How do Ballard and Justin compare?

Justin has more season points (42 vs 14), Justin is more owned (2.3% vs 1%), Justin is cheaper (4.5m vs 4.7m), Justin has the higher Start rate (100% vs 56%), Justin has more Bonus (4 vs 0), but Justin has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.20 vs 3.40).

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Comparing 2 defenders

Justin wins most stats

Sunderland

SUN · 4.7m

3 stats won

Leeds

LEE · 4.5m

26 stats won

Who wins more stats: Ballard or Justin?

Justin wins 26 of 29 stats

Justin wins 26 of the 29 stats with an outright best. Others: Ballard 3.

Points: Ballard: 14Justin: 42
xGI (6 gw): Ballard: 0.04Justin: 0.23
Price: Ballard: £4.7mJustin: £4.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Ballard	Justin
Price & ownership	1	2
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	1	5
Season totals	0	6
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	0	4
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	1	4
Total	3	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.

Ballard: Points 14, xGI (6 gw) 0.04, BPS 31, Mins (6 gw) 30, DC (6 gw) 3.3, Upcoming FDR 3.40. Justin: Points 42, xGI (6 gw) 0.23, BPS 155, Mins (6 gw) 87, DC (6 gw) 6.3, 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?

Justin leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Price	4.7m(best)	4.5m−0.2m vs best
Ownership	1%−1.3% vs best	2.3%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.1%−1.2% vs best	1.3%(best)

Availability	0% · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Justin leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Starts	5−4 vs best	9(best)

Start rate	56%−44% vs best	100%(best)

Minutes (season)	450−341 vs best	791(best)

Avg minutes	50−38 vs best	88(best)

Who has better recent form?

Justin leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Mins (6 gw)	30−57 vs best	87(best)

xG (6 gw)	0.04−0.01 vs best	0.05(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.00−0.18 vs best	0.18(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.04−0.19 vs best	0.23(best)

DC (6 gw)	3.33−3.00 vs best	6.33(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.78(best)	0.96+0.18 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Justin leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Points	14−28 vs best	42(best)

Goals	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.31−0.17 vs best	0.48(best)

Total xA	0.16−0.91 vs best	1.07(best)

DC (season)	49−19 vs best	68(best)

Clean sheets	1−2 vs best	3(best)

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Justin leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
BPS	31−124 vs best	155(best)

BPS (6 gw)	-2.0−19.7 vs best	17.7(best)
Bonus	0−4 vs best	4(best)

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

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Justin leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Next 5 GWs	CHE (H) 10 AVL (A) 11 TOT (H) 12 LIV (A) 13 NEW (A) 14	TOT (H) 10 CHE (A) 11 COV (H) 12 MCI (A) 13 IPS (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.40+0.20 vs best	3.20(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Justin leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Ballard	Justin
Form	0.0 200th DEF · 545th overall	4.0(best) 27th DEF · 64th overall
ICT index	16.3 81st DEF · 226th overall	37.6(best) 16th DEF · 67th overall
Selected	72nd DEF 182nd overall	46th DEF(best) 120th overall
Points per game	2.8 73rd DEF · 183rd overall	4.7(best) 18th DEF · 46th overall
Cost rank	81st DEF(best) 423rd overall	95th DEF 449th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

BallardSUN
1. SUN v CHE home, gameweek 10: 1.03 projected goals, 23% clean sheet chance
2. SUN v AVL away, gameweek 11: 0.97 projected goals, 24% clean sheet chance
JustinLEE
1. LEE v TOT home, gameweek 10: 1.19 projected goals, 31% clean sheet chance
2. LEE v CHE away, gameweek 11: 0.96 projected goals, 20% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Justin (LEE) 0.5 expected clean sheets, Ballard (SUN) 0.5 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

Ballard−0.3Ballard: 0 goals from 0.31 xG (−0.3)
Justin+0.5Justin: 1 goals from 0.48 xG (+0.5)

Justin has 0.5 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Ballard−0.2Ballard: 0 assists from 0.16 xA (−0.2)
Justin−1.1Justin: 0 assists from 1.07 xA (−1.1)

Justin has 1.1 fewer assists than xA.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

