How do Anderson and Barnes compare?

Barnes has more season points (42 vs 27), Barnes is more owned (7.4% vs 3.7%), Barnes is cheaper (6.1m vs 6.3m), Barnes has the higher Start rate (100% vs 89%), but Barnes has more Bonus (3 vs 0).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Barnes wins most stats

Man City

MCI · 6.3m

8 stats won

Newcastle

NEW · 6.1m

20 stats won

Who wins more stats: Anderson or Barnes?

Barnes wins 20 of 28 stats

Barnes wins 20 of the 28 stats with an outright best. Others: Anderson 8.

Points: Anderson: 27Barnes: 42
xGI (6 gw): Anderson: 0.12Barnes: 0.37
Price: Anderson: £6.3mBarnes: £6.1m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Anderson	Barnes
Price & ownership	1	2
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	2	4
Season totals	2	4
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	2	2
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	1	4
Total	8	20

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.

Anderson: Points 27, xGI (6 gw) 0.12, BPS 184, Mins (6 gw) 77, DC (6 gw) 10.0, Upcoming FDR 3.20. Barnes: Points 42, xGI (6 gw) 0.37, BPS 167, Mins (6 gw) 88, DC (6 gw) 5.8, 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?

Barnes leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Price	6.3m(best)	6.1m−0.2m vs best
Ownership	3.7%−3.7% vs best	7.4%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.3%−11.3% vs best	11.6%(best)

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Barnes leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Starts	8−1 vs best	9(best)

Start rate	89%−11% vs best	100%(best)

Minutes (season)	696−100 vs best	796(best)

Avg minutes	77−11 vs best	88(best)

Who has better recent form?

Barnes leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Mins (6 gw)	77−11 vs best	88(best)

xG (6 gw)	0.02−0.20 vs best	0.22(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.09−0.06 vs best	0.15(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.12−0.25 vs best	0.37(best)

DC (6 gw)	10.00(best)	5.83−4.17 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.34(best)	1.73+0.39 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Barnes leads 4 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Points	27−15 vs best	42(best)

Goals	0−2 vs best	2(best)

Assists	1−2 vs best	3(best)

Total xG	0.21−1.33 vs best	1.54(best)

Total xA	1.21(best)	0.96−0.25 vs best

DC (season)	91(best)	53−38 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Corners & indirect FKs	4th choice	4th choice
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Split

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
BPS	184(best)	167−17 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	20.3(best)	18.2−2.1 vs best

Bonus	0−3 vs best	3(best)

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

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Next 5 GWs	NFO (A) 10 FUL (H) 11 ARS (A) 12 LEE (H) 13 BRE (A) 14	FUL (A) 10 ARS (H) 11 BHA (A) 12 MUN (H) 13 SUN (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.20	3.20

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Barnes leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Anderson	Barnes
Form	3.0 50th MID · 119th overall	3.5(best) 35th MID · 85th overall
ICT index	37.6 40th MID · 69th overall	54.1(best) 20th MID · 27th overall
Selected	32nd MID 92nd overall	14th MID(best) 46th overall
Points per game	3.0 73rd MID · 173rd overall	4.7(best) 20th MID · 49th overall
Cost rank	31st MID(best) 46th overall	43rd MID 63rd overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AndersonMCI
1. MCI v NFO away, gameweek 10: 1.74 projected goals, 36% clean sheet chance
2. MCI v FUL home, gameweek 11: 2.13 projected goals, 40% clean sheet chance
BarnesNEW
1. NEW v FUL away, gameweek 10: 1.12 projected goals, 21% clean sheet chance
2. NEW v ARS home, gameweek 11: 0.89 projected goals, 17% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Anderson (MCI) 3.9 projected team goals, Barnes (NEW) 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

Anderson−0.2Anderson: 0 goals from 0.21 xG (−0.2)
Barnes+0.5Barnes: 2 goals from 1.54 xG (+0.5)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

Anderson−0.2Anderson: 1 assists from 1.21 xA (−0.2)
Barnes+2.0Barnes: 3 assists from 0.96 xA (+2.0)

