How do Barnes and Okafor compare?

Barnes has more season points (42 vs 23), Barnes is more owned (7.4% vs 0.3%), Okafor is cheaper (5.8m vs 6.1m), Barnes has the higher Start rate (100% vs 67%), but Barnes has more Bonus (3 vs 1).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Barnes wins most stats

Newcastle

NEW · 6.1m

27 stats won

Leeds

LEE · 5.8m

1 stats won

Who wins more stats: Barnes or Okafor?

Barnes wins 27 of 28 stats

Barnes wins 27 of the 28 stats with an outright best. Others: Okafor 1.

Points: Barnes: 42Okafor: 23
xGI (6 gw): Barnes: 0.37Okafor: 0.08
Price: Barnes: £6.1mOkafor: £5.8m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Barnes	Okafor
Price & ownership	3	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	5	1
Season totals	6	0
Set pieces	1	0
Bonus	3	0
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	5	0
Total	27	1

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. Okafor: Points 23, xGI (6 gw) 0.08, BPS 100, Mins (6 gw) 52, DC (6 gw) 2.8, 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	Okafor
Price	6.1m(best)	5.8m−0.3m vs best
Ownership	7.4%(best)	0.3%−7.1% vs best

Top 10k ownership	11.6%(best)	0.0%−11.6% vs best

Availability	Available	75% · Thigh injury - 75% chance of playing

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Barnes leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Barnes	Okafor
Starts	9(best)	6−3 vs best

Start rate	100%(best)	67%−33% vs best

Minutes (season)	796(best)	467−329 vs best

Avg minutes	88(best)	52−36 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Barnes leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Barnes	Okafor
Mins (6 gw)	88(best)	52−36 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.22(best)	0.04−0.18 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.15(best)	0.04−0.11 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.37(best)	0.08−0.29 vs best

DC (6 gw)	5.83(best)	2.83−3.00 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.73+1.16 vs best	0.57(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Barnes leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Barnes	Okafor
Points	42(best)	23−19 vs best

Goals	2(best)	1−1 vs best

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	1.54(best)	0.32−1.22 vs best

Total xA	0.96(best)	0.44−0.52 vs best

DC (season)	53(best)	24−29 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Barnes leads 1 of 1

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Barnes leads 3 of 3

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Barnes	Okafor
BPS	167(best)	100−67 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	18.2(best)	11.7−6.5 vs best

Bonus	3(best)	1−2 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.2	0.2

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Barnes	Okafor
Next 5 GWs	FUL (A) 10 ARS (H) 11 BHA (A) 12 MUN (H) 13 SUN (H) 14	TOT (H) 10 CHE (A) 11 COV (H) 12 MCI (A) 13 IPS (H) 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	Okafor
Form	3.5(best) 35th MID · 85th overall	1.2 121st MID · 261st overall
ICT index	54.1(best) 20th MID · 27th overall	19.0 99th MID · 201st overall
Selected	14th MID(best) 46th overall	100th MID 292nd overall
Points per game	4.7(best) 20th MID · 49th overall	2.9 77th MID · 179th overall
Cost rank	43rd MID(best) 63rd overall	62nd MID 98th 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
OkaforLEE
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: Okafor (LEE) 2.1 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)
Okafor+0.7Okafor: 1 goals from 0.32 xG (+0.7)

Okafor has 0.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Barnes+2.0Barnes: 3 assists from 0.96 xA (+2.0)
Okafor−0.4Okafor: 0 assists from 0.44 xA (−0.4)

Barnes has 2.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Barnes · 42 pts43% from appearances
Okafor · 23 pts61% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Barnes	Okafor
Appearances	18	14
Goals	10	5
Assists	9	0
Clean sheets	2	1
Bonus	3	1
Other	0	2
Deductions	0	0
Total	42	23

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)
Okafor2.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Barnes4.2(5)
Okafor3.5(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Barnes2.0(1)
Okafor2.5(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Okafor 2.5 points per game, Barnes 2.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Barnes5.4(5)
Okafor4.0(4)

Away

Barnes3.8(4)
Okafor1.8(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Barnes 3.8 points per game, Okafor 1.8 points per game.

Barnes42%
2 goals and 3 assists of 12 NEW goals
Okafor11%
1 goal and 0 assists of 9 LEE goals

Barnes is involved in 42% of NEW's goals, against 11% for Okafor.

Who is a rotation risk?

Barnes8 of 9 full games
8 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89
Okafor0 of 9 full games
6 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 1 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Barnes164.4
Okafor69.0

Creativity

Barnes185.0
Okafor60.1

Threat

Barnes192.0
Okafor62.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Barnes's biggest score is threat, a goal threat; Okafor's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Barnes−16.2k25.1k out8.9k in
Okafor−3.1k3.2k out112 in

Managers are selling all of them; Okafor the least (−3.1k 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), Okafor 4.0 points per £m (72nd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Barnes
Okafor

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Barnes 25, Okafor 17.

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

Barnes is 8 points ahead of Okafor over these gameweeks. Barnes's biggest lead was 8 (GW 9); Okafor's was 7 (GW 4).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Barnes, gameweek 4: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 4: 9 points v NEW home, 71 minutes
GW 5
Barnes, gameweek 5: 9 points v HUL home, 90 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 5: 3 points v CRY home, 75 minutes
GW 6
Barnes, gameweek 6: 2 points v COV away, 90 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 6: 2 points v ARS away, 70 minutes
GW 7
Barnes, gameweek 7: 2 points v AVL home, 90 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 7: 2 points v MUN home, 73 minutes
GW 8
Barnes, gameweek 8: 8 points v CRY away, 76 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 8: 1 points v SUN away, 25 minutes
GW 9
Barnes, gameweek 9: 2 points v EVE home, 90 minutes
Okafor, gameweek 9: 0 points v BOU away, 0 minutes

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

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	2	9
5	9	3
6	2	2
7	2	2
8	8	1
9	2	0

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	90	71
5	90	75
6	90	70
7	90	73
8	76	25
9	90	0

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	0.29	0.07
5	0.11	0.02
6	0.35	0.06
7	0.27	0.02
8	0.27	0.07
9	0.03	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	0.31	0.08
5	0.11	0.01
6	0.35	0.01
7	0.04	0.01
8	0.01	0.15
9	0.08	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	0.60	0.15
5	0.22	0.03
6	0.70	0.07
7	0.31	0.03
8	0.28	0.22
9	0.11	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	6	6
5	9	5
6	7	2
7	3	2
8	6	2
9	4	0

Goals

Values by gameweek

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

Assists

Values by gameweek

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

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	2.7%	0.3%
5	4.6%	0.5%
6	8.5%	0.4%
7	8.0%	0.4%
8	7.4%	0.4%
9	7.6%	0.3%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Okafor
4	£6.0m	£5.9m
5	£6.0m	£5.8m
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	Okafor
4	—	—
5	16.8%	0.3%
6	15.6%	0.0%
7	12.9%	0.0%
8	18.0%	0.0%
9	11.6%	0.0%