How do Barnes and Stach compare?

Barnes has more season points (42 vs 33), Barnes is more owned (7.4% vs 1.8%), Stach is cheaper (6.0m vs 6.1m), but Barnes has the higher Start rate (100% vs 78%).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Barnes wins most stats

Newcastle

NEW · 6.1m

24 stats won

Leeds

LEE · 6.0m

5 stats won

Who wins more stats: Barnes or Stach?

Barnes wins 24 of 29 stats

Barnes wins 24 of the 29 stats with an outright best. Others: Stach 5.

Points: Barnes: 42Stach: 33
xGI (6 gw): Barnes: 0.37Stach: 0.23
Price: Barnes: £6.1mStach: £6.0m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Barnes	Stach
Price & ownership	3	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	4	2
Season totals	5	1
Set pieces	0	2
Bonus	3	0
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	5	0
Total	24	5

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. Stach: Points 33, xGI (6 gw) 0.23, BPS 123, Mins (6 gw) 68, DC (6 gw) 6.2, 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	Stach
Price	6.1m(best)	6.0m−0.1m vs best
Ownership	7.4%(best)	1.8%−5.6% vs best

Top 10k ownership	11.6%(best)	0.4%−11.2% 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	Stach
Starts	9(best)	7−2 vs best

Start rate	100%(best)	78%−22% 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	Stach
Mins (6 gw)	88(best)	68−20 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.22(best)	0.17−0.05 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.15(best)	0.06−0.09 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.37(best)	0.23−0.14 vs best

DC (6 gw)	5.83−0.34 vs best	6.17(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.73+0.77 vs best	0.96(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Barnes leads 5 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Barnes	Stach
Points	42(best)	33−9 vs best

Goals	2(best)	1−1 vs best

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	1.54(best)	1.50−0.04 vs best

Total xA	0.96(best)	0.53−0.43 vs best

DC (season)	53−22 vs best	75(best)

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Stach leads 2 of 2

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Barnes	Stach
Corners & indirect FKs	4th choice	1st choice(best)
Direct free kicks	—	1st choice(best)
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	Stach
BPS	167(best)	123−44 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	18.2(best)	11.0−7.2 vs best

Bonus	3	3
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	Stach
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	Stach
Form	3.5(best) 35th MID · 85th overall	1.5 107th MID · 240th overall
ICT index	54.1(best) 20th MID · 27th overall	39.7 37th MID · 60th overall
Selected	14th MID(best) 46th overall	45th MID 134th overall
Points per game	4.7(best) 20th MID · 49th overall	3.7 42nd MID · 114th overall
Cost rank	43rd MID(best) 63rd overall	49th MID 72nd 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
StachLEE
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: Stach (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)
Stach−0.5Stach: 1 goals from 1.50 xG (−0.5)

Stach has 0.5 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Barnes+2.0Barnes: 3 assists from 0.96 xA (+2.0)
Stach−0.5Stach: 0 assists from 0.53 xA (−0.5)

Stach has 0.5 fewer assists than xA; Barnes has 2.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Barnes · 42 pts43% from appearances
Stach · 33 pts48% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Barnes	Stach
Appearances	18	16
Goals	10	5
Assists	9	0
Clean sheets	2	2
Defensive contribution	0	6
Bonus	3	3
Other	0	1
Deductions	0	0
Total	42	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)

Barnes6.3(3)
Stach9.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Barnes4.2(5)
Stach2.5(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Barnes2.0(1)
Stach1.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Barnes 2.0 points per game, Stach 1.7 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Barnes5.4(5)
Stach3.5(4)

Away

Barnes3.8(4)
Stach3.8(5)

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

Barnes42%
2 goals and 3 assists of 12 NEW goals
Stach11%
1 goal and 0 assists of 9 LEE goals

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

Who is a rotation risk?

Barnes8 of 9 full games
8 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89
Stach6 of 9 full games
6 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Barnes164.4
Stach147.4

Creativity

Barnes185.0
Stach163.7

Threat

Barnes192.0
Stach85.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Barnes−16.1k24.9k out8.8k in
Stach−5.2k6.1k out936 in

Managers are selling all of them; Stach the least (−5.2k 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), Stach 5.5 points per £m (32nd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Barnes
Stach

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Barnes 25, Stach 14.

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

Barnes is 11 points ahead of Stach over these gameweeks. Barnes's biggest lead was 11 (GW 9); Stach's was 1 (GW 4).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Barnes, gameweek 4: 2 points v LEE away, 90 minutes
Stach, gameweek 4: 3 points v NEW home, 87 minutes
GW 5
Barnes, gameweek 5: 9 points v HUL home, 90 minutes
Stach, gameweek 5: 5 points v CRY home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Barnes, gameweek 6: 2 points v COV away, 90 minutes
Stach, gameweek 6: 2 points v ARS away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Barnes, gameweek 7: 2 points v AVL home, 90 minutes
Stach, gameweek 7: 2 points v MUN home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Barnes, gameweek 8: 8 points v CRY away, 76 minutes
Stach, gameweek 8: 1 points v SUN away, 24 minutes
GW 9
Barnes, gameweek 9: 2 points v EVE home, 90 minutes
Stach, gameweek 9: 1 points v BOU away, 25 minutes

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

Points

Values by gameweek

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

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	90	87
5	90	90
6	90	90
7	90	90
8	76	24
9	90	25

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	0.29	0.43
5	0.11	0.05
6	0.35	0.09
7	0.27	0.31
8	0.27	0.00
9	0.03	0.13

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	0.31	0.07
5	0.11	0.08
6	0.35	0.05
7	0.04	0.16
8	0.01	0.01
9	0.08	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	0.60	0.50
5	0.22	0.13
6	0.70	0.14
7	0.31	0.47
8	0.28	0.01
9	0.11	0.13

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	6	10
5	9	13
6	7	7
7	3	3
8	6	1
9	4	3

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
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	Stach
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	Stach
4	2.7%	2.7%
5	4.6%	2.7%
6	8.5%	2.3%
7	8.0%	2.3%
8	7.4%	2.2%
9	7.6%	1.9%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	£6.0m	£6.0m
5	£6.0m	£6.0m
6	£6.1m	£6.0m
7	£6.1m	£6.0m
8	£6.1m	£6.0m
9	£6.1m	£6.0m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Barnes	Stach
4	—	—
5	16.8%	1.8%
6	15.6%	0.9%
7	12.9%	0.8%
8	18.0%	0.6%
9	11.6%	0.4%