Barnes has 2.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Anderson · 27 pts59% from appearances
−2 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Barnes · 42 pts43% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Anderson	Barnes
Appearances	17	18
Goals	0	10
Assists	3	9
Clean sheets	3	2
Defensive contribution	6	0
Bonus	0	3
Deductions	−2	0
Total	27	42

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)

Anderson2.3(4)
Barnes6.3(3)

Medium (FDR 3)

Anderson2.7(3)
Barnes4.2(5)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Anderson5.0(2)
Barnes2.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Anderson 5.0 points per game, Barnes 2.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Anderson2.4(5)
Barnes5.4(5)

Away

Anderson3.8(4)
Barnes3.8(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Anderson 3.8 points per game, Barnes 3.8 points per game.

Anderson5%
0 goals and 1 assist of 20 MCI goals
Barnes42%
2 goals and 3 assists of 12 NEW goals

Barnes is involved in 42% of NEW's goals, against 5% for Anderson.

Who is a rotation risk?

Anderson6 of 9 full games
6 × 90 minutes, 2 × 60–89, 1 × 1–59
Barnes8 of 9 full games
8 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Anderson152.6
Barnes164.4

Creativity

Anderson184.1
Barnes185.0

Threat

Anderson39.0
Barnes192.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Anderson's biggest score is creativity, a creator; Barnes's biggest score is threat, a goal threat.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Anderson−3.4k6.9k out3.5k in
Barnes−16.1k24.9k out8.8k in

Managers are selling all of them; Anderson the least (−3.4k 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: Anderson 4.3 points per £m (62nd), Barnes 6.9 points per £m (11th). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Anderson
Barnes

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Barnes 25, Anderson 19.

How far ahead is Anderson? Above zero Anderson leads; below, Barnes.

Barnes is 6 points ahead of Anderson over these gameweeks. Anderson's biggest lead was 3 (GW 4); Barnes's was 8 (GW 8).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Anderson, gameweek 4: 5 points v MUN away, 90 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 4: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
GW 5
Anderson, gameweek 5: 2 points v SUN home, 90 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 5: 9 points v HUL home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Anderson, gameweek 6: 6 points v LIV away, 90 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 6: 2 points v COV away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Anderson, gameweek 7: 1 points v IPS home, 13 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 7: 2 points v AVL home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Anderson, gameweek 8: 1 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 8: 8 points v CRY away, 76 minutes
GW 9
Anderson, gameweek 9: 4 points v BHA home, 90 minutes
Barnes, gameweek 9: 2 points v EVE home, 90 minutes

Anderson: 0 hauls (10+), 3 blanks (0–2); Barnes: 0 hauls (10+), 4 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	5	2
5	2	9
6	6	2
7	1	2
8	1	8
9	4	2

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	90	90
5	90	90
6	90	90
7	13	90
8	90	76
9	90	90

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	0.00	0.29
5	0.02	0.11
6	0.10	0.35
7	0.00	0.27
8	0.00	0.27
9	0.00	0.03

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	0.01	0.31
5	0.02	0.11
6	0.07	0.35
7	0.00	0.04
8	0.25	0.01
9	0.22	0.08

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	0.01	0.60
5	0.04	0.22
6	0.17	0.70
7	0.00	0.31
8	0.25	0.28
9	0.22	0.11

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	14	6
5	9	9
6	8	7
7	5	3
8	11	6
9	13	4

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	1
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	0	0
5	0	2
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	4.2%	2.7%
5	4.2%	4.6%
6	3.8%	8.5%
7	4.0%	8.0%
8	3.8%	7.4%
9	3.7%	7.6%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	£6.3m	£6.0m
5	£6.3m	£6.0m
6	£6.3m	£6.1m
7	£6.3m	£6.1m
8	£6.3m	£6.1m
9	£6.3m	£6.1m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Anderson	Barnes
4	—	—
5	0.7%	16.8%
6	0.4%	15.6%
7	0.7%	12.9%
8	0.6%	18.0%
9	0.3%	11.6%