How do Belloumi and Merino compare?

Belloumi has more season points (48 vs 10), Belloumi is more owned (10.2% vs 0.4%), Belloumi is cheaper (5.3m vs 5.7m), Belloumi has the higher Start rate (89% vs 11%), Belloumi has more Bonus (2 vs 0), but Merino has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.20 vs 3.60).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Belloumi wins most stats

Hull City

HUL · 5.3m

27 stats won

Arsenal

ARS · 5.7m

4 stats won

Who wins more stats: Belloumi or Merino?

Belloumi wins 27 of 31 stats

Belloumi wins 27 of the 31 stats with an outright best. Others: Merino 4.

Points: Belloumi: 48Merino: 10
xGI (6 gw): Belloumi: 0.32Merino: 0.14
Price: Belloumi: £5.3mMerino: £5.7m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Belloumi	Merino
Price & ownership	2	1
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	5	1
Season totals	6	0
Set pieces	2	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	4	1
Total	27	4

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.

Belloumi: Points 48, xGI (6 gw) 0.32, BPS 194, Mins (6 gw) 72, DC (6 gw) 6.5, Upcoming FDR 3.60. Merino: Points 10, xGI (6 gw) 0.14, BPS 39, Mins (6 gw) 22, DC (6 gw) 2.0, 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?

Belloumi leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Price	5.3m−0.4m vs best	5.7m(best)
Ownership	10.2%(best)	0.4%−9.8% vs best

Top 10k ownership	9.0%(best)	0.0%−9.0% vs best

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Belloumi leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Starts	8(best)	1−7 vs best

Start rate	89%(best)	11%−78% vs best

Minutes (season)	685(best)	175−510 vs best

Avg minutes	76(best)	19−57 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Belloumi leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Mins (6 gw)	72(best)	22−50 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.18(best)	0.10−0.08 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.14(best)	0.04−0.10 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.32(best)	0.14−0.18 vs best

DC (6 gw)	6.50(best)	2.00−4.50 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.00+0.72 vs best	0.28(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Belloumi leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Points	48(best)	10−38 vs best

Goals	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	1.29(best)	0.75−0.54 vs best

Total xA	0.90(best)	0.23−0.67 vs best

DC (season)	71(best)	18−53 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Belloumi leads 2 of 2

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Corners & indirect FKs	1st choice(best)	—
Direct free kicks	1st choice(best)	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Belloumi leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
BPS	194(best)	39−155 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	24.7(best)	4.5−20.2 vs best

Bonus	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.3(best)	0.0−0.3 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Merino leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Next 5 GWs	ARS (A) 10 BHA (H) 11 CRY (A) 12 NFO (H) 13 BOU (A) 14	HUL (H) 10 NEW (A) 11 MCI (H) 12 BRE (A) 13 TOT (A) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.60+0.40 vs best	3.20(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Belloumi leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Belloumi	Merino
Form	4.2(best) 21st MID · 57th overall	1.5 106th MID · 239th overall
ICT index	51.9(best) 23rd MID · 31st overall	7.6 150th MID · 324th overall
Selected	13th MID(best) 38th overall	96th MID 280th overall
Points per game	5.3(best) 11th MID · 29th overall	1.1 168th MID · 349th overall
Cost rank	139th MID 220th overall	68th MID(best) 107th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

BelloumiHUL
1. HUL v ARS away, gameweek 10: 0.64 projected goals, 6% clean sheet chance
2. HUL v BHA home, gameweek 11: 0.91 projected goals, 14% clean sheet chance
MerinoARS
1. ARS v HUL home, gameweek 10: 2.79 projected goals, 53% clean sheet chance
2. ARS v NEW away, gameweek 11: 1.80 projected goals, 41% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Merino (ARS) 4.6 projected team goals, Belloumi (HUL) 1.6 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

Belloumi+1.7Belloumi: 3 goals from 1.29 xG (+1.7)
Merino−0.8Merino: 0 goals from 0.75 xG (−0.8)

