How do Garnacho and Merino compare?

Merino has more season points (10 vs 4), Merino is more owned (0.4% vs 0.3%), Merino has the higher Start rate (11% vs 0%), but Garnacho has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.40 vs 3.20).

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Garnacho

2 stats won

Merino

21 stats won

Who wins more stats: Garnacho or Merino?

Merino wins 21 of 23 stats

Merino wins 21 of the 23 stats with an outright best. Others: Garnacho 2.

Points
Garnacho: 4Merino: 10
xGI (6 gw)
Garnacho: 0.02Merino: 0.14
Price
Garnacho: £5.7mMerino: £5.7m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
SectionGarnachoMerino
Price & ownership01
Playing time04
Recent form15
Season totals04
Set pieces00
Bonus02
Fixtures10
FPL ranks05
Total221

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.

Garnacho: Points 4, xGI (6 gw) 0.02, BPS 14, Mins (6 gw) 1, DC (6 gw) 0.0, Upcoming FDR 2.40. 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?

Merino leads 1 of 1
Who is more expensive and more owned?
StatGarnachoMerino
Price

5.7m

5.7m

Ownership

0.3%−0.1% vs best

0.4%(best)

Top 10k ownership

0.0%

0.0%

Availability

Available

Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Merino leads 4 of 4
Who starts and plays more minutes?
StatGarnachoMerino
Starts

0−1 vs best

1(best)

Start rate

0%−11% vs best

11%(best)

Minutes (season)

34−141 vs best

175(best)

Avg minutes

4−15 vs best

19(best)

Who has better recent form?

Merino leads 5 of 6
Who has better recent form?
StatGarnachoMerino
Mins (6 gw)

1−21 vs best

22(best)

xG (6 gw)

0.01−0.09 vs best

0.10(best)

xA (6 gw)

0.01−0.03 vs best

0.04(best)

xGI (6 gw)

0.02−0.12 vs best

0.14(best)

DC (6 gw)

0.00−2.00 vs best

2.00(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better

0.00(best)

0.28+0.28 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Merino leads 4 of 4
Who has scored more this season?
StatGarnachoMerino
Points

4−6 vs best

10(best)

Goals

0

0

Assists

0

0

Total xG

0.09−0.66 vs best

0.75(best)

Total xA

0.05−0.18 vs best

0.23(best)

DC (season)

2−16 vs best

18(best)

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner
Who takes the set pieces?
StatGarnachoMerino
Corners & indirect FKs

—

—

Direct free kicks

—

—

Penalties

—

—

Penalties missed · lower is better

0

0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Merino leads 2 of 2
Who is collecting more bonus?
StatGarnachoMerino
BPS

14−25 vs best

39(best)

BPS (6 gw)

0.8−3.7 vs best

4.5(best)

Bonus

0

0

Bonus (6 gw)

0.0

0.0

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Garnacho leads 1 of 1
Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
StatGarnachoMerino
Next 5 GWs

MUN

(A)

10

SUN

(H)

11

IPS

(A)

12

EVE

(H)

13

CRY

(H)

14

HUL

(H)

10

NEW

(A)

11

MCI

(H)

12

BRE

(A)

13

TOT

(A)

14

Avg FDR · lower is better

2.40(best)

3.20+0.80 vs best

See alsoSeason calendarTeam ratingProjected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Merino leads 5 of 5
How do their official FPL ranks compare?
StatGarnachoMerino
Form

0.2

188th MID · 384th overall

1.5(best)

106th MID · 239th overall

ICT index

2.9

187th MID · 387th overall

7.6(best)

150th MID · 324th overall

Selected

108th MID

304th overall

96th MID(best)

280th overall

Points per game

1.0

208th MID · 427th overall

1.1(best)

168th MID · 349th overall

Cost rank

71st MID

113th overall

68th MID(best)

107th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

  • GarnachoAVL

    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

  • 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, Garnacho (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

  • Garnacho−0.1Garnacho: 0 goals from 0.09 xG (−0.1)
  • Merino−0.8Merino: 0 goals from 0.75 xG (−0.8)

Merino has 0.8 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

  • Garnacho−0.1Garnacho: 0 assists from 0.05 xA (−0.1)
  • Merino−0.2Merino: 0 assists from 0.23 xA (−0.2)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Where do their FPL points come from?

