How do Araujo and De Cuyper compare?

De Cuyper has more season points (69 vs 37), De Cuyper is more owned (45% vs 4%), De Cuyper has the higher Start rate (100% vs 78%), but De Cuyper has more Bonus (9 vs 3).

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Comparing 2 defenders

De Cuyper wins most stats

Liverpool

LIV · 5.4m

4 stats won

Brighton

BHA · 5.4m

26 stats won

Who wins more stats: Araujo or De Cuyper?

De Cuyper wins 26 of 30 stats

De Cuyper wins 26 of the 30 stats with an outright best. Others: Araujo 4.

Points: Araujo: 37De Cuyper: 69
xGI (6 gw): Araujo: 0.05De Cuyper: 0.21
Price: Araujo: £5.4mDe Cuyper: £5.4m

Which sections does each player win?

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

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.

Araujo: Points 37, xGI (6 gw) 0.05, BPS 117, Mins (6 gw) 75, DC (6 gw) 6.7, Upcoming FDR 2.80. De Cuyper: Points 69, xGI (6 gw) 0.21, BPS 233, Mins (6 gw) 83, DC (6 gw) 3.8, Upcoming FDR 2.80.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

De Cuyper leads 2 of 2

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Price	5.4m	5.4m
Ownership	4%−41% vs best	45%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.2%−68.4% vs best	68.6%(best)

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

De Cuyper leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Starts	7−2 vs best	9(best)

Start rate	78%−22% vs best	100%(best)

Minutes (season)	573−168 vs best	741(best)

Avg minutes	64−18 vs best	82(best)

Who has better recent form?

De Cuyper leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Mins (6 gw)	75−8 vs best	83(best)

xG (6 gw)	0.04−0.06 vs best	0.10(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.01−0.10 vs best	0.11(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.05−0.16 vs best	0.21(best)

DC (6 gw)	6.67(best)	3.83−2.84 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.83(best)	1.11+0.28 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

De Cuyper leads 6 of 7

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Points	37−32 vs best	69(best)

Goals	0−2 vs best	2(best)

Assists	0−4 vs best	4(best)

Total xG	0.25−1.84 vs best	2.09(best)

Total xA	0.09−0.99 vs best	1.08(best)

DC (season)	55(best)	31−24 vs best

Clean sheets	4−2 vs best	6(best)

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

De Cuyper leads 2 of 2

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Corners & indirect FKs	—	2nd choice(best)
Direct free kicks	—	4th choice(best)
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

De Cuyper leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
BPS	117−116 vs best	233(best)

BPS (6 gw)	14.7−14.0 vs best	28.7(best)

Bonus	3−6 vs best	9(best)

Bonus (6 gw)	0.5−0.7 vs best	1.2(best)

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Next 5 GWs	CRY (A) 10 MUN (H) 11 EVE (A) 12 SUN (H) 13 CHE (A) 14	BRE (H) 10 HUL (A) 11 NEW (H) 12 BOU (A) 13 NFO (A) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	2.80	2.80

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

De Cuyper leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Araujo	De Cuyper
Form	3.8 29th DEF · 74th overall	7.8(best) 3rd DEF · 5th overall
ICT index	18.9 71st DEF · 203rd overall	59.8(best) 2nd DEF · 19th overall
Selected	32nd DEF 86th overall	2nd DEF(best) 6th overall
Points per game	4.1 36th DEF · 81st overall	7.7(best) 1st DEF · 2nd overall
Cost rank	22nd DEF(best) 177th overall	23rd DEF 180th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AraujoLIV
1. LIV v CRY away, gameweek 10: 1.91 projected goals, 37% clean sheet chance
2. LIV v MUN home, gameweek 11: 1.70 projected goals, 37% clean sheet chance
De CuyperBHA
1. BHA v BRE home, gameweek 10: 1.68 projected goals, 31% clean sheet chance
2. BHA v HUL away, gameweek 11: 1.95 projected goals, 40% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Araujo (LIV) 0.7 expected clean sheets, De Cuyper (BHA) 0.7 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

Araujo−0.3Araujo: 0 goals from 0.25 xG (−0.3)
De Cuyper−0.1De Cuyper: 2 goals from 2.09 xG (−0.1)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

Araujo−0.1Araujo: 0 assists from 0.09 xA (−0.1)
De Cuyper+2.9De Cuyper: 4 assists from 1.08 xA (+2.9)