Merino has 0.8 fewer goals than xG; Belloumi has 1.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Belloumi+2.1Belloumi: 3 assists from 0.90 xA (+2.1)
Merino−0.2Merino: 0 assists from 0.23 xA (−0.2)

Belloumi has 2.1 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Belloumi · 48 pts33% from appearances
−1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Merino · 10 pts91% from appearances
−1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Belloumi	Merino
Appearances	16	10
Goals	15	0
Assists	9	0
Clean sheets	3	1
Defensive contribution	4	0
Bonus	2	0
Deductions	−1	−1
Total	48	10

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)

Belloumi5.5(2)
Merino1.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Belloumi4.0(6)
Merino1.5(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Belloumi13.0(1)
Merino0.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Belloumi 13.0 points per game, Merino 0.7 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Belloumi4.6(5)
Merino1.3(4)

Away

Belloumi6.3(4)
Merino1.0(5)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Belloumi 6.3 points per game, Merino 1.0 points per game.

Belloumi55%
3 goals and 3 assists of 11 HUL goals
Merino0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 14 ARS goals

Belloumi is involved in 55% of HUL's goals, against 0% for Merino.

Who is a rotation risk?

Belloumi3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 4 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59
Merino0 of 9 full games
1 × 60–89, 8 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Belloumi227.2
Merino17.0

Creativity

Belloumi130.1
Merino12.3

Threat

Belloumi163.0
Merino49.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Belloumi−4.1k29.7k out25.6k in
Merino−530917 out387 in

Managers are selling all of them; Merino the least (−530 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: Belloumi 9.1 points per £m (2nd), Merino 1.8 points per £m (133rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Belloumi
Merino

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Belloumi 34, Merino 8.

How far ahead is Belloumi? Above zero Belloumi leads; below, Merino.

Belloumi is 26 points ahead of Merino over these gameweeks. Belloumi's biggest lead was 26 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Belloumi, gameweek 4: 13 points v CHE away, 59 minutes
Merino, gameweek 4: 1 points v SUN away, 5 minutes
GW 5
Belloumi, gameweek 5: 4 points v NEW away, 82 minutes
Merino, gameweek 5: 1 points v BHA away, 30 minutes
GW 6
Belloumi, gameweek 6: 6 points v EVE home, 26 minutes
Merino, gameweek 6: 1 points v LEE home, 1 minutes
GW 7
Belloumi, gameweek 7: 2 points v FUL away, 90 minutes
Merino, gameweek 7: 1 points v NFO away, 24 minutes
GW 8
Belloumi, gameweek 8: 4 points v BRE home, 85 minutes
Merino, gameweek 8: 3 points v EVE home, 67 minutes
GW 9
Belloumi, gameweek 9: 5 points v IPS home, 90 minutes
Merino, gameweek 9: 1 points v LIV away, 2 minutes

Belloumi: 1 haul (10+), 1 blank (0–2); Merino: 0 hauls (10+), 5 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	13	1
5	4	1
6	6	1
7	2	1
8	4	3
9	5	1

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	59	5
5	82	30
6	26	1
7	90	24
8	85	67
9	90	2

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	0.17	0.00
5	0.35	0.00
6	0.17	0.00
7	0.07	0.09
8	0.26	0.52
9	0.07	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	0.06	0.00
5	0.31	0.13
6	0.04	0.00
7	0.14	0.01
8	0.23	0.07
9	0.06	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	0.23	0.00
5	0.66	0.13
6	0.21	0.00
7	0.21	0.10
8	0.49	0.59
9	0.13	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

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

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	2	0
5	0	0
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	0	0
5	1	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	1	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	1.0%	0.4%
5	4.6%	0.4%
6	6.1%	0.4%
7	9.0%	0.4%
8	9.3%	0.4%
9	10.7%	0.4%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	£5.0m	£5.8m
5	£5.1m	£5.8m
6	£5.1m	£5.7m
7	£5.2m	£5.7m
8	£5.2m	£5.7m
9	£5.2m	£5.7m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Belloumi	Merino
4	—	—
5	2.4%	0.0%
6	2.8%	0.0%
7	5.1%	0.0%
8	4.6%	0.0%
9	9.0%	0.0%