Ballard+1.3Ballard: 10 conceded from 8.66 xGC (+1.3)
Justin−3.3Justin: 7 conceded from 10.30 xGC (−3.3)

Ballard has conceded 1.3 more than xGC; Justin has conceded 3.3 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Ballard · 14 pts50% from appearances
−6 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Justin · 42 pts41% from appearances
−2 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Ballard	Justin
Appearances	10	18
Goals	0	6
Clean sheets	4	12
Defensive contribution	6	4
Bonus	0	4
Deductions	−6	−2
Total	14	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)

Ballard4.0(2)
Justin9.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

BallardNo games
Justin3.0(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Ballard2.0(3)
Justin4.0(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Justin 4.0 points per game, Ballard 2.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Ballard4.0(2)
Justin3.5(4)

Away

Ballard2.0(3)
Justin5.6(5)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Justin 5.6 points per game, Ballard 2.0 points per game.

Ballard0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 6 SUN goals
Justin11%
1 goal and 0 assists of 9 LEE goals

Justin is involved in 11% of LEE's goals, against 0% for Ballard.

Who is a rotation risk?

Ballard5 of 9 full games
5 × 90 minutes, 4 × Didn't play
Justin7 of 9 full games
7 × 90 minutes, 2 × 60–89

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Ballard104.2
Justin195.2

Creativity

Ballard23.8
Justin102.0

Threat

Ballard35.0
Justin79.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Ballard's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Justin's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Ballard−4.4k4.4k out15 in
Justin−7225.8k out5.1k in

Managers are selling all of them; Justin the least (−722 net).

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: Ballard 3.0 points per £m (83rd), Justin 9.3 points per £m (6th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Ballard
Justin

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Justin 26, Ballard 2.

How far ahead is Ballard? Above zero Ballard leads; below, Justin.

Justin is 24 points ahead of Ballard over these gameweeks. Justin's was 24 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Ballard, gameweek 4: 0 points v ARS home, 90 minutes
Justin, gameweek 4: 2 points v NEW home, 90 minutes
GW 5
Ballard, gameweek 5: 2 points v MCI away, 90 minutes
Justin, gameweek 5: 8 points v CRY home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Ballard, gameweek 6: 0 points v BHA home, 0 minutes
Justin, gameweek 6: 6 points v ARS away, 78 minutes
GW 7
Ballard, gameweek 7: 0 points v BOU away, 0 minutes
Justin, gameweek 7: 2 points v MUN home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Ballard, gameweek 8: 0 points v LEE home, 0 minutes
Justin, gameweek 8: 6 points v SUN away, 90 minutes
GW 9
Ballard, gameweek 9: 0 points v COV away, 0 minutes
Justin, gameweek 9: 2 points v BOU away, 83 minutes

Ballard: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Justin: 0 hauls (10+), 3 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	0	2
5	2	8
6	0	6
7	0	2
8	0	6
9	0	2

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	90	90
5	90	90
6	0	78
7	0	90
8	0	90
9	0	83

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	0.08	0.00
5	0.14	0.05
6	0.00	0.19
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.00	0.02
9	0.00	0.05

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	0.01	0.28
5	0.00	0.12
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.00	0.09
8	0.00	0.03
9	0.00	0.53

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	0.09	0.28
5	0.14	0.17
6	0.00	0.19
7	0.00	0.09
8	0.00	0.05
9	0.00	0.58

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	6	5
5	14	9
6	0	6
7	0	6
8	0	6
9	0	6

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	1.88	0.88
5	2.82	1.06
6	0.00	1.21
7	0.00	0.92
8	0.00	0.83
9	0.00	0.88

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
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	Ballard	Justin
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	Ballard	Justin
4	3.0%	1.5%
5	2.6%	1.5%
6	1.8%	1.4%
7	1.4%	2.0%
8	1.2%	2.3%
9	1.0%	2.4%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	£4.9m	£4.5m
5	£4.9m	£4.5m
6	£4.9m	£4.5m
7	£4.8m	£4.5m
8	£4.8m	£4.5m
9	£4.8m	£4.5m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Justin
4	—	—
5	2.3%	1.4%
6	1.1%	1.3%
7	0.5%	1.5%
8	0.3%	1.9%
9	0.1%	1.3%