How do Ballard and Kayode compare?

Kayode has more season points (33 vs 14), Kayode is more owned (6.8% vs 1%), Kayode is cheaper (4.5m vs 4.7m), Kayode has the higher Start rate (89% vs 56%), Kayode has more Bonus (1 vs 0), but Ballard has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.40 vs 3.60).

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Comparing 2 defenders

Kayode wins most stats

Sunderland

SUN · 4.7m

6 stats won

Brentford

BRE · 4.5m

22 stats won

Who wins more stats: Ballard or Kayode?

Kayode wins 22 of 28 stats

Kayode wins 22 of the 28 stats with an outright best. Others: Ballard 6.

Points: Ballard: 14Kayode: 33
xGI (6 gw): Ballard: 0.04Kayode: 0.10
Price: Ballard: £4.7mKayode: £4.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Ballard	Kayode
Price & ownership	1	2
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	2	4
Season totals	1	5
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	0	3
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	1	4
Total	6	22

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. Kayode: Points 33, xGI (6 gw) 0.10, BPS 122, Mins (6 gw) 75, DC (6 gw) 5.2, Upcoming FDR 3.60.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Kayode leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Price	4.7m(best)	4.5m−0.2m vs best
Ownership	1%−5.8% vs best	6.8%(best)

Top 10k ownership	0.1%−1.3% vs best	1.4%(best)

Availability	0% · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Kayode leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Starts	5−3 vs best	8(best)

Start rate	56%−33% vs best	89%(best)

Minutes (season)	450−204 vs best	654(best)

Avg minutes	50−23 vs best	73(best)

Who has better recent form?

Kayode leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Mins (6 gw)	30−45 vs best	75(best)

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

xA (6 gw)	0.00−0.09 vs best	0.09(best)

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

DC (6 gw)	3.33−1.84 vs best	5.17(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.78(best)	1.22+0.44 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Kayode leads 5 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Points	14−19 vs best	33(best)

Goals	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.31−0.28 vs best	0.59(best)

Total xA	0.16−0.60 vs best	0.76(best)

DC (season)	49(best)	44−5 vs 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	Kayode
Corners & indirect FKs	—	—
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Kayode leads 3 of 3

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
BPS	31−91 vs best	122(best)

BPS (6 gw)	-2.0−14.5 vs best	12.5(best)
Bonus	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Bonus (6 gw)	0.0	0.0

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Ballard leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Next 5 GWs	CHE (H) 10 AVL (A) 11 TOT (H) 12 LIV (A) 13 NEW (A) 14	BHA (A) 10 EVE (H) 11 MUN (A) 12 ARS (H) 13 MCI (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.40(best)	3.60+0.20 vs best

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Kayode leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Ballard	Kayode
Form	0.0 200th DEF · 545th overall	2.5(best) 51st DEF · 141st overall
ICT index	16.3 81st DEF · 226th overall	31.3(best) 29th DEF · 107th overall
Selected	72nd DEF 182nd overall	20th DEF(best) 54th overall
Points per game	2.8 73rd DEF · 183rd overall	3.7(best) 49th DEF · 108th overall
Cost rank	81st DEF(best) 423rd overall	122nd DEF 503rd 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
KayodeBRE
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

Over their next 2 fixtures: Kayode (BRE) 0.6 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)
Kayode+0.4Kayode: 1 goals from 0.59 xG (+0.4)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

Ballard−0.2Ballard: 0 assists from 0.16 xA (−0.2)
Kayode−0.8Kayode: 0 assists from 0.76 xA (−0.8)

Kayode has 0.8 fewer assists than xA.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

Ballard+1.3Ballard: 10 conceded from 8.66 xGC (+1.3)
Kayode−3.6Kayode: 6 conceded from 9.59 xGC (−3.6)

Ballard has conceded 1.3 more than xGC; Kayode has conceded 3.6 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Ballard · 14 pts50% from appearances
−6 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Kayode · 33 pts43% from appearances
−4 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Ballard	Kayode
Appearances	10	16
Goals	0	6
Clean sheets	4	12
Defensive contribution	6	2
Bonus	0	1
Deductions	−6	−4
Total	14	33

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)
Kayode2.5(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

BallardNo games
Kayode5.0(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Ballard2.0(3)
Kayode2.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Kayode 2.7 points per game, Ballard 2.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Ballard4.0(2)
Kayode5.2(5)

Away

Ballard2.0(3)
Kayode1.8(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Ballard 2.0 points per game, Kayode 1.8 points per game.

Ballard0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 6 SUN goals
Kayode6%
1 goal and 0 assists of 16 BRE goals

Kayode is involved in 6% of BRE's goals, against 0% for Ballard.

Who is a rotation risk?

Ballard5 of 9 full games
5 × 90 minutes, 4 × Didn't play
Kayode4 of 9 full games
4 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Ballard104.2
Kayode132.6

Creativity

Ballard23.8
Kayode112.7

Threat

Ballard35.0
Kayode67.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Ballard−4.4k4.4k out15 in
Kayode−11.7k13.9k out2.2k in

Managers are selling all of them; Ballard the least (−4.4k 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), Kayode 7.3 points per £m (26th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Ballard
Kayode

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Kayode 17, Ballard 2.

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

Kayode is 15 points ahead of Ballard over these gameweeks. Kayode's was 15 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Ballard, gameweek 4: 0 points v ARS home, 90 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 4: 1 points v BOU away, 19 minutes
GW 5
Ballard, gameweek 5: 2 points v MCI away, 90 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 5: 6 points v CHE home, 68 minutes
GW 6
Ballard, gameweek 6: 0 points v BHA home, 0 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 6: 0 points v AVL away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Ballard, gameweek 7: 0 points v BOU away, 0 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 7: 1 points v LIV home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Ballard, gameweek 8: 0 points v LEE home, 0 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 8: 4 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
GW 9
Ballard, gameweek 9: 0 points v COV away, 0 minutes
Kayode, gameweek 9: 5 points v NFO home, 90 minutes

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

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	0	1
5	2	6
6	0	0
7	0	1
8	0	4
9	0	5

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	90	19
5	90	68
6	0	90
7	0	90
8	0	90
9	0	90

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	0.08	0.00
5	0.14	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.00	0.04
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	0.01	0.15
5	0.00	0.07
6	0.00	0.08
7	0.00	0.04
8	0.00	0.17
9	0.00	0.04

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	0.09	0.15
5	0.14	0.07
6	0.00	0.08
7	0.00	0.08
8	0.00	0.17
9	0.00	0.04

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	6	1
5	14	2
6	0	5
7	0	6
8	0	11
9	0	6

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	1.88	0.41
5	2.82	0.55
6	0.00	2.28
7	0.00	1.64
8	0.00	1.57
9	0.00	0.86

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
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	Ballard	Kayode
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	Kayode
4	3.0%	8.8%
5	2.6%	7.6%
6	1.8%	7.6%
7	1.4%	7.2%
8	1.2%	7.0%
9	1.0%	7.0%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	£4.9m	£4.6m
5	£4.9m	£4.6m
6	£4.9m	£4.6m
7	£4.8m	£4.6m
8	£4.8m	£4.6m
9	£4.8m	£4.6m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Ballard	Kayode
4	—	—
5	2.3%	2.2%
6	1.1%	1.6%
7	0.5%	1.4%
8	0.3%	1.1%
9	0.1%	1.4%