Good morning and welcome to the review of our bots vs experts’ article. These review(s) will help us determine if the bots options are preferable to the experts or if human judgement trumps their call. It will also help us keep track of the performance of these sites over the course of the season.

The previewing article can be found http://harvardsports..com.ng/2017/01/bots-vs-experts-selecting-best-team-for.html for cross checking. Thanks.




FFFIRST had returns for 2/3 of their goalkeeper picks, 4/5 of their defence picks, 5/7 of their midfield picks and 3/5 of their forward picks giving a 14/20 or 70% correlation rate.

FFFIX came in with a perfect 3/3 on the goal keepers, 4/5 on defenders, 5/7 on midfielders and 3/5 on forwards to give a marginally better
15/20 or 75% correlation rate.

FFASSIST had a 2/2 on goalkeepers, 3/5 on defenders, 5/5 on midfielders and ¾ on forwards to beat all with a 13/16 or a whopping 81% correlation.

Mixing the trio, the modal BOTS TEAM gave a 2/2 on goal keepers, 3/5 on defenders, a perfect 7/7 on midfielders and a 4/5 on forwards to give the highest score of 16/19 or 84% correlation.

This means you could pick a starting 11 in a valid FPL formation with returns from their picks and for this week, the sum of the parts (BOTS TEAM) beat the 3 separate bots sites.

For the experts, FFGEEK had a 0/1on goal keepers, 3/3 on defenders with the legendary Alonso pick proving a huge winner especially as it was a lone boat, the midfield had a 5/5 and the forwards had a 2/2 to give a 10/11 or 91% correlation rate.

FFSCOUT turned in 1/1 with their goalkeeper slot, ¾ with their defence slot, 3/3 with the midfield slot and 3/3 with the forwards giving same 10/11 or 91% correlation rate.

The modal EXPERTS TEAM didn’t get a goalkeeper but had 3/3 on defenders, 2/2 on midfielders and 2/2 on forwards to give a 7/7 or 100% correlation rate.

Finally, the CONSENSUS TEAM had a 1/1 on goalkeeper, 2/3 in defence, 4/4 in midfield and 3/3 with the forward picks to give 10/11 or 91% correlation.

From the data, the experts were the winners this week which is a superb feat considering that they were limited by price and standard formations.

It should be noted that this week was a particularly high scoring week with all the top strikers barring the “FPL god” and “the Chinese wantaway/back injured” top strikers.


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