How do Buendía and Goretzka compare?

Buendía has more season points (29 vs 4), Buendía is more owned (1.2% vs 0%), Buendía has the higher Start rate (78% vs 13%), but Buendía has more Bonus (3 vs 0).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Buendía wins most stats

Aston Villa

AVL · 5.9m

28 stats won

Aston Villa

AVL · 5.9m

2 stats won

Who wins more stats: Buendía or Goretzka?

Buendía wins 28 of 30 stats

Buendía wins 28 of the 30 stats with an outright best. Others: Goretzka 2.

Points: Buendía: 29Goretzka: 4
xGI (6 gw): Buendía: 0.19Goretzka: 0.04
Price: Buendía: £5.9mGoretzka: £5.9m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Buendía	Goretzka
Price & ownership	2	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	5	1
Season totals	6	0
Set pieces	3	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	0
FPL ranks	4	1
Total	28	2

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.

Buendía: Points 29, xGI (6 gw) 0.19, BPS 122, Mins (6 gw) 56, DC (6 gw) 7.7, Upcoming FDR 2.40. Goretzka: Points 4, xGI (6 gw) 0.04, BPS 15, Mins (6 gw) 15, DC (6 gw) 2.3, Upcoming FDR 2.40.

A tick marks the best value. Grey figures show how far each other player is from it.

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Buendía leads 2 of 2

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Price	5.9m	5.9m
Ownership	1.2%(best)	0%−1.2% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.2%(best)	0.0%−0.2% vs best

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Buendía leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Starts	7(best)	1−6 vs best

Start rate	78%(best)	13%−65% vs best

Minutes (season)	583(best)	91−492 vs best

Avg minutes	65(best)	11−54 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Buendía leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Mins (6 gw)	56(best)	15−41 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.14(best)	0.03−0.11 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.05(best)	0.00−0.05 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.19(best)	0.04−0.15 vs best

DC (6 gw)	7.67(best)	2.33−5.34 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.82+0.38 vs best	0.44(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Buendía leads 6 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Points	29(best)	4−25 vs best

Goals	1(best)	0−1 vs best

Assists	1(best)	0−1 vs best

Total xG	1.59(best)	0.19−1.40 vs best

Total xA	0.47(best)	0.02−0.45 vs best

DC (season)	60(best)	14−46 vs best

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Buendía leads 3 of 3

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Corners & indirect FKs	2nd choice(best)	—
Direct free kicks	1st choice(best)	—
Penalties	1st choice(best)	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Buendía leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
BPS	122(best)	15−107 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	17.8(best)	2.5−15.3 vs best

Bonus	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.5(best)	0.0−0.5 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

No outright winner

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Next 5 GWs	MUN (A) 10 SUN (H) 11 IPS (A) 12 EVE (H) 13 CRY (H) 14	MUN (A) 10 SUN (H) 11 IPS (A) 12 EVE (H) 13 CRY (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	2.40	2.40

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Buendía leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Buendía	Goretzka
Form	2.0(best) 85th MID · 197th overall	1.0 136th MID · 288th overall
ICT index	31.9(best) 61st MID · 103rd overall	3.2 185th MID · 383rd overall
Selected	54th MID(best) 167th overall	216th MID 533rd overall
Points per game	3.2(best) 56th MID · 144th overall	1.3 159th MID · 338th overall
Cost rank	54th MID 78th overall	53rd MID(best) 77th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

BuendíaAVL
1. AVL v MUN away, gameweek 10: 1.24 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance
2. AVL v SUN home, gameweek 11: 1.44 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance
GoretzkaAVL
1. AVL v MUN away, gameweek 10: 1.24 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance
2. AVL v SUN home, gameweek 11: 1.44 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Buendía (AVL) 2.7 projected team goals, Goretzka (AVL) 2.7 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

Buendía−0.6Buendía: 1 goals from 1.59 xG (−0.6)
Goretzka−0.2Goretzka: 0 goals from 0.19 xG (−0.2)

