How do Barnes and Rayan compare?

Barnes has more season points (42 vs 28), Barnes is more owned (7.4% vs 2.3%), Barnes is cheaper (6.1m vs 6.3m), Barnes has more Bonus (3 vs 0), but Rayan has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.80 vs 3.20).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Barnes wins most stats

Newcastle

NEW · 6.1m

18 stats won

Bournemouth

BOU · 6.3m

9 stats won

Who wins more stats: Barnes or Rayan?

Barnes wins 18 of 27 stats

Barnes wins 18 of the 27 stats with an outright best. Others: Rayan 9.

Points: Barnes: 42Rayan: 28
xGI (6 gw): Barnes: 0.37Rayan: 0.43
Price: Barnes: £6.1mRayan: £6.3m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Barnes	Rayan
Price & ownership	2	1
Playing time	1	0
Recent form	2	4
Season totals	5	1
Set pieces	1	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	3	2
Total	18	9

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. Rayan: Points 28, xGI (6 gw) 0.43, BPS 98, Mins (6 gw) 87, DC (6 gw) 6.7, 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?

Barnes leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
Price	6.1m−0.2m vs best	6.3m(best)
Ownership	7.4%(best)	2.3%−5.1% vs best

Top 10k ownership	11.6%(best)	2.2%−9.4% vs best

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Barnes leads 1 of 1

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
Starts	9	9
Start rate	100%	100%
Minutes (season)	796(best)	789−7 vs best

Avg minutes	88	88

Who has better recent form?

Rayan leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
Mins (6 gw)	88(best)	87−1 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.22−0.11 vs best	0.33(best)

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

xGI (6 gw)	0.37−0.06 vs best	0.43(best)

DC (6 gw)	5.83−0.84 vs best	6.67(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.73+0.94 vs best	0.79(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Barnes leads 5 of 6

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

Goals	2(best)	1−1 vs best

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	1.54−0.95 vs best	2.49(best)

Total xA	0.96(best)	0.64−0.32 vs best

DC (season)	53(best)	48−5 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Barnes leads 1 of 1

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Barnes leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
BPS	167(best)	98−69 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	18.2(best)	12.8−5.4 vs best

Bonus	3(best)	0−3 vs best

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

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Rayan leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
Next 5 GWs	FUL (A) 10 ARS (H) 11 BHA (A) 12 MUN (H) 13 SUN (H) 14	IPS (A) 10 NFO (H) 11 FUL (A) 12 BHA (H) 13 HUL (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.20+0.40 vs best	2.80(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Barnes leads 3 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Barnes	Rayan
Form	3.5 35th MID · 85th overall	4.5(best) 20th MID · 52nd overall
ICT index	54.1(best) 20th MID · 27th overall	47.1 27th MID · 38th overall
Selected	14th MID(best) 46th overall	41st MID 123rd overall
Points per game	4.7(best) 20th MID · 49th overall	3.1 61st MID · 151st overall
Cost rank	43rd MID 63rd overall	33rd MID(best) 49th 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
RayanBOU
1. BOU v IPS away, gameweek 10: 1.56 projected goals, 35% clean sheet chance
2. BOU v NFO home, gameweek 11: 1.54 projected goals, 39% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Rayan (BOU) 3.1 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)
Rayan−1.5Rayan: 1 goals from 2.49 xG (−1.5)

Rayan has 1.5 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Barnes+2.0Barnes: 3 assists from 0.96 xA (+2.0)
Rayan−0.6Rayan: 0 assists from 0.64 xA (−0.6)

Rayan has 0.6 fewer assists than xA; Barnes has 2.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Barnes · 42 pts43% from appearances
Rayan · 28 pts64% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Barnes	Rayan
Appearances	18	18
Goals	10	5
Assists	9	0
Clean sheets	2	3
Defensive contribution	0	2
Bonus	3	0
Deductions	0	0
Total	42	28

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)
Rayan3.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

Barnes4.2(5)
Rayan3.8(5)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Barnes2.0(1)
Rayan2.0(3)

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

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Barnes5.4(5)
Rayan2.4(5)

Away

Barnes3.8(4)
Rayan4.0(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Rayan 4.0 points per game, Barnes 3.8 points per game.

Barnes42%
2 goals and 3 assists of 12 NEW goals
Rayan7%
1 goal and 0 assists of 14 BOU goals

Barnes is involved in 42% of NEW's goals, against 7% for Rayan.

Who is a rotation risk?

Barnes8 of 9 full games
8 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89
Rayan3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 6 × 60–89

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Barnes164.4
Rayan104.8

Creativity

Barnes185.0
Rayan97.0

Threat

Barnes192.0
Rayan268.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Barnes−16.1k24.9k out8.8k in
Rayan+8.2k4.9k out13.1k in

Rayan has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+8.2k).

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), Rayan 4.4 points per £m (58th). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Barnes
Rayan

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Barnes 25, Rayan 22.

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

Barnes is 3 points ahead of Rayan over these gameweeks. Barnes's biggest lead was 7 (GW 5).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Barnes, gameweek 4: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 4: 2 points v BRE home, 81 minutes
GW 5
Barnes, gameweek 5: 9 points v HUL home, 90 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 5: 2 points v LIV home, 87 minutes
GW 6
Barnes, gameweek 6: 2 points v COV away, 90 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 6: 2 points v CHE away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Barnes, gameweek 7: 2 points v AVL home, 90 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 7: 3 points v SUN home, 88 minutes
GW 8
Barnes, gameweek 8: 8 points v CRY away, 76 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 8: 10 points v MUN away, 90 minutes
GW 9
Barnes, gameweek 9: 2 points v EVE home, 90 minutes
Rayan, gameweek 9: 3 points v LEE home, 87 minutes

Barnes: 0 hauls (10+), 4 blanks (0–2); Rayan: 1 haul (10+), 3 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	2	2
5	9	2
6	2	2
7	2	3
8	8	10
9	2	3

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	90	81
5	90	87
6	90	90
7	90	88
8	76	90
9	90	87

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	0.29	0.39
5	0.11	0.00
6	0.35	0.27
7	0.27	0.39
8	0.27	0.91
9	0.03	0.05

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	0.31	0.02
5	0.11	0.35
6	0.35	0.03
7	0.04	0.13
8	0.01	0.02
9	0.08	0.03

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	0.60	0.41
5	0.22	0.35
6	0.70	0.30
7	0.31	0.52
8	0.28	0.93
9	0.11	0.08

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	6	3
5	9	4
6	7	3
7	3	5
8	6	17
9	4	8

Goals

Values by gameweek

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

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
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	Rayan
4	2.7%	1.9%
5	4.6%	1.6%
6	8.5%	1.5%
7	8.0%	1.5%
8	7.4%	1.5%
9	7.6%	2.3%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	£6.0m	£6.4m
5	£6.0m	£6.4m
6	£6.1m	£6.3m
7	£6.1m	£6.3m
8	£6.1m	£6.3m
9	£6.1m	£6.3m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Rayan
4	—	—
5	16.8%	0.1%
6	15.6%	0.0%
7	12.9%	0.0%
8	18.0%	0.4%
9	11.6%	2.2%