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Analysing Fantasy Premier League (FPL) data using R code.  It won't have access to real-time FPL data or the specific performances in Gameweek 3 of the 2023-2024 season. General approach using sample data.

To analyze FPL data using R, you can follow these steps:

1. **Data Collection**:

   You need to acquire FPL data. This can be done using various APIs that provide FPL data. One such API is the 'fantasypl' R package. You might need to install it using `install.packages("fantasypl")`.

2. **Data Preprocessing**:

   Once you have the data, you need to preprocess it. This might involve cleaning missing data, transforming variables, and selecting relevant columns.

3. **Analysis**:

   For your analysis, you could focus on player performance metrics like points, goals, assists, clean sheets, and so on. You could also look at fixtures, player ownership, and upcoming opponents.

Here's a general outline of how you might structure your R code:

```r

# Load required libraries

library(fantasypl)  # for FPL data

library(dplyr)      # for data manipulation

library(ggplot2)    # for visualization

# Load FPL data (example)

fpl_data <- fantasypl::fpl_data

# Preprocessing (example)

cleaned_data <- fpl_data %>%

  select(player_name, total_points, goals_scored, assists, clean_sheets, selected_by_percent, team_name) %>%

  filter(total_points > 0)  # Remove players who haven't scored points

# Analysis

# You could identify top-performing players for Gameweek 3 based on different criteria

top_players <- cleaned_data %>%

  arrange(desc(total_points)) %>%

  head(10)

# Visualization (example)

ggplot(top_players, aes(x = reorder(player_name, total_points), y = total_points)) +

  geom_bar(stat = "identity") +

  labs(x = "Player", y = "Total Points", title = "Top Players in Gameweek 3") +

  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, hjust = 1))

# Further analysis could involve fixture analysis, looking at player ownership, etc.

```

Please note that you'll need to replace the example data with actual FPL data, and you might need to adjust the columns and filters based on the data structure and your analysis goals.

Lastly, FPL analysis can get quite complex, involving predictive models, statistical analyses, and more. This example provides a starting point for your analysis, but you might want to delve deeper into specific aspects of FPL based on your interests and goals.