Buendía has 0.6 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Buendía+0.5Buendía: 1 assists from 0.47 xA (+0.5)
Goretzka±0.0Goretzka: 0 assists from 0.02 xA (±0.0)

Buendía has 0.5 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Buendía · 29 pts52% from appearances
−2 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Goretzka · 4 pts100% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	Buendía	Goretzka
Appearances	16	4
Goals	5	0
Assists	3	0
Clean sheets	2	0
Defensive contribution	2	0
Bonus	3	0
Deductions	−2	0
Total	29	4

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)

Buendía2.0(2)
Goretzka2.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

Buendía5.3(4)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Buendía1.3(3)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Buendía 1.3 points per game, Goretzka 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Buendía1.8(5)
Goretzka1.5(2)

Away

Buendía5.0(4)
Goretzka1.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Buendía 5.0 points per game, Goretzka 1.0 points per game.

Buendía20%
1 goal and 1 assist of 10 AVL goals
Goretzka0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 4 AVL goals

Buendía is involved in 20% of AVL's goals, against 0% for Goretzka.

Who is a rotation risk?

Buendía2 of 9 full games
2 × 90 minutes, 5 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59
Goretzka0 of 8 full games
1 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Buendía92.2
Goretzka13.6

Creativity

Buendía142.5
Goretzka3.5

Threat

Buendía94.0
Goretzka15.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Buendía−5.1k6.3k out1.2k in
Goretzka+84129 out213 in

Goretzka has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+84).

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: Buendía 4.9 points per £m (43rd), Goretzka 0.7 points per £m (183rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Buendía
Goretzka

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Buendía 22, Goretzka 4.

How far ahead is Buendía? Above zero Buendía leads; below, Goretzka.

Buendía is 18 points ahead of Goretzka over these gameweeks. Buendía's biggest lead was 20 (GW 7).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Buendía, gameweek 4: 2 points v NFO home, 62 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 4: 0 points v NFO home, 0 minutes
GW 5
Buendía, gameweek 5: 12 points v TOT away, 90 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 5: 0 points v TOT away, 0 minutes
GW 6
Buendía, gameweek 6: 4 points v BRE home, 63 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 6: 0 points v BRE home, 0 minutes
GW 7
Buendía, gameweek 7: 3 points v NEW away, 71 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 7: 1 points v NEW away, 18 minutes
GW 8
Buendía, gameweek 8: 0 points v MCI home, 24 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 8: 1 points v MCI home, 8 minutes
GW 9
Buendía, gameweek 9: 1 points v FUL home, 24 minutes
Goretzka, gameweek 9: 2 points v FUL home, 65 minutes

Buendía: 1 haul (10+), 3 blanks (0–2); Goretzka: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	2	0
5	12	0
6	4	0
7	3	1
8	0	1
9	1	2

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	62	0
5	90	0
6	63	0
7	71	18
8	24	8
9	24	65

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.14	0.00
6	0.41	0.00
7	0.22	0.07
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.04	0.12

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	0.01	0.00
5	0.07	0.00
6	0.09	0.00
7	0.02	0.01
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.12	0.01

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	0.01	0.00
5	0.21	0.00
6	0.50	0.00
7	0.24	0.08
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.16	0.13

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	5	0
5	15	0
6	10	0
7	11	9
8	3	1
9	2	4

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	0	0
5	1	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	1.0%	0.0%
5	0.9%	0.0%
6	1.2%	0.0%
7	1.3%	0.0%
8	1.3%	0.0%
9	1.2%	0.0%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	£5.9m	£6.0m
5	£5.9m	£5.9m
6	£5.9m	£5.9m
7	£5.9m	£5.9m
8	£5.9m	£5.9m
9	£5.9m	£5.9m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Buendía	Goretzka
4	—	—
5	0.4%	—
6	0.5%	—
7	0.5%	—
8	0.4%	—
9	0.2%	—