How do Anthony and Goretzka compare?

Anthony has more season points (27 vs 4), Anthony is more owned (0.2% vs 0%), Anthony has the higher Start rate (56% vs 13%), Anthony has more Bonus (2 vs 0), but Goretzka has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.40 vs 3.60).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Anthony wins most stats

Brentford

BRE · 5.9m

24 stats won

Aston Villa

AVL · 5.9m

3 stats won

Who wins more stats: Anthony or Goretzka?

Anthony wins 24 of 27 stats

Anthony wins 24 of the 27 stats with an outright best. Others: Goretzka 3.

Points: Anthony: 27Goretzka: 4
xGI (6 gw): Anthony: 0.31Goretzka: 0.04
Price: Anthony: £5.9mGoretzka: £5.9m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Anthony	Goretzka
Price & ownership	1	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	5	1
Season totals	6	0
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	4	1
Total	24	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 MID in the game. Hover for values.

Anthony: Points 27, xGI (6 gw) 0.31, BPS 112, Mins (6 gw) 58, DC (6 gw) 5.5, Upcoming FDR 3.60. Goretzka: Points 4, xGI (6 gw) 0.04, BPS 15, Mins (6 gw) 15, DC (6 gw) 2.3, 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?

Anthony leads 1 of 1

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
Price	5.9m	5.9m
Ownership	0.2%(best)	0%−0.2% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.0%	0.0%
Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Anthony leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
Starts	5(best)	1−4 vs best

Start rate	56%(best)	13%−43% vs best

Minutes (season)	473(best)	91−382 vs best

Avg minutes	53(best)	11−42 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Anthony leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
Mins (6 gw)	58(best)	15−43 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.25(best)	0.03−0.22 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.06(best)	0.00−0.06 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.31(best)	0.04−0.27 vs best

DC (6 gw)	5.50(best)	2.33−3.17 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.04+0.60 vs best	0.44(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Anthony leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
Points	27(best)	4−23 vs best

Goals	1(best)	0−1 vs best

Assists	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Total xG	1.68(best)	0.19−1.49 vs best

Total xA	0.80(best)	0.02−0.78 vs best

DC (season)	46(best)	14−32 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Anthony leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
BPS	112(best)	15−97 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	16.0(best)	2.5−13.5 vs best

Bonus	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.3(best)	0.0−0.3 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Goretzka leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
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?

Anthony leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Anthony	Goretzka
Form	3.0(best) 47th MID · 116th overall	1.0 136th MID · 288th overall
ICT index	40.3(best) 36th MID · 59th overall	3.2 185th MID · 383rd overall
Selected	112th MID(best) 316th overall	215th MID 532nd overall
Points per game	3.0(best) 72nd MID · 171st overall	1.3 159th MID · 338th overall
Cost rank	56th MID 83rd overall	53rd MID(best) 77th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AnthonyBRE
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
GoretzkaAVL
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: Anthony (BRE) 2.7 projected team goals, Goretzka (AVL) 2.7 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

Anthony−0.7Anthony: 1 goals from 1.68 xG (−0.7)
Goretzka−0.2Goretzka: 0 goals from 0.19 xG (−0.2)

Anthony has 0.7 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Anthony+1.2Anthony: 2 assists from 0.80 xA (+1.2)
Goretzka±0.0Goretzka: 0 assists from 0.02 xA (±0.0)

Anthony has 1.2 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Anthony · 27 pts48% from appearances
Goretzka · 4 pts100% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Anthony	Goretzka
Appearances	13	4
Goals	5	0
Assists	6	0
Clean sheets	1	0
Bonus	2	0
Deductions	0	0
Total	27	4

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)

Anthony1.0(2)
Goretzka2.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

Anthony3.0(4)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Anthony4.3(3)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Anthony 4.3 points per game, Goretzka 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Anthony3.6(5)
Goretzka1.5(2)

Away

Anthony2.3(4)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Anthony 2.3 points per game, Goretzka 1.0 points per game.

Anthony19%
1 goal and 2 assists of 16 BRE goals
Goretzka0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 4 AVL goals

Anthony is involved in 19% of BRE's goals, against 0% for Goretzka.

Who is a rotation risk?

Anthony0 of 9 full games
4 × 60–89, 5 × 1–59
Goretzka0 of 8 full games
1 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Anthony120.8
Goretzka13.6

Creativity

Anthony131.2
Goretzka3.5

Threat

Anthony151.0
Goretzka15.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Anthony's biggest score is threat, a goal threat; Goretzka's biggest score is threat, a goal threat.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Anthony−7771.1k out321 in
Goretzka+85130 out215 in

Goretzka has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+85).

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: Anthony 4.6 points per £m (54th), Goretzka 0.7 points per £m (183rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Anthony
Goretzka

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Anthony 23, Goretzka 4.

How far ahead is Anthony? Above zero Anthony leads; below, Goretzka.

Anthony is 19 points ahead of Goretzka over these gameweeks. Anthony's biggest lead was 19 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Anthony, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 59 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 4: 0 points v NFO home, 0 minutes
GW 5
Anthony, gameweek 5: 10 points v CHE home, 80 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 5: 0 points v TOT away, 0 minutes
GW 6
Anthony, gameweek 6: 5 points v AVL away, 84 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 6: 0 points v BRE home, 0 minutes
GW 7
Anthony, gameweek 7: 2 points v LIV home, 76 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 7: 1 points v NEW away, 18 minutes
GW 8
Anthony, gameweek 8: 1 points v HUL away, 28 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 8: 1 points v MCI home, 8 minutes
GW 9
Anthony, gameweek 9: 4 points v NFO home, 18 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 9: 2 points v FUL home, 65 minutes

Anthony: 1 haul (10+), 3 blanks (0–2); Goretzka: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	1	0
5	10	0
6	5	0
7	2	1
8	1	1
9	4	2

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	59	0
5	80	0
6	84	0
7	76	18
8	28	8
9	18	65

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.96	0.00
6	0.09	0.00
7	0.19	0.07
8	0.25	0.00
9	0.00	0.12

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0.10	0.00
5	0.02	0.00
6	0.01	0.00
7	0.01	0.01
8	0.06	0.00
9	0.18	0.01

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0.10	0.00
5	0.98	0.00
6	0.10	0.00
7	0.20	0.08
8	0.31	0.00
9	0.18	0.13

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	11	0
5	2	0
6	7	0
7	3	9
8	4	1
9	6	4

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0	0
5	1	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	1	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	0.1%	0.0%
5	0.1%	0.0%
6	0.2%	0.0%
7	0.3%	0.0%
8	0.3%	0.0%
9	0.2%	0.0%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Anthony	Goretzka
4	£6.0m	£6.0m
5	£5.9m	£5.9m
6	£5.9m	£5.9m
7	£5.9m	£5.9m
8	£5.9m	£5.9m
9	£5.9m	£5.9m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

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