How do Akpom and Simms compare?

Akpom has more season points (11 vs 10), Akpom is more owned (0.9% vs 0.6%), Simms is cheaper (4.9m vs 5.0m), Simms has the higher Start rate (11% vs 0%), Simms has more Bonus (1 vs 0), but Simms has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.60 vs 2.80).

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Comparing 2 forwards

Simms wins most stats

Ipswich Town

IPS · 5.0m

11 stats won

Coventry City

COV · 4.9m

12 stats won

Who wins more stats: Akpom or Simms?

Simms wins 12 of 23 stats

Simms wins 12 of the 23 stats with an outright best. Others: Akpom 11.

Points: Akpom: 11Simms: 10
xGI (6 gw): Akpom: 0.06Simms: 0.02
Price: Akpom: £5.0mSimms: £4.9m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Akpom	Simms
Price & ownership	2	0
Playing time	0	3
Recent form	4	1
Season totals	2	1
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	1	3
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	2	3
Total	11	12

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 FWD in the game. Hover for values.

Akpom: Points 11, xGI (6 gw) 0.06, BPS 54, Mins (6 gw) 8, xG (6 gw) 0.06, Upcoming FDR 2.80. Simms: Points 10, xGI (6 gw) 0.02, BPS 42, Mins (6 gw) 5, xG (6 gw) 0.02, Upcoming FDR 2.60.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Akpom leads 2 of 2

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Price	5.0m(best)	4.9m−0.1m vs best
Ownership	0.9%(best)	0.6%−0.3% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.0%	0.0%
Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Simms leads 3 of 3

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Starts	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Start rate	0%−11% vs best	11%(best)

Minutes (season)	114−2 vs best	116(best)

Avg minutes	13	13

Who has better recent form?

Akpom leads 4 of 5

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Mins (6 gw)	8(best)	5−3 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.06(best)	0.02−0.04 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.00	0.00
xGI (6 gw)	0.06(best)	0.02−0.04 vs best

DC (6 gw)	0.33(best)	0.00−0.33 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.32+0.25 vs best	0.07(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Akpom leads 2 of 3

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Points	11(best)	10−1 vs best

Goals	1	1
Assists	0	0
Total xG	1.30(best)	0.40−0.90 vs best

Total xA	0.00−0.01 vs best	0.01(best)

See alsoForward stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Simms leads 3 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
BPS	54(best)	42−12 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	3.5−1.8 vs best	5.3(best)

Bonus	0−1 vs best	1(best)

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

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Simms leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Next 5 GWs	BOU (H) 10 TOT (A) 11 AVL (H) 12 COV (A) 13 LEE (A) 14	EVE (A) 10 CRY (H) 11 LEE (A) 12 IPS (H) 13 MUN (A) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	2.80+0.20 vs best	2.60(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Simms leads 3 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Akpom	Simms
Form	1.0 27th FWD · 278th overall	1.5(best) 25th FWD · 232nd overall
ICT index	7.7 36th FWD · 322nd overall	11.8(best) 28th FWD · 275th overall
Selected	27th FWD(best) 195th overall	34th FWD 226th overall
Points per game	1.6 33rd FWD · 306th overall	2.5(best) 20th FWD · 208th overall
Cost rank	51st FWD(best) 249th overall	62nd FWD 337th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AkpomIPS
1. IPS v BOU home, gameweek 10: 1.06 projected goals, 21% clean sheet chance
2. IPS v TOT away, gameweek 11: 0.90 projected goals, 16% clean sheet chance
SimmsCOV
1. COV v EVE away, gameweek 10: 0.92 projected goals, 19% clean sheet chance
2. COV v CRY home, gameweek 11: 1.38 projected goals, 31% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Simms (COV) 2.3 projected team goals, Akpom (IPS) 2.0 projected team goals.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by projected goals. All projections

