CRYRichards

Chris Richards

CRYSTAL PALACE
DEF
£5.0· 0.6% owned
Price
£5.0
0.0 this GW
Total pts
14
2.8 per game
Form
3.7
last 30 days
Owned
0.6%
xG / xA
0.08 / 0.07
season totals
ICT
16.2
450 mins played
Next 5 fixtures
GW6
NFO (H)
3 xP
GW7
BHA (A)
2 xP
GW8
NEW (H)
3 xP
GW9
TOT (A)
3 xP
GW10
LIV (H)
2 xP

Richards starts almost every week and faces a average run: NFO (H), BHA (A), NEW (H), TOT (A), LIV (H).

Last 5 matches
GWOppMinGABnsxGxAPts
1EVE (A)900000.000.003
2MCI (H)900000.040.000
3FUL (A)900000.040.001
4IPS (H)900000.000.062
5LEE (A)900000.000.018
Why this projection

The model works bottom-up from Richards's underlying rates rather than raw points: 0.04 expected goals and 0.05 expected assists per 90, 90 minutes per appearance, and a clean-sheet rate of 20%. Those rates are then adjusted for each opponent's fixture difficulty (currently averaging 3.4 over the next 5) and blended with recent form.

Availability is factored in directly: he is fully fit, so the raw projection is scaled by 100%.

Buy71%
Confidence71%

Buy — Richards is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

  • Fair value at £5.0 for the projected return.
  • Steady returns at 3.7 points per game in recent weeks.
  • Nailed on: averaging 90 minutes per appearance.
Projected points
Next 1 GW3
Next 3 GWs8
Next 5 GWs13
Captain rating27/100

Captain rating combines the GW5 projection with minutes certainty and position ceiling.