	-	Adam Armstrong	SOU v. MUN	F	6.0	1.9	6.09
51	-	27	-	-	Raphinha	LEE v. EVE	M	6.5	16.8	6.06
52	-	-	12	-	Ruben Dias	MCI v. NOR	D	6.0	25.3	6.04
53	11	-	-	-	Callum Wilson	NEW at AVL	F	7.5	7.3	6.04
54	12	-	-	-	Michail Antonio	WHU v. LEI	F	7.6	27.3	6.01
55	13	-	-	-	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	EVE at LEE	F	8.0	12.5	6.00
56	-	-	13	-	Ricardo Pereira	LEI at WHU	D	5.5	4.7	5.98
57	-	28	-	-	Francisco Trincao	WOL v. TOT	M	6.0	0.4	5.98
58	-	-	14	-	Lewis Dunk	BHA v. WAT	D	5.0	6.1	5.94
59	-	-	15	-	Cesar Azpilicueta	CHE at ARS	D	6.0	4.2	5.93
60	-	-	16	-	Rico Henry	BRE at CRY	D	4.5	0.9	5.87
61	-	29	-	-	Sergi Canos	BRE at CRY	M	5.5	2.3	5.76
62	14	-	-	-	Rodrigo	LEE v. EVE	F	6.5	1.7	5.76
63	-	30	-	-	Jack Harrison	LEE v. EVE	M	6.0	4.4	5.75
64	-	-	17	-	Matt Targett	AVL v. NEW	D	5.0	8.8	5.74
65	15	-	-	-	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	ARS v. CHE	F	9.9	1.8	5.73
66	16	-	-	-	Raul Jimenez	WOL v. TOT	F	7.5	3.5	5.71
67	-	31	-	-	Jarrod Bowen	WHU v. LEI	M	6.5	1.5	5.70
68	-	32	-	-	Adama Traore	WOL v. TOT	M	6.0	1.1	5.64
69	-	-	18	-	Matty Cash	AVL v. NEW	D	5.0	1.9	5.58
70	17	-	-	-	Emmanuel Dennis	WAT at BHA	F	5.0	3.3	5.56
71	-	33	-	-	Pablo Fornals	WHU v. LEI	M	6.0	0.4	5.56
72	-	-	-	4	Hugo Lloris	TOT at WOL	G	5.5	4.4	5.55
73	18	-	-	-	Allan Saint-Maximin	NEW at AVL	F	6.5	5.4	5.54
74	-	-	-	5	Emiliano Martinez	AVL v. NEW	G	5.5	33.4	5.53
75	-	-	-	6	David Raya	BRE at CRY	G	4.5	3.4	5.51
76	-	34	-	-	Demarai Gray	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.4	5.49
77	-	-	19	-	Victor Lindelof	MUN at SOU	D	5.0	0.8	5.43
78	-	-	20	-	Harry Maguire	MUN at SOU	D	5.5	12.8	5.40
79	-	35	-	-	Said Benrahma	WHU v. LEI	M	6.0	9.6	5.37
80	19	-	-	-	Richarlison	EVE at LEE	F	7.6	14.8	5.35
81	-	-	21	-	Aaron Cresswell	WHU v. LEI	D	5.5	18.2	5.34
82	-	36	-	-	Fernandinho	MCI v. NOR	M	5.0	0.5	5.34
83	-	-	22	-	Luke Thomas	LEI at WHU	D	4.5	0.9	5.27
84	-	37	-	-	Rodri	MCI v. NOR	M	5.5	0.4	5.26
85	-	-	23	-	Adam Webster	BHA v. WAT	D	4.5	0.6	5.23
86	20	-	-	-	Teemu Pukki	NOR at MCI	F	6.0	6.5	5.22
87	-	-	24	-	Cheikhou Kouyate	CRY v. BRE	D	4.5	0.5	5.21
88	-	-	25	-	Matt Ritchie	NEW at AVL	D	5.0	0.3	5.20
89	-	-	26	-	Tyrick Mitchell	CRY v. BRE	D	4.5	0.7	5.20
90	21	-	-	-	Chris Wood	BRN at LIV	F	7.0	2.8	5.20
91	-	38	-	-	Emile Smith-Rowe	ARS v. CHE	M	5.5	6.8	5.19
92	-	-	27	-	Vladimir Coufal	WHU v. LEI	D	5.0	12.9	5.19