De Cuyper has 2.9 more assists than xA.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

Araujo−2.3Araujo: 4 conceded from 6.32 xGC (−2.3)
De Cuyper−5.3De Cuyper: 7 conceded from 12.29 xGC (−5.3)

De Cuyper has conceded 5.3 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Araujo · 37 pts40% from clean sheets
−3 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
De Cuyper · 69 pts32% from clean sheets
−6 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Araujo	De Cuyper
Appearances	15	18
Goals	0	12
Assists	0	12
Clean sheets	16	24
Defensive contribution	6	0
Bonus	3	9
Deductions	−3	−6
Total	37	69

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)

Araujo7.0(2)
De Cuyper8.5(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Araujo0.5(2)
De Cuyper12.0(3)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Araujo4.4(5)
De Cuyper4.0(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Araujo 4.4 points per game, De Cuyper 4.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Araujo4.0(5)
De Cuyper8.3(4)

Away

Araujo4.3(4)
De Cuyper7.2(5)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: De Cuyper 7.2 points per game, Araujo 4.3 points per game.

Araujo0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 11 LIV goals
De Cuyper25%
2 goals and 4 assists of 24 BHA goals

De Cuyper is involved in 25% of BHA's goals, against 0% for Araujo.

Who is a rotation risk?

Araujo3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 3 × 1–59
De Cuyper5 of 9 full games
5 × 90 minutes, 4 × 60–89

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Araujo122.0
De Cuyper193.2

Creativity

Araujo26.8
De Cuyper288.0

Threat

Araujo40.0
De Cuyper116.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Araujo's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; De Cuyper's biggest score is creativity, a creator.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Araujo+18.9k4.2k out23.0k in
De Cuyper+160k4.7k out165k in

De Cuyper has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+160k).

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: Araujo 6.9 points per £m (34th), De Cuyper 12.8 points per £m (1st). Median 3.2.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Araujo
De Cuyper

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: De Cuyper 48, Araujo 28.

How far ahead is Araujo? Above zero Araujo leads; below, De Cuyper.

De Cuyper is 20 points ahead of Araujo over these gameweeks. De Cuyper's was 24 (GW 7).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Araujo, gameweek 4: 6 points v FUL home, 71 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 4: 11 points v COV away, 90 minutes
GW 5
Araujo, gameweek 5: 7 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 5: 6 points v ARS home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Araujo, gameweek 6: 0 points v MCI home, 74 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 6: 15 points v SUN away, 67 minutes
GW 7
Araujo, gameweek 7: 1 points v BRE away, 45 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 7: 6 points v CRY home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Araujo, gameweek 8: 10 points v BHA home, 90 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 8: 1 points v LIV away, 90 minutes
GW 9
Araujo, gameweek 9: 4 points v ARS home, 80 minutes
De Cuyper, gameweek 9: 9 points v MCI away, 71 minutes

Araujo: 1 haul (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); De Cuyper: 2 hauls (10+), 1 blank (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	6	11
5	7	6
6	0	15
7	1	6
8	10	1
9	4	9

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	71	90
5	90	90
6	74	67
7	45	90
8	90	90
9	80	71

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	0.00	0.03
5	0.00	0.02
6	0.00	0.25
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.06	0.05
9	0.19	0.24

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	0.00	0.04
5	0.01	0.23
6	0.01	0.00
7	0.00	0.13
8	0.01	0.28
9	0.01	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	0.00	0.07
5	0.01	0.25
6	0.01	0.25
7	0.00	0.13
8	0.07	0.33
9	0.20	0.24

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	4	1
5	5	7
6	6	3
7	2	4
8	11	5
9	12	3

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	0.60	1.33
5	0.79	1.63
6	0.72	0.57
7	0.55	0.77
8	1.32	1.20
9	0.98	1.17

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
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	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	0	1
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	1

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	2.7%	23.3%
5	2.9%	24.5%
6	3.1%	31.9%
7	3.2%	40.2%
8	3.2%	42.3%
9	3.9%	42.6%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	£5.4m	£4.8m
5	£5.4m	£4.9m
6	£5.4m	£5.0m
7	£5.4m	£5.2m
8	£5.4m	£5.3m
9	£5.4m	£5.3m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Araujo	De Cuyper
4	—	—
5	0.2%	45.2%
6	0.2%	84.4%
7	0.1%	87.2%
8	0.1%	80.9%
9	0.2%	68.6%