How do Ajer and Maitland-Niles compare?

Ajer has more season points (40 vs 26), Ajer is more owned (4.1% vs 1.3%), Ajer has the higher Start rate (100% vs 57%), Maitland-Niles has more Bonus (2 vs 1), but Maitland-Niles has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.00 vs 3.60).

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Ajer

18 stats won

Maitland-Niles

10 stats won

Who wins more stats: Ajer or Maitland-Niles?

Ajer wins 18 of 28 stats

Ajer wins 18 of the 28 stats with an outright best. Others: Maitland-Niles 10.

Points
Ajer: 40Maitland-Niles: 26
xGI (6 gw)
Ajer: 0.07Maitland-Niles: 0.13
Price
Ajer: £4.5mMaitland-Niles: £4.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
SectionAjerMaitland-Niles
Price & ownership20
Playing time40
Recent form33
Season totals42
Set pieces00
Bonus22
Fixtures01
FPL ranks32
Total1810

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. Maitland-Niles: Points 26, xGI (6 gw) 0.13, BPS 89, Mins (6 gw) 49, DC (6 gw) 3.5, Upcoming FDR 3.00.

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?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Price

4.5m

4.5m

Ownership

4.1%(best)

1.3%−2.8% vs best

Top 10k ownership

8.8%(best)

0.3%−8.5% 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?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Starts

9(best)

4−5 vs best

Start rate

100%(best)

57%−43% vs best

Minutes (season)

810(best)

308−502 vs best

Avg minutes

90(best)

44−46 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Split
Who has better recent form?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Mins (6 gw)

90(best)

49−41 vs best

xG (6 gw)

0.03(best)

0.01−0.02 vs best

xA (6 gw)

0.04−0.08 vs best

0.12(best)

xGI (6 gw)

0.07−0.06 vs best

0.13(best)

DC (6 gw)

10.33(best)

3.50−6.83 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better

1.49+0.86 vs best

0.63(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Ajer leads 4 of 6
Who has scored more this season?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Points

40(best)

26−14 vs best

Goals

1

1

Assists

0−1 vs best

1(best)

Total xG

0.32(best)

0.06−0.26 vs best

Total xA

0.27−0.47 vs best

0.74(best)

DC (season)

94(best)

21−73 vs best

Clean sheets

3(best)

2−1 vs best

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner
Who takes the set pieces?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Corners & indirect FKs

—

—

Direct free kicks

—

—

Penalties

—

—

Penalties missed · lower is better

0

0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Split
Who is collecting more bonus?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
BPS

143(best)

89−54 vs best

BPS (6 gw)

16.5(best)

12.7−3.8 vs best

Bonus

1−1 vs best

2(best)

Bonus (6 gw)

0.2−0.1 vs best

0.3(best)

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Maitland-Niles leads 1 of 1
Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Next 5 GWs

BHA

(A)

10

EVE

(H)

11

MUN

(A)

12

ARS

(H)

13

MCI

(H)

14

COV

(H)

10

BRE

(A)

11

LIV

(H)

12

AVL

(A)

13

FUL

(H)

14

Avg FDR · lower is better

3.60+0.60 vs best

3.00(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?
StatAjerMaitland-Niles
Form

4.8(best)

14th DEF · 35th overall

1.2

92nd DEF · 248th overall

ICT index

35.7(best)

21st DEF · 79th overall

17.0

79th DEF · 219th overall

Selected

31st DEF(best)

84th overall

58th DEF

151st overall

Points per game

4.4

25th DEF · 57th overall

5.2(best)

13th DEF · 34th overall

Cost rank

92nd DEF

445th 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

  • Maitland-NilesEVE

    1. EVE v COV home, gameweek 10: 1.64 projected goals, 40% clean sheet chance
    2. EVE v BRE away, gameweek 11: 0.97 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Maitland-Niles (EVE) 0.6 expected clean sheets, Ajer (BRE) 0.6 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)
  • Maitland-Niles+0.9Maitland-Niles: 1 goals from 0.06 xG (+0.9)

Maitland-Niles has 0.9 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

  • Ajer−0.3Ajer: 0 assists from 0.27 xA (−0.3)
  • Maitland-Niles+0.3Maitland-Niles: 1 assists from 0.74 xA (+0.3)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