93	-	-	28	-	Sergio Reguilon	TOT at WOL	D	5.0	3.9	5.12
94	-	-	29	-	Tyrone Mings	AVL v. NEW	D	5.0	7.9	5.12
95	22	-	-	-	Jordan Ayew	CRY v. BRE	F	6.0	0.8	5.12
96	-	-	-	7	Illan Meslier	LEE v. EVE	G	5.0	3.9	5.11
97	-	39	-	-	Naby Keita	LIV v. BRN	M	5.0	0.2	5.10
98	-	40	-	-	Solomon March	BHA v. WAT	M	5.5	0.1	5.09
99	-	-	30	-	Trevoh Chalobah	CHE at ARS	D	5.0	2.4	5.08
100	-	41	-	-	Ayoze Perez	LEI at WHU	M	6.0	0.3	5.07
101	-	-	31	-	Lucas Digne	EVE at LEE	D	5.5	18.4	5.07
102	-	-	32	-	Luke Ayling	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	12.7	5.06
103	-	42	-	-	Thiago Alcantara	LIV v. BRN	M	5.5	1.0	5.06
104	-	43	-	-	Jorginho	CHE at ARS	M	6.0	5.3	5.02
105	-	-	33	-	Joel Ward	CRY v. BRE	D	4.5	0.3	5.01
106	-	44	-	-	Mateusz Klich	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	0.5	5.01
107	-	45	-	-	Nathan Redmond	SOU v. MUN	M	6.0	0.1	4.98
108	-	46	-	-	Andros Townsend	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.8	4.98
109	-	-	34	-	Kieran Tierney	ARS v. CHE	D	5.0	7.5	4.97
110	-	-	35	-	Ezri Konsa	AVL v. NEW	D	5.0	1.1	4.96
111	-	47	-	-	Jordan Henderson	LIV v. BRN	M	5.0	0.7	4.94
112	-	-	36	-	Japhet Tanganga	TOT at WOL	D	4.5	1.0	4.93
113	-	48	-	-	Ismaila Sarr	WAT at BHA	M	6.0	4.5	4.91
114	-	-	37	-	Seamus Coleman	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	0.7	4.90
115	-	-	38	-	Shane Duffy	BHA v. WAT	D	4.0	4.3	4.83
116	-	-	39	-	Antonio Rudiger	CHE at ARS	D	5.5	7.5	4.83
117	-	49	-	-	Enock Mwepu	BHA v. WAT	M	6.0	0.1	4.79
118	-	-	40	-	Mads Bech Sorensen	BRE at CRY	D	4.5	0.1	4.78
119	-	-	41	-	Ki-Jana Hoever	WOL v. TOT	D	4.0	2.2	4.78
120	-	-	-	8	Robert Sanchez	BHA v. WAT	G	4.5	24.4	4.74
121	-	-	42	-	Calum Chambers	ARS v. CHE	D	4.5	0.4	4.72
122	-	-	43	-	Pontus Jansson	BRE at CRY	D	4.5	0.7	4.70
123	-	-	44	-	Fernando Marcal	WOL v. TOT	D	4.5	0.1	4.69
124	-	-	45	-	Craig Dawson	WHU v. LEI	D	5.0	0.3	4.68
125	-	-	46	-	Liam Cooper	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.3	4.67
126	-	-	47	-	Ethan Pinnock	BRE at CRY	D	4.5	3.2	4.65
127	-	-	48	-	Romain Perraud	SOU v. MUN	D	5.0	0.1	4.65
128	-	-	49	-	Pascal Struijk	LEE v. EVE	D	4.5	0.4	4.65
129	-	-	-	9	Daniel Bachmann	WAT at BHA	G	4.5	2.2	4.63
130	-	50	-	-	Scott McTominay	MUN at SOU	M	5.5	0.6	4.62
131	-	-	50	-	Adam Masina	WAT at BHA	D	4.5	0.1	4.62
132	-	51	-	-	Stuart Dallas	LEE v. EVE	M	5.5	14.9	4.60
133	-	52	-	-	Ruben Neves	WOL v. TOT	M	5.5	1.5	4.59
