How do Ajer and Pau compare?

Ajer has more season points (40 vs 8), Ajer is more owned (4.1% vs 0.3%), Pau is cheaper (4.4m vs 4.5m), Ajer has the higher Start rate (100% vs 56%), Ajer has more Bonus (1 vs 0), but Pau has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.40 vs 3.60).

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Comparing 2 defenders

Ajer wins most stats

Brentford

BRE · 4.5m

26 stats won

Aston Villa

AVL · 4.4m

3 stats won

Who wins more stats: Ajer or Pau?

Ajer wins 26 of 29 stats

Ajer wins 26 of the 29 stats with an outright best. Others: Pau 3.

Points: Ajer: 40Pau: 8
xGI (6 gw): Ajer: 0.07Pau: 0.05
Price: Ajer: £4.5mPau: £4.4m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Ajer	Pau
Price & ownership	3	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	4	2
Season totals	6	0
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	5	0
Total	26	3

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. Pau: Points 8, xGI (6 gw) 0.05, BPS 9, Mins (6 gw) 36, DC (6 gw) 2.2, Upcoming FDR 2.40.

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 3 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Price	4.5m(best)	4.4m−0.1m vs best
Ownership	4.1%(best)	0.3%−3.8% vs best

Top 10k ownership	8.8%(best)	0.0%−8.8% 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?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Starts	9(best)	5−4 vs best

Start rate	100%(best)	56%−44% vs best

Minutes (season)	810(best)	380−430 vs best

Avg minutes	90(best)	42−48 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Ajer leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Mins (6 gw)	90(best)	36−54 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.03−0.01 vs best	0.04(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.04(best)	0.00−0.04 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.07(best)	0.05−0.02 vs best

DC (6 gw)	10.33(best)	2.17−8.16 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.49+0.75 vs best	0.74(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Ajer leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Points	40(best)	8−32 vs best

Goals	1(best)	0−1 vs best

Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.32(best)	0.26−0.06 vs best

Total xA	0.27(best)	0.02−0.25 vs best

DC (season)	94(best)	22−72 vs best

Clean sheets	3(best)	0−3 vs best

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Corners & indirect FKs	—	—
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Ajer leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
BPS	143(best)	9−134 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	16.5(best)	2.8−13.7 vs best

Bonus	1(best)	0−1 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.2(best)	0.0−0.2 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Pau leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Next 5 GWs	BHA (A) 10 EVE (H) 11 MUN (A) 12 ARS (H) 13 MCI (H) 14	MUN (A) 10 SUN (H) 11 IPS (A) 12 EVE (H) 13 CRY (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.60+1.20 vs best	2.40(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Ajer leads 5 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Ajer	Pau
Form	4.8(best) 14th DEF · 35th overall	1.2 90th DEF · 245th overall
ICT index	35.7(best) 21st DEF · 79th overall	5.5 125th DEF · 349th overall
Selected	31st DEF(best) 84th overall	108th DEF 303rd overall
Points per game	4.4(best) 25th DEF · 57th overall	1.3 119th DEF · 335th overall
Cost rank	91st DEF(best) 444th overall	133rd DEF 533rd 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
PauAVL
1. AVL v MUN away, gameweek 10: 1.24 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance
2. AVL v SUN home, gameweek 11: 1.44 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Pau (AVL) 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)
Pau−0.3Pau: 0 goals from 0.26 xG (−0.3)

Ajer has 0.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Ajer−0.3Ajer: 0 assists from 0.27 xA (−0.3)
Pau±0.0Pau: 0 assists from 0.02 xA (±0.0)

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)
Pau−2.0Pau: 7 conceded from 9.02 xGC (−2.0)

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
Pau · 8 pts100% from appearances
−2 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Ajer	Pau
Appearances	18	10
Goals	6	0
Clean sheets	12	0
Defensive contribution	8	0
Bonus	1	0
Deductions	−5	−2
Total	40	8

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)
Pau2.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

Ajer6.3(4)
Pau1.0(2)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Ajer3.7(3)
Pau1.3(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Ajer 3.7 points per game, Pau 1.3 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Ajer5.6(5)
Pau1.8(4)

Away

Ajer3.0(4)
Pau0.5(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Ajer 3.0 points per game, Pau 0.5 points per game.

Ajer6%
1 goal and 0 assists of 16 BRE goals
Pau0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 5 AVL goals

Ajer is involved in 6% of BRE's goals, against 0% for Pau.

Who is a rotation risk?

Ajer9 of 9 full games
9 × 90 minutes
Pau3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 3 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Ajer229.6
Pau40.4

Creativity

Ajer47.1
Pau3.1

Threat

Ajer79.0
Pau12.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Ajer−1.5k8.4k out6.9k in
Pau+126376 out502 in

Pau has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+126).

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), Pau 1.8 points per £m (109th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Ajer
Pau

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Ajer 27, Pau 6.

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

Ajer is 21 points ahead of Pau over these gameweeks. Ajer's biggest lead was 21 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Ajer, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 4: 1 points v NFO home, 24 minutes
GW 5
Ajer, gameweek 5: 7 points v CHE home, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 5: 0 points v TOT away, 0 minutes
GW 6
Ajer, gameweek 6: 6 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 6: 0 points v BRE home, 0 minutes
GW 7
Ajer, gameweek 7: 3 points v LIV home, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 7: 1 points v NEW away, 13 minutes
GW 8
Ajer, gameweek 8: 2 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 8: 2 points v MCI home, 90 minutes
GW 9
Ajer, gameweek 9: 8 points v NFO home, 90 minutes
Pau, gameweek 9: 2 points v FUL home, 90 minutes

Ajer: 0 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Pau: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	1	1
5	7	0
6	6	0
7	3	1
8	2	2
9	8	2

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	90	24
5	90	0
6	90	0
7	90	13
8	90	90
9	90	90

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	0.02	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.19	0.00
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.26

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.05	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.18	0.00
8	0.01	0.00
9	0.00	0.01

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	0.02	0.00
5	0.05	0.00
6	0.19	0.00
7	0.18	0.00
8	0.01	0.00
9	0.00	0.27

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	13	4
8	8	3
9	14	6

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	1.75	0.20
5	0.83	0.00
6	2.28	0.00
7	1.64	0.43
8	1.57	1.56
9	0.86	2.24

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	4.5%	0.4%
5	3.9%	0.3%
6	3.7%	0.3%
7	3.8%	0.3%
8	4.2%	0.3%
9	4.3%	0.3%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	£4.5m	£4.5m
5	£4.5m	£4.5m
6	£4.5m	£4.4m
7	£4.5m	£4.4m
8	£4.5m	£4.4m
9	£4.5m	£4.4m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Ajer	Pau
4	—	—
5	8.0%	0.0%
6	8.0%	0.0%
7	7.8%	0.0%
8	6.1%	0.0%
9	8.8%	0.0%