  • Garnacho · 4 pts100% from appearances

  • Merino · 10 pts91% from appearances

    −1 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
SourceGarnachoMerino
Appearances410
Clean sheets01
Deductions0−1
Total410

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)

  • Garnacho1.0(2)
  • Merino1.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

  • GarnachoNo games
  • Merino1.5(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

  • Garnacho1.0(2)
  • Merino0.7(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Garnacho 1.0 points per game, Merino 0.7 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

  • Garnacho1.0(2)
  • Merino1.3(4)

Away

  • Garnacho1.0(2)
  • Merino1.0(5)

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

Who is more central to their team's attack?

  • Garnacho0%

    0 goals and 0 assists of 1 AVL goals

  • Merino0%

    0 goals and 0 assists of 14 ARS goals

Garnacho is involved in 0% of AVL's goals, against 0% for Merino.

Who is a rotation risk?

  • Garnacho0 of 9 full games

    4 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play

  • Merino0 of 9 full games

    1 × 60–89, 8 × 1–59

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

  • Garnacho5.2
  • Merino17.0

Creativity

  • Garnacho18.1
  • Merino12.3

Threat

  • Garnacho5.0
  • Merino49.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

  • Garnacho−263507 out244 in
  • Merino−532919 out387 in

Managers are selling all of them; Garnacho the least (−263 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: Garnacho 0.7 points per £m (179th), Merino 1.8 points per £m (133rd). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

  • Garnacho
  • Merino

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Merino 8, Garnacho 1.

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

Merino is 7 points ahead of Garnacho over these gameweeks. Merino's was 7 (GW 8).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

  1. GW 4

    Garnacho, gameweek 4: 0 points v NFO home, 0 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 4: 1 points v SUN away, 5 minutes

  2. GW 5

    Garnacho, gameweek 5: 0 points v TOT away, 0 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 5: 1 points v BHA away, 30 minutes

  3. GW 6

    Garnacho, gameweek 6: 0 points v BRE home, 0 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 6: 1 points v LEE home, 1 minutes

  4. GW 7

    Garnacho, gameweek 7: 0 points v NEW away, 0 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 7: 1 points v NFO away, 24 minutes

  5. GW 8

    Garnacho, gameweek 8: 0 points v MCI home, 0 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 8: 3 points v EVE home, 67 minutes

  6. GW 9

    Garnacho, gameweek 9: 1 points v FUL home, 3 minutes
    Merino, gameweek 9: 1 points v LIV away, 2 minutes

Garnacho: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Merino: 0 hauls (10+), 5 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek
Points by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
401
501
601
701
803
911

Minutes

Values by gameweek
Minutes by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
405
5030
601
7024
8067
932

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
40.000.00
50.000.00
60.000.00
70.000.09
80.000.52
90.090.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek
Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
40.000.00
50.000.13
60.000.00
70.000.01
80.000.07
90.050.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek
Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
40.000.00
50.000.13
60.000.00
70.000.10
80.000.59
90.140.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek
Defensive contribution by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
400
504
600
702
804
902

Goals

Values by gameweek
Goals by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
400
500
600
700
800
900

Assists

Values by gameweek
Assists by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
400
500
600
700
800
900

Ownership

Values by gameweek
Ownership by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
40.4%0.4%
50.3%0.4%
60.3%0.4%
70.3%0.4%
80.3%0.4%
90.3%0.4%

Price

Values by gameweek
Price by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
4£5.9m£5.8m
5£5.8m£5.8m
6£5.8m£5.7m
7£5.7m£5.7m
8£5.7m£5.7m
9£5.7m£5.7m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek
Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GWGarnachoMerino
4——
5—0.0%
6—0.0%
7—0.0%
8—0.0%
9—0.0%