134	-	53	-	-	Todd Cantwell	NOR at MCI	M	5.5	0.7	4.59
135	-	-	51	-	Kiko Femenia	WAT at BHA	D	4.5	0.2	4.56
136	-	-	52	-	Angelo Ogbonna	WHU v. LEI	D	5.0	0.1	4.55
137	-	-	53	-	Joachim Andersen	CRY v. BRE	D	4.5	0.5	4.53
138	-	54	-	-	John McGinn	AVL v. NEW	M	6.0	1.2	4.52
139	-	55	-	-	Tomas Soucek	WHU v. LEI	M	6.0	11.3	4.52
140	-	56	-	-	Juraj Kucka	WAT at BHA	M	5.5	0.0	4.51
141	-	57	-	-	Fred	MUN at SOU	M	5.0	0.7	4.50
142	-	-	54	-	Eric Dier	TOT at WOL	D	4.5	2.5	4.49
143	-	-	55	-	Marc Guehi	CRY v. BRE	D	4.5	0.3	4.48
144	-	-	56	-	Romain Saiss	WOL v. TOT	D	5.0	0.6	4.47
145	23	-	-	-	Jay Rodriguez	BRN at LIV	F	5.5	1.0	4.44
146	-	58	-	-	Miguel Almiron	NEW at AVL	M	5.5	0.5	4.44
147	-	-	57	-	Davinson Sanchez	TOT at WOL	D	4.5	0.9	4.44
148	-	-	58	-	Michael Keane	EVE at LEE	D	5.0	2.9	4.42
149	-	-	59	-	Andreas Christensen	CHE at ARS	D	5.0	1.2	4.41
150	-	59	-	-	Ken Sema	WAT at BHA	M	5.5	0.1	4.40
151	-	60	-	-	Jacob Murphy	NEW at AVL	M	5.0	0.3	4.35
152	-	-	60	-	Jamaal Lascelles	NEW at AVL	D	4.5	0.4	4.35
153	-	61	-	-	Milot Rashica	NOR at MCI	M	5.5	0.2	4.34
154	-	62	-	-	Nathan Tella	SOU v. MUN	M	5.0	0.1	4.33
155	-	63	-	-	Mateo Kovacic	CHE at ARS	M	5.0	0.7	4.32
156	-	-	61	-	Daniel Amartey	LEI at WHU	D	4.0	16.8	4.31
157	-	64	-	-	Joao Moutinho	WOL v. TOT	M	5.0	0.5	4.30
158	-	-	62	-	Caglar Soyuncu	LEI at WHU	D	5.0	3.2	4.28
159	-	-	-	10	Vicente Guaita	CRY v. BRE	G	4.5	5.2	4.27
160	-	-	-	11	Freddie Woodman	NEW at AVL	G	4.5	0.4	4.27
161	-	-	63	-	Pablo Mari	ARS v. CHE	D	4.5	0.2	4.24
162	-	-	-	12	Lukasz Fabianski	WHU v. LEI	G	5.0	2.1	4.23
163	-	-	64	-	Mason Holgate	EVE at LEE	D	4.5	0.9	4.22
164	-	65	-	-	Yves Bissouma	BHA v. WAT	M	4.5	12.9	4.22
165	-	-	65	-	Craig Cathcart	WAT at BHA	D	4.5	0.2	4.20
166	-	66	-	-	Jairo Riedewald	CRY v. BRE	M	5.0	0.0	4.19
167	-	67	-	-	James McArthur	CRY v. BRE	M	4.5	0.3	4.18
168	-	68	-	-	Jonjo Shelvey	NEW at AVL	M	5.5	0.1	4.18
169	-	69	-	-	Youri Tielemans	LEI at WHU	M	6.5	5.3	4.18
170	-	70	-	-	Vitaly Janelt	BRE at CRY	M	5.0	0.1	4.17
171	-	71	-	-	Kalvin Phillips	LEE v. EVE	M	5.0	2.4	4.16
172	-	-	66	-	Max Kilman	WOL v. TOT	D	4.5	0.2	4.15
173	-	72	-	-	Stuart Armstrong	SOU v. MUN	M	6.0	0.4	4.14
174	-	73	-	-	Tom Cleverley	WAT at BHA	M	5.0	0.2	4.12
175	-	-	67	-	Christian Kabasele	WAT at BHA	D	4.5	0.1	4.12
176	-	-	68	-	Valentino Livramento	SOU v. MUN	D	4.0	1.9	4.10
177	-	-	69	-	Ciaran Clark	NEW at AVL	D	4.5	0.2	4.09