  • Ajer−3.7Ajer: 9 conceded from 12.67 xGC (−3.7)
  • Maitland-Niles±0.0Maitland-Niles: 4 conceded from 4.04 xGC (±0.0)

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

  • Maitland-Niles · 26 pts30% from appearances

    −1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
SourceAjerMaitland-Niles
Appearances188
Goals66
Assists03
Clean sheets128
Defensive contribution80
Bonus12
Deductions−5−1
Total4026

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)
  • Maitland-Niles6.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

  • Ajer6.3(4)
  • Maitland-Niles6.5(2)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

  • Ajer3.7(3)
  • Maitland-Niles1.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Ajer 3.7 points per game, Maitland-Niles 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

  • Ajer5.6(5)
  • Maitland-Niles5.3(3)

Away

  • Ajer3.0(4)
  • Maitland-Niles5.0(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Maitland-Niles 5.0 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

  • Maitland-Niles40%

    1 goal and 1 assist of 5 EVE goals

Maitland-Niles is involved in 40% of EVE's goals, against 6% for Ajer.

Who is a rotation risk?

  • Ajer9 of 9 full games

    9 × 90 minutes

  • Maitland-Niles1 of 7 full games

    1 × 90 minutes, 2 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 2 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

  • Ajer229.6
  • Maitland-Niles95.2

Creativity

  • Ajer47.1
  • Maitland-Niles67.4

Threat

  • Ajer79.0
  • Maitland-Niles8.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

  • Ajer−1.3k8.1k out6.8k in
  • Maitland-Niles−4.7k5.1k out377 in

Managers are selling all of them; Ajer the least (−1.3k 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), Maitland-Niles 5.8 points per £m (45th). Median 3.2.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

  • Ajer
  • Maitland-Niles

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Ajer 27, Maitland-Niles 19.

How far ahead is Ajer? Above zero Ajer leads; below, Maitland-Niles.

Ajer is 8 points ahead of Maitland-Niles over these gameweeks. Ajer's biggest lead was 8 (GW 9); Maitland-Niles's was 6 (GW 5).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

  1. GW 4

    Ajer, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 4: 6 points v TOT away, 74 minutes

  2. GW 5

    Ajer, gameweek 5: 7 points v CHE home, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 5: 8 points v IPS home, 90 minutes

  3. GW 6

    Ajer, gameweek 6: 6 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 6: 4 points v HUL away, 77 minutes

  4. GW 7

    Ajer, gameweek 7: 3 points v LIV home, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 7: 1 points v CHE home, 54 minutes

  5. GW 8

    Ajer, gameweek 8: 2 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 8: 0 points v ARS away, 0 minutes

  6. GW 9

    Ajer, gameweek 9: 8 points v NFO home, 90 minutes
    Maitland-Niles, gameweek 9: 0 points v NEW away, 0 minutes

Ajer: 0 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Maitland-Niles: 0 hauls (10+), 3 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek
Points by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
416
578
664
731
820
980

Minutes

Values by gameweek
Minutes by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
49074
59090
69077
79054
8900
9900

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
40.020.03
50.000.00
60.190.00
70.000.00
80.000.00
90.000.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek
Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
40.000.14
50.050.11
60.000.48
70.180.01
80.010.00
90.000.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek
Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
40.020.17
50.050.11
60.190.48
70.180.01
80.010.00
90.000.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek
Defensive contribution by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
495
598
694
7134
880
9140

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
41.750.43
50.831.28
62.281.23
71.640.81
81.570.00
90.860.00

Goals

Values by gameweek
Goals by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
400
500
610
700
800
900

Assists

Values by gameweek
Assists by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
400
500
601
700
800
900

Ownership

Values by gameweek
Ownership by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
44.5%0.3%
53.9%1.0%
63.7%1.6%
73.8%1.5%
84.2%1.5%
94.3%1.4%

Price

Values by gameweek
Price by gameweek
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
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
GWAjerMaitland-Niles
4——
58.0%0.7%
68.0%0.6%
77.8%0.5%
86.1%0.4%
98.8%0.3%