How do Ajer and Castagne compare?

Ajer has more season points (40 vs 37), Ajer is more owned (4.1% vs 1.2%), Ajer has the higher Start rate (100% vs 89%), Castagne has more Bonus (3 vs 1), but Castagne has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.40 vs 3.60).

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Ajer

16 stats won

Castagne

14 stats won

Who wins more stats: Ajer or Castagne?

Ajer wins 16 of 30 stats

Ajer wins 16 of the 30 stats with an outright best. Others: Castagne 14.

Points
Ajer: 40Castagne: 37
xGI (6 gw)
Ajer: 0.07Castagne: 0.11
Price
Ajer: £4.5mCastagne: £4.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
SectionAjerCastagne
Price & ownership20
Playing time40
Recent form33
Season totals34
Set pieces01
Bonus13
Fixtures01
FPL ranks32
Total1614

A stat counts when one player is strictly best. Ties and availability are not counted.

How do their key stats compare?

Each spoke is scaled against the best DEF in the game. Hover for values.

Ajer: Points 40, xGI (6 gw) 0.07, BPS 143, Mins (6 gw) 90, DC (6 gw) 10.3, Upcoming FDR 3.60. Castagne: Points 37, xGI (6 gw) 0.11, BPS 140, Mins (6 gw) 71, DC (6 gw) 5.5, Upcoming FDR 3.40.

A tick marks the best value. Grey figures show how far each other player is from it.

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Ajer leads 2 of 2
Who is more expensive and more owned?
StatAjerCastagne
Price

4.5m

4.5m

Ownership

4.1%(best)

1.2%−2.9% vs best

Top 10k ownership

8.8%(best)

0.4%−8.4% vs best

Availability

Available

Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Ajer leads 4 of 4
Who starts and plays more minutes?
StatAjerCastagne
Starts

9(best)

8−1 vs best

Start rate

100%(best)

89%−11% vs best

Minutes (season)

810(best)

674−136 vs best

Avg minutes

90(best)

75−15 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Split
Who has better recent form?
StatAjerCastagne
Mins (6 gw)

90(best)

71−19 vs best

xG (6 gw)

0.03(best)

0.01−0.02 vs best

xA (6 gw)

0.04−0.06 vs best

0.10(best)

xGI (6 gw)

0.07−0.04 vs best

0.11(best)

DC (6 gw)

10.33(best)

5.50−4.83 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better

1.49+0.72 vs best

0.77(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Castagne leads 4 of 7
Who has scored more this season?
StatAjerCastagne
Points

40(best)

37−3 vs best

Goals

1(best)

0−1 vs best

Assists

0−2 vs best

2(best)

Total xG

0.32−0.40 vs best

0.72(best)

Total xA

0.27−0.70 vs best

0.97(best)

DC (season)

94(best)

48−46 vs best

Clean sheets

3−1 vs best

4(best)

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Castagne leads 1 of 1
Who takes the set pieces?
StatAjerCastagne
Corners & indirect FKs

—

3rd choice(best)

Direct free kicks

—

—

Penalties

—

—

Penalties missed · lower is better

0

0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Castagne leads 3 of 4
Who is collecting more bonus?
StatAjerCastagne
BPS

143(best)

140−3 vs best

BPS (6 gw)

16.5−0.5 vs best

17.0(best)

Bonus

1−2 vs best

3(best)

Bonus (6 gw)

0.2−0.3 vs best

0.5(best)

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Castagne leads 1 of 1
Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
StatAjerCastagne
Next 5 GWs

BHA

(A)

10

EVE

(H)

11

MUN

(A)

12

ARS

(H)

13

MCI

(H)

14

NEW

(H)

10

MCI

(A)

11

BOU

(H)

12

TOT

(A)

13

EVE

(A)

14

Avg FDR · lower is better

3.60+0.20 vs best

3.40(best)

See alsoSeason calendarTeam ratingProjected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Ajer leads 3 of 5
How do their official FPL ranks compare?
StatAjerCastagne
Form

4.8(best)

14th DEF · 35th overall

4.2

22nd DEF · 54th overall

ICT index

35.7(best)

21st DEF · 79th overall

30.9

35th DEF · 115th overall

Selected

31st DEF(best)

84th overall

66th DEF

165th overall

Points per game

4.4

25th DEF · 57th overall

4.6(best)

20th DEF · 50th overall

Cost rank

91st DEF

444th overall

88th DEF(best)

440th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

  • AjerBRE

    1. BRE v BHA away, gameweek 10: 1.17 projected goals, 19% clean sheet chance
    2. BRE v EVE home, gameweek 11: 1.53 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance

  • CastagneFUL

    1. FUL v NEW home, gameweek 10: 1.54 projected goals, 33% clean sheet chance
    2. FUL v MCI away, gameweek 11: 0.91 projected goals, 12% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Ajer (BRE) 0.6 expected clean sheets, Castagne (FUL) 0.4 expected clean sheets.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by clean sheet chance. All projections

Who is over- or under-performing their expected stats?

