How do Amad and Merino compare?

Merino has more season points (10 vs 7), Merino is more owned (0.4% vs 0.3%), Amad has the higher Start rate (44% vs 11%), but Amad has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.00 vs 3.20).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Amad wins most stats

Man Utd

MUN · 5.7m

16 stats won

Arsenal

ARS · 5.7m

8 stats won

Who wins more stats: Amad or Merino?

Amad wins 16 of 24 stats

Amad wins 16 of the 24 stats with an outright best. Others: Merino 8.

Points: Amad: 7Merino: 10
xGI (6 gw): Amad: 0.15Merino: 0.14
Price: Amad: £5.7mMerino: £5.7m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Amad	Merino
Price & ownership	0	1
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	4	2
Season totals	1	3
Set pieces	1	0
Bonus	2	0
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	3	2
Total	16	8

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 MID in the game. Hover for values.

Amad: Points 7, xGI (6 gw) 0.15, BPS 42, Mins (6 gw) 50, DC (6 gw) 4.7, Upcoming FDR 3.00. Merino: Points 10, xGI (6 gw) 0.14, BPS 39, Mins (6 gw) 22, DC (6 gw) 2.0, Upcoming FDR 3.20.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Merino leads 1 of 1

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Price	5.7m	5.7m
Ownership	0.3%−0.1% vs best	0.4%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.0%	0.0%
Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Amad leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Starts	4(best)	1−3 vs best

Start rate	44%(best)	11%−33% vs best

Minutes (season)	301(best)	175−126 vs best

Avg minutes	33(best)	19−14 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Amad leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Mins (6 gw)	50(best)	22−28 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.12(best)	0.10−0.02 vs best

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

xGI (6 gw)	0.15(best)	0.14−0.01 vs best

DC (6 gw)	4.67(best)	2.00−2.67 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.17+0.89 vs best	0.28(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Merino leads 3 of 4

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Points	7−3 vs best	10(best)

Goals	0	0
Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.72−0.03 vs best	0.75(best)

Total xA	0.20−0.03 vs best	0.23(best)

DC (season)	28(best)	18−10 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Amad leads 1 of 1

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Corners & indirect FKs	5th choice(best)	—
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Amad leads 2 of 2

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Amad	Merino
BPS	42(best)	39−3 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	7.0(best)	4.5−2.5 vs best

Bonus	0	0
Bonus (6 gw)	0.0	0.0

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Amad leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Next 5 GWs	AVL (H) 10 LIV (A) 11 BRE (H) 12 NEW (A) 13 COV (H) 14	HUL (H) 10 NEW (A) 11 MCI (H) 12 BRE (A) 13 TOT (A) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.00(best)	3.20+0.20 vs best

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Amad leads 3 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Amad	Merino
Form	1.8(best) 97th MID · 220th overall	1.5 106th MID · 239th overall
ICT index	11.6(best) 132nd MID · 276th overall	7.6 150th MID · 324th overall
Selected	99th MID 290th overall	96th MID(best) 280th overall
Points per game	1.8(best) 132nd MID · 295th overall	1.1 168th MID · 349th overall
Cost rank	72nd MID 114th overall	68th MID(best) 107th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AmadMUN
1. MUN v AVL home, gameweek 10: 1.50 projected goals, 29% clean sheet chance
2. MUN v LIV away, gameweek 11: 1.00 projected goals, 18% clean sheet chance
MerinoARS
1. ARS v HUL home, gameweek 10: 2.79 projected goals, 53% clean sheet chance
2. ARS v NEW away, gameweek 11: 1.80 projected goals, 41% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Merino (ARS) 4.6 projected team goals, Amad (MUN) 2.5 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

Amad−0.7Amad: 0 goals from 0.72 xG (−0.7)
Merino−0.8Merino: 0 goals from 0.75 xG (−0.8)

Merino has 0.8 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Amad−0.2Amad: 0 assists from 0.20 xA (−0.2)
Merino−0.2Merino: 0 assists from 0.23 xA (−0.2)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Amad · 7 pts100% from appearances
Merino · 10 pts91% from appearances
−1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Amad	Merino
Appearances	7	10
Clean sheets	0	1
Deductions	0	−1
Total	7	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)

AmadNo games
Merino1.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Amad1.7(3)
Merino1.5(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Amad2.0(1)
Merino0.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Amad 2.0 points per game, Merino 0.7 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Amad1.5(2)
Merino1.3(4)

Away

Amad2.0(2)
Merino1.0(5)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Amad 2.0 points per game, Merino 1.0 points per game.

Amad0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 2 MUN goals
Merino0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 14 ARS goals

Amad is involved in 0% of MUN's goals, against 0% for Merino.

Who is a rotation risk?

Amad1 of 9 full games
1 × 90 minutes, 2 × 60–89, 1 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play
Merino0 of 9 full games
1 × 60–89, 8 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Amad26.2
Merino17.0

Creativity

Amad24.0
Merino12.3

Threat

Amad65.0
Merino49.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Amad's biggest score is threat, a goal threat; Merino's biggest score is threat, a goal threat.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Amad−1.1k1.4k out366 in
Merino−532919 out387 in

Managers are selling all of them; Merino the least (−532 net).

Which player gives more points per million?

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

Of 218 midfielders who have played: Amad 1.2 points per £m (158th), Merino 1.8 points per £m (133rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Amad
Merino

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Merino 8, Amad 7.

How far ahead is Amad? Above zero Amad leads; below, Merino.

Merino is 1 point ahead of Amad over these gameweeks. Merino's was 2 (GW 5).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Amad, gameweek 4: 0 points v MCI home, 0 minutes
Merino, gameweek 4: 1 points v SUN away, 5 minutes
GW 5
Amad, gameweek 5: 0 points v FUL away, 0 minutes
Merino, gameweek 5: 1 points v BHA away, 30 minutes
GW 6
Amad, gameweek 6: 1 points v TOT home, 58 minutes
Merino, gameweek 6: 1 points v LEE home, 1 minutes
GW 7
Amad, gameweek 7: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
Merino, gameweek 7: 1 points v NFO away, 24 minutes
GW 8
Amad, gameweek 8: 2 points v BOU home, 77 minutes
Merino, gameweek 8: 3 points v EVE home, 67 minutes
GW 9
Amad, gameweek 9: 2 points v CHE away, 76 minutes
Merino, gameweek 9: 1 points v LIV away, 2 minutes

Amad: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Merino: 0 hauls (10+), 5 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0	1
5	0	1
6	1	1
7	2	1
8	2	3
9	2	1

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0	5
5	0	30
6	58	1
7	90	24
8	77	67
9	76	2

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.06	0.00
7	0.08	0.09
8	0.02	0.52
9	0.56	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.13
6	0.03	0.00
7	0.02	0.01
8	0.09	0.07
9	0.06	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.13
6	0.09	0.00
7	0.10	0.10
8	0.11	0.59
9	0.62	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0	0
5	0	4
6	4	0
7	10	2
8	4	4
9	10	2

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
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	Amad	Merino
4	0.4%	0.4%
5	0.3%	0.4%
6	0.3%	0.4%
7	0.3%	0.4%
8	0.3%	0.4%
9	0.3%	0.4%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	£5.8m	£5.8m
5	£5.7m	£5.8m
6	£5.7m	£5.7m
7	£5.7m	£5.7m
8	£5.7m	£5.7m
9	£5.7m	£5.7m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Amad	Merino
4	—	—
5	0.0%	0.0%
6	0.0%	0.0%
7	0.0%	0.0%
8	0.0%	0.0%
9	0.0%	0.0%