How do Barnes and Ndiaye compare?

Barnes has more season points (42 vs 35), Barnes is more owned (7.4% vs 5.5%), Ndiaye is cheaper (5.8m vs 6.1m), Barnes has the higher Start rate (100% vs 89%), but Barnes has more Bonus (3 vs 1).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Barnes wins most stats

Newcastle

NEW · 6.1m

21 stats won

Man City

MCI · 5.8m

8 stats won

Who wins more stats: Barnes or Ndiaye?

Barnes wins 21 of 29 stats

Barnes wins 21 of the 29 stats with an outright best. Others: Ndiaye 8.

Points: Barnes: 42Ndiaye: 35
xGI (6 gw): Barnes: 0.37Ndiaye: 0.35
Price: Barnes: £6.1mNdiaye: £5.8m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Barnes	Ndiaye
Price & ownership	3	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	4	2
Season totals	2	4
Set pieces	1	0
Bonus	2	2
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	5	0
Total	21	8

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.

Barnes: Points 42, xGI (6 gw) 0.37, BPS 167, Mins (6 gw) 88, DC (6 gw) 5.8, Upcoming FDR 3.20. Ndiaye: Points 35, xGI (6 gw) 0.35, BPS 181, Mins (6 gw) 68, DC (6 gw) 5.0, 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 3 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
Price	6.1m(best)	5.8m−0.3m vs best
Ownership	7.4%(best)	5.5%−1.9% vs best

Top 10k ownership	11.6%(best)	2.1%−9.5% vs 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	Barnes	Ndiaye
Starts	9(best)	8−1 vs best

Start rate	100%(best)	89%−11% vs best

Minutes (season)	796(best)	676−120 vs best

Avg minutes	88(best)	75−13 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Barnes leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
Mins (6 gw)	88(best)	68−20 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.22−0.02 vs best	0.24(best)

xA (6 gw)	0.15(best)	0.10−0.05 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.37(best)	0.35−0.02 vs best

DC (6 gw)	5.83(best)	5.00−0.83 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.73+0.40 vs best	1.33(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Ndiaye leads 4 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
Points	42(best)	35−7 vs best

Goals	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Assists	3−1 vs best	4(best)

Total xG	1.54−0.20 vs best	1.74(best)

Total xA	0.96−0.09 vs best	1.05(best)

DC (season)	53−7 vs best	60(best)

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Barnes leads 1 of 1

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Split

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
BPS	167−14 vs best	181(best)

BPS (6 gw)	18.2−1.3 vs best	19.5(best)

Bonus	3(best)	1−2 vs best

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

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
Next 5 GWs	FUL (A) 10 ARS (H) 11 BHA (A) 12 MUN (H) 13 SUN (H) 14	NFO (A) 10 FUL (H) 11 ARS (A) 12 LEE (H) 13 BRE (A) 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 5 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Barnes	Ndiaye
Form	3.5(best) 35th MID · 85th overall	3.2 40th MID · 105th overall
ICT index	54.1(best) 20th MID · 27th overall	47.9 26th MID · 35th overall
Selected	14th MID(best) 46th overall	23rd MID 66th overall
Points per game	4.7(best) 20th MID · 49th overall	3.9 37th MID · 99th overall
Cost rank	43rd MID(best) 63rd overall	63rd MID 99th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

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
NdiayeMCI
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

Over their next 2 fixtures: Ndiaye (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

Barnes+0.5Barnes: 2 goals from 1.54 xG (+0.5)
Ndiaye−1.7Ndiaye: 0 goals from 1.74 xG (−1.7)

Ndiaye has 1.7 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Barnes+2.0Barnes: 3 assists from 0.96 xA (+2.0)
Ndiaye+3.0Ndiaye: 4 assists from 1.05 xA (+3.0)

Ndiaye has 3.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Barnes · 42 pts43% from appearances
Ndiaye · 35 pts46% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Barnes	Ndiaye
Appearances	18	16
Goals	10	0
Assists	9	12
Clean sheets	2	2
Defensive contribution	0	4
Bonus	3	1
Deductions	0	0
Total	42	35

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)

Barnes6.3(3)
Ndiaye5.5(4)

Medium (FDR 3)

Barnes4.2(5)
Ndiaye3.0(2)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Barnes2.0(1)
Ndiaye2.3(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Ndiaye 2.3 points per game, Barnes 2.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Barnes5.4(5)
Ndiaye4.8(5)

Away

Barnes3.8(4)
Ndiaye2.8(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Barnes 3.8 points per game, Ndiaye 2.8 points per game.

Barnes42%
2 goals and 3 assists of 12 NEW goals
Ndiaye24%
0 goals and 4 assists of 17 MCI goals

Barnes is involved in 42% of NEW's goals, against 24% for Ndiaye.

Who is a rotation risk?

Barnes8 of 9 full games
8 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89
Ndiaye3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 4 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Barnes164.4
Ndiaye128.2

Creativity

Barnes185.0
Ndiaye152.2

Threat

Barnes192.0
Ndiaye200.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Barnes−16.2k25.1k out8.9k in
Ndiaye−2.5k13.0k out10.4k in

Managers are selling all of them; Ndiaye the least (−2.5k 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: Barnes 6.9 points per £m (11th), Ndiaye 6.0 points per £m (23rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Barnes
Ndiaye

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

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

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

Barnes is 6 points ahead of Ndiaye over these gameweeks. Barnes's biggest lead was 6 (GW 6).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Barnes, gameweek 4: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 4: 1 points v MUN away, 45 minutes
GW 5
Barnes, gameweek 5: 9 points v HUL home, 90 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 5: 5 points v SUN home, 74 minutes
GW 6
Barnes, gameweek 6: 2 points v COV away, 90 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 6: 1 points v LIV away, 55 minutes
GW 7
Barnes, gameweek 7: 2 points v AVL home, 90 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 7: 5 points v IPS home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Barnes, gameweek 8: 8 points v CRY away, 76 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 8: 5 points v AVL away, 68 minutes
GW 9
Barnes, gameweek 9: 2 points v EVE home, 90 minutes
Ndiaye, gameweek 9: 2 points v BHA home, 78 minutes

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

Points

Values by gameweek

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

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	90	45
5	90	74
6	90	55
7	90	90
8	76	68
9	90	78

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	0.29	0.00
5	0.11	0.10
6	0.35	0.00
7	0.27	0.88
8	0.27	0.06
9	0.03	0.42

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	0.31	0.01
5	0.11	0.14
6	0.35	0.01
7	0.04	0.07
8	0.01	0.37
9	0.08	0.02

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	0.60	0.01
5	0.22	0.24
6	0.70	0.01
7	0.31	0.95
8	0.28	0.43
9	0.11	0.44

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	6	10
5	9	4
6	7	1
7	3	7
8	6	5
9	4	3

Goals

Values by gameweek

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

Assists

Values by gameweek

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

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	2.7%	8.4%
5	4.6%	7.2%
6	8.5%	5.9%
7	8.0%	5.5%
8	7.4%	5.4%
9	7.6%	5.6%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	£6.0m	£5.9m
5	£6.0m	£5.9m
6	£6.1m	£5.8m
7	£6.1m	£5.8m
8	£6.1m	£5.8m
9	£6.1m	£5.8m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Ndiaye
4	—	—
5	16.8%	6.7%
6	15.6%	2.8%
7	12.9%	2.8%
8	18.0%	3.1%
9	11.6%	2.1%