Goals vs xG

  • Ajer+0.7Ajer: 1 goals from 0.32 xG (+0.7)
  • Castagne−0.7Castagne: 0 goals from 0.72 xG (−0.7)

Castagne has 0.7 fewer goals than xG; Ajer has 0.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

  • Ajer−0.3Ajer: 0 assists from 0.27 xA (−0.3)
  • Castagne+1.0Castagne: 2 assists from 0.97 xA (+1.0)

Castagne has 1.0 more assists than xA.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

  • Ajer−3.7Ajer: 9 conceded from 12.67 xGC (−3.7)
  • Castagne−1.1Castagne: 8 conceded from 9.06 xGC (−1.1)

Ajer has conceded 3.7 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

  • Ajer · 40 pts40% from appearances

    −5 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

  • Castagne · 37 pts43% from appearances

Season points by source
SourceAjerCastagne
Appearances1816
Goals60
Assists06
Clean sheets1212
Defensive contribution80
Bonus13
Deductions−50
Total4037

Worked out match by match from FPL's scoring rules; deductions are what's left against FPL's total.

Who scores against good teams?

Easy (FDR 1–2)

  • Ajer2.0(2)
  • Castagne5.3(3)

Medium (FDR 3)

  • Ajer6.3(4)
  • Castagne3.0(3)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

  • Ajer3.7(3)
  • Castagne6.0(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Castagne 6.0 points per game, Ajer 3.7 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

  • Ajer5.6(5)
  • Castagne4.0(4)

Away

  • Ajer3.0(4)
  • Castagne5.3(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Castagne 5.3 points per game, Ajer 3.0 points per game.

Who is more central to their team's attack?

  • Ajer6%

    1 goal and 0 assists of 16 BRE goals

  • Castagne25%

    0 goals and 2 assists of 8 FUL goals

Castagne is involved in 25% of FUL's goals, against 6% for Ajer.

Who is a rotation risk?

  • Ajer9 of 9 full games

    9 × 90 minutes

  • Castagne5 of 9 full games

    5 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 1 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

  • Ajer229.6
  • Castagne136.0

Creativity

  • Ajer47.1
  • Castagne87.7

Threat

  • Ajer79.0
  • Castagne85.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Ajer's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Castagne's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

  • Ajer−1.5k8.5k out7.0k in
  • Castagne−2.0k3.3k out1.2k in

Managers are selling all of them; Ajer the least (−1.5k net).

Which player gives more points per million?

Every DEF who has played, by price and season points. Above the line is better value than the median.

Of 159 defenders who have played: Ajer 8.9 points per £m (8th), Castagne 8.2 points per £m (15th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

  • Ajer
  • Castagne

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Ajer 27, Castagne 24.

How far ahead is Ajer? Above zero Ajer leads; below, Castagne.

Ajer is 3 points ahead of Castagne over these gameweeks. Ajer's biggest lead was 7 (GW 6); Castagne's was 5 (GW 4).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

  1. GW 4

    Ajer, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 4: 6 points v LIV away, 71 minutes

  2. GW 5

    Ajer, gameweek 5: 7 points v CHE home, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 5: 1 points v MUN home, 90 minutes

  3. GW 6

    Ajer, gameweek 6: 6 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 6: 0 points v IPS away, 0 minutes

  4. GW 7

    Ajer, gameweek 7: 3 points v LIV home, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 7: 8 points v HUL home, 90 minutes

  5. GW 8

    Ajer, gameweek 8: 2 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 8: 7 points v COV away, 90 minutes

  6. GW 9

    Ajer, gameweek 9: 8 points v NFO home, 90 minutes
    Castagne, gameweek 9: 2 points v AVL away, 86 minutes

Ajer: 0 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Castagne: 0 hauls (10+), 3 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek
Points by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
416
571
660
738
827
982

Minutes

Values by gameweek
Minutes by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
49071
59090
6900
79090
89090
99086

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
40.020.00
50.000.00
60.190.00
70.000.00
80.000.05
90.000.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek
Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
40.000.01
50.050.01
60.000.00
70.180.11
80.010.02
90.000.45

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek
Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
40.020.01
50.050.01
60.190.00
70.180.11
80.010.07
90.000.45

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek
Defensive contribution by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
495
599
690
7136
888
9145

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
41.750.74
50.831.60
62.280.00
71.640.16
81.570.51
90.861.58

Goals

Values by gameweek
Goals by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
400
500
610
700
800
900

Assists

Values by gameweek
Assists by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
400
500
600
700
800
900

Ownership

Values by gameweek
Ownership by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
44.5%0.8%
53.9%0.9%
63.7%1.3%
73.8%1.2%
84.2%1.2%
94.3%1.2%

Price

Values by gameweek
Price by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
4£4.5m£4.5m
5£4.5m£4.5m
6£4.5m£4.5m
7£4.5m£4.5m
8£4.5m£4.5m
9£4.5m£4.5m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek
Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GWAjerCastagne
4——
58.0%0.2%
68.0%0.7%
77.8%0.7%
86.1%1.0%
98.8%0.4%