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

Goals vs xG

Akpom−0.3Akpom: 1 goals from 1.30 xG (−0.3)
Simms+0.6Simms: 1 goals from 0.40 xG (+0.6)

Simms has 0.6 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Akpom±0.0Akpom: 0 assists from 0.00 xA (±0.0)
Simms±0.0Simms: 0 assists from 0.01 xA (±0.0)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Akpom · 11 pts64% from appearances
Simms · 10 pts50% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Akpom	Simms
Appearances	7	5
Goals	4	4
Bonus	0	1
Deductions	0	0
Total	11	10

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)

Akpom1.0(3)
Simms1.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

Akpom2.3(3)
Simms6.0(1)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Akpom1.0(1)
Simms1.5(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Simms 1.5 points per game, Akpom 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Akpom1.0(3)
Simms6.0(1)

Away

Akpom2.0(4)
Simms1.3(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Akpom 2.0 points per game, Simms 1.3 points per game.

Akpom9%
1 goal and 0 assists of 11 IPS goals
Simms20%
1 goal and 0 assists of 5 COV goals

Simms is involved in 20% of COV's goals, against 9% for Akpom.

Who is a rotation risk?

Akpom0 of 9 full games
7 × 1–59, 2 × Didn't play
Simms0 of 9 full games
1 × 60–89, 3 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Akpom37.6
Simms40.8

Creativity

Akpom5.7
Simms22.9

Threat

Akpom34.0
Simms54.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Akpom's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Simms's biggest score is threat, a goal threat.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Akpom−3.0k3.5k out464 in
Simms−1.7k2.8k out1.1k in

Managers are selling all of them; Simms the least (−1.7k net).

Which player gives more points per million?

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

Of 52 forwards who have played: Akpom 2.2 points per £m (28th), Simms 2.0 points per £m (31st). Median 2.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Akpom
Simms

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Simms 7, Akpom 5.

How far ahead is Akpom? Above zero Akpom leads; below, Simms.

Simms is 2 points ahead of Akpom over these gameweeks. Simms's was 5 (GW 6).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Akpom, gameweek 4: 0 points v CRY away, 0 minutes
Simms, gameweek 4: 0 points v BHA home, 0 minutes
GW 5
Akpom, gameweek 5: 1 points v EVE away, 9 minutes
Simms, gameweek 5: 1 points v NFO away, 16 minutes
GW 6
Akpom, gameweek 6: 1 points v FUL home, 19 minutes
Simms, gameweek 6: 6 points v NEW home, 12 minutes
GW 7
Akpom, gameweek 7: 1 points v MCI away, 12 minutes
Simms, gameweek 7: 0 points v TOT away, 0 minutes
GW 8
Akpom, gameweek 8: 1 points v NFO home, 4 minutes
Simms, gameweek 8: 0 points v FUL home, 0 minutes
GW 9
Akpom, gameweek 9: 1 points v HUL away, 1 minutes
Simms, gameweek 9: 0 points v SUN home, 0 minutes

Akpom: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Simms: 0 hauls (10+), 5 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0	0
5	1	1
6	1	6
7	1	0
8	1	0
9	1	0

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0	0
5	9	16
6	19	12
7	12	0
8	4	0
9	1	0

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.17	0.00
6	0.16	0.10
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.17	0.00
6	0.16	0.10
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	1	0
7	1	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	1
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
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	Akpom	Simms
4	1.2%	0.8%
5	1.2%	0.7%
6	1.1%	0.6%
7	1.1%	0.7%
8	1.0%	0.7%
9	0.9%	0.6%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	£5.0m	£5.0m
5	£5.0m	£5.0m
6	£5.0m	£4.9m
7	£5.0m	£4.9m
8	£5.0m	£4.9m
9	£5.0m	£4.9m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Akpom	Simms
4	—	—
5	0.6%	0.4%
6	0.2%	0.2%
7	0.1%	0.1%
8	0.1%	0.1%
9	0.0%	0.0%