Can Stuart Dallas still offer FPL potential as a midfielder?
By the time the Northern Ireland international was haring between Fernandinho and John Stones to score his second goal of the game, and with it clinching a statement late-season victory at Champions-elect Manchester City, the Leeds United utility man was in close to two-thirds of leading FPL squads. Dallas started all 38 Premier League fixtures for Leeds in 2020/21, missing only the final nine minutes of the home match with Leicester City. He scored eight goals, provided three assists, contributed to twelve clean sheets and picked up fifteen bonus points along the way. His haul of 171 FPL points made him the leading defender in the game, but being classified as a midfielder could make a sizeable dent in that total. The most significant difference comes from losing three points for each of the clean sheets which would take his total down 36 points to 135. Assists are valued the same for both defenders and midfielders, although the latter get one less point for their goals than the stoppers, but its likely that the diminished importance of clean sheets would also deprive Dallas of a handful of bonus points. A total of 130 for the season, then, looks a reasonable assumption for Dallas if considered as a midfielder. That score would have seen him ranked 25th amongst his class in 2020/21. Players on very similar scores having played more than 2500 minutes include Bertrand Traor (6.0m), Youri Tielemans (6.5m), Leandro Trossard (6.5m) and Pablo Fornals (6.0m). The statistics available in the Fantasy Football Scout Premium Members Area allow us to narrow it down. As we are using extensive data from there, only those with a valid subscription can access it in full. Pre-season friendlies, data analysis and FPL strategy  Become a Member and get unrestricted access to our data and articles  Full-year memberships, monthly subscriptions and a FREE trial are all now available. Join now to get the following:  Plot your transfer strategies using the fully interactive Season Ticker. Get projections for every Premier League player provided by the Rate My Team statistical model. Use Rate My Team throughout the season to guide your selections and transfers. Get access to over 150+ exclusive members articles over the season. Analyse our OPTA-powered statistic tables specifically tailored for Fantasy Football Managers. Use our exclusive tool to build custom stats tables from over 100 OPTA player and team stats. Enjoy our brand NEW Flat-Track Bully feature which introduces an opposition filter to your tables. View heatmaps and expected goals data for every player. Use our powerful comparison tool to analyse players head-to-head. CLICK HERE TO START A MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT