Why Do Price Changes Happen?

• Fantasy Premier League price changes occur because of changes to the number of managers that own a given player.
  
  
• In the same way that a stock’s value will usually rise in accordance with the volume of its ownership, so too will an FPL player’s price.
  
  
• Let’s use an example. Imagine that Jamie Vardy is priced at £10m. Managers are reluctant to purchase him initially but by Gameweek 4 he’s managed to score six goals.
  
  
• As more and more managers move him into their sides, his price rises by increments of £0.1m. By Gameweek 5, he now costs £10.4m.
  
  
• In Gameweek 6, however, he limps off the field and we later learn that he’s a doubt for the next match. Meanwhile, Kelechi Iheanacho has hit a patch of form.
  
  
• Spotting this, managers offload Vardy in favour of his Leicester colleague. Vardy’s price would drop accordingly and Iheanacho’s would probably rise too.
  
  
• There are many variables that affect the price of a fantasy asset – form, fixtures, injured and flagged players, suspensions, or simply that there’s a better option out there.

You can find more information on our Price Changes tool here!.