Bruno Fernandes was not meant to score twenty three points
A wild second week delivered fourteen double-digit hauls and left expected goals looking thoroughly confused.
The average score this week was under three points. If you captained 
Bruno Fernandes, you doubled the average on your captain alone and likely spent Sunday night looking at league tables with a mug of tea. If you captained anyone else, you watched a guy score 23 points from 2.02 xG and wondered why you spent July making a spreadsheet.
23Top scoreB.Fernandes vs Ipswich
14Double-digit haulsacross 312 players
2.86Average scorein gameweek 2Summary stats from gameweek 2. Average points cover all 312 players who featured.
Fourteen players hit double digits in a single round of fixtures. Manchester United put four past Ipswich, Manchester City cruised past Crystal Palace, and Pascal Groß turned up for Brighton to score 13 points from 0.05 expected goals.
Points totals from gameweek 2. Fernandes leads after a hat-trick and an assist.
Some of these hauls were fair reward for good work. Fernandes generated 2.50 expected goal involvement on his own, so three goals and an assist was barely an overperformance. He was simply central to everything his team did.
Then you have Rayan Cherki. He walked away with two goals and 14 points from 0.35 xG. That is fine for a one-off afternoon in south London, but it is not a career plan.
The underlying numbers tell a different story
If you are looking at your rank and panicking, look at the chance quality before you click the transfer button. Bryan Mbeumo took 11 points this week, but his total underlying threat over the fortnight actually matches his teammate. He generated 1.76 xG in one match and missed the kind of chances that convert eight times out of ten.
B.FernandesMbeumo
João PedroSeason totals across 180 minutes. Mbeumo trails in points despite leading in expected goals.
João Pedro sits on 20 points for the season with almost 70 percent ownership. He is getting points because he is setting up goals, but his assist total is sitting 1.90 above his expected assists. People are finishing his pass decisions at an unsustainable rate.
Then there is Igor Thiago at Brentford. He has played 172 minutes, generated 1.80 xG, and returned two points. He has underperformed his expected goals by 1.80, which makes him the most unlucky forward in the league. The points column says avoid him. The underlying numbers say he is getting four shots in the box every week.
Per 90 rates across gameweeks 1 and 2. Thiago is highlighted due to his two-point actual return.
Defensive thresholds were where the quiet points lived
Only 10 of 180 midfielders and forwards hit their defensive action threshold this week. Defenders had a better time of it, with 19 of 112 hitting the mark.
Lewis Hall picked up 11 points for Newcastle without a goal or an assist. He made 13 defensive actions in a clean sheet victory over Tottenham, walking away with maximum bonus. Alex Scott did similar for Bournemouth, racking up 15 defensive actions to snag 12 points from midfield.
Two games is a tiny sample. It tells us who started well and who got lucky on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Before you sell a forward who hit the post twice, check if he is getting chances. If he is, keep him.