178	-	74	-	-	Douglas Luiz	AVL v. NEW	M	4.5	0.9	4.04
179	-	-	70	-	Federico Fernandez	NEW at AVL	D	4.5	0.2	4.03
180	-	75	-	-	Abdoulaye Doucoure	EVE at LEE	M	5.5	0.7	4.03
181	-	76	-	-	Dwight McNeil	BRN at LIV	M	6.0	0.3	4.03
182	-	77	-	-	Wilfred Ndidi	LEI at WHU	M	5.0	1.7	3.97
183	-	78	-	-	Frank Onyeka	BRE at CRY	M	5.0	0.1	3.96
184	-	-	71	-	Conor Coady	WOL v. TOT	D	4.5	6.9	3.94
185	-	79	-	-	Theo Walcott	SOU v. MUN	M	6.0	0.3	3.90
186	-	80	-	-	Declan Rice	WHU v. LEI	M	5.0	4.4	3.89
187	-	81	-	-	Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg	TOT at WOL	M	5.0	3.0	3.89
188	-	82	-	-	Johann Berg Gudmundsson	BRN at LIV	M	5.5	0.1	3.88
189	-	-	72	-	Ben White	ARS v. CHE	D	4.5	22.4	3.83
190	-	83	-	-	Christian Norgaard	BRE at CRY	M	5.0	0.9	3.81
191	-	-	73	-	Matthew Lowton	BRN at LIV	D	4.5	2.4	3.81
192	-	84	-	-	Oliver Skipp	TOT at WOL	M	4.5	0.6	3.80
193	-	85	-	-	Ashley Westwood	BRN at LIV	M	5.5	0.7	3.80
194	-	-	74	-	Max Aarons	NOR at MCI	D	4.5	2.3	3.75
195	-	86	-	-	Albert Sambi Lokonga	ARS v. CHE	M	5.0	0.2	3.72
196	-	87	-	-	Oriol Romeu	SOU v. MUN	M	4.5	0.6	3.71
197	-	-	75	-	Jan Bednarek	SOU v. MUN	D	4.5	1.1	3.63
198	-	88	-	-	Isaac Hayden	NEW at AVL	M	4.5	0.2	3.63
199	-	89	-	-	Allan	EVE at LEE	M	4.5	1.5	3.62
200	-	90	-	-	Lukas Rupp	NOR at MCI	M	4.5	0.1	3.61
201	-	-	76	-	Charlie Taylor	BRN at LIV	D	4.5	0.6	3.61
202	-	-	77	-	Dimitris Giannoulis	NOR at MCI	D	4.5	0.1	3.60
203	-	91	-	-	Granit Xhaka	ARS v. CHE	M	5.0	1.0	3.57
204	-	-	78	-	Ben Mee	BRN at LIV	D	5.0	0.8	3.54
205	-	-	79	-	Mohammed Salisu	SOU v. MUN	D	4.5	0.1	3.53
206	-	92	-	-	Billy Gilmour	NOR at MCI	M	4.5	8.9	3.48
207	-	-	80	-	James Tarkowski	BRN at LIV	D	5.0	1.6	3.45
208	-	93	-	-	Oghenekaro Etebo	WAT at BHA	M	4.5	0.2	3.40
209	-	-	-	13	Edouard Mendy	CHE at ARS	G	6.0	10.1	3.39
210	-	-	-	14	Bernd Leno	ARS v. CHE	G	5.0	2.1	3.36
211	-	94	-	-	Pierre Lees-Melou	NOR at MCI	M	5.0	0.1	3.32
212	-	95	-	-	Jack Cork	BRN at LIV	M	4.5	0.2	3.31
213	-	-	-	15	Kasper Schmeichel	LEI at WHU	G	5.0	19.3	3.23
214	-	-	-	16	Jordan Pickford	EVE at LEE	G	5.0	6.9	3.19
215	-	-	81	-	Ben Gibson	NOR at MCI	D	4.5	0.1	3.18
216	-	-	82	-	Grant Hanley	NOR at MCI	D	4.5	0.2	3.16
217	-	-	-	17	Jose Sa	WOL v. TOT	G	5.0	0.4	1.93
218	-	-	-	18	Fraser Forster	SOU v. MUN	G	4.5	1.2	1.62
219	-	-	-	19	Nick Pope	BRN at LIV	G	5.5	3.9	1.56
220	-	-	-	20	Tim Krul	NOR at MCI	G	4.5	1.6	-0.09