How do Manzambi and Saka compare?

Manzambi has more season points (38 vs 37), Manzambi is more owned (7.1% vs 6.3%), Manzambi is cheaper (6.1m vs 9.5m), Saka has the higher Start rate (78% vs 56%), Manzambi has more Bonus (7 vs 4), but Manzambi has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.40 vs 3.20).

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Comparing 2 midfielders

Saka wins most stats

Aston Villa

AVL · 6.1m

13 stats won

Arsenal

ARS · 9.5m

18 stats won

Who wins more stats: Manzambi or Saka?

Saka wins 18 of 31 stats

Saka wins 18 of the 31 stats with an outright best. Others: Manzambi 13.

Points: Manzambi: 38Saka: 37
xGI (6 gw): Manzambi: 0.36Saka: 0.50
Price: Manzambi: £6.1mSaka: £9.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Manzambi	Saka
Price & ownership	2	1
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	2	4
Season totals	2	4
Set pieces	0	2
Bonus	3	1
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	3	2
Total	13	18

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.

Manzambi: Points 38, xGI (6 gw) 0.36, BPS 138, Mins (6 gw) 64, DC (6 gw) 4.7, Upcoming FDR 2.40. Saka: Points 37, xGI (6 gw) 0.50, BPS 162, Mins (6 gw) 58, DC (6 gw) 4.0, 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?

Manzambi leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
Price	6.1m−3.4m vs best	9.5m(best)
Ownership	7.1%(best)	6.3%−0.8% vs best

Top 10k ownership	34.6%(best)	0.5%−34.1% vs best

Availability	Available	0% · Thigh injury - Unknown return date

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Saka leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
Starts	5−2 vs best	7(best)

Start rate	56%−22% vs best	78%(best)

Minutes (season)	384−212 vs best	596(best)

Avg minutes	43−23 vs best	66(best)

Who has better recent form?

Saka leads 4 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
Mins (6 gw)	64(best)	58−6 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.27−0.08 vs best	0.35(best)

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

xGI (6 gw)	0.36−0.14 vs best	0.50(best)

DC (6 gw)	4.67(best)	4.00−0.67 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.01+0.29 vs best	0.72(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Saka leads 4 of 6

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
Points	38(best)	37−1 vs best

Goals	2−1 vs best	3(best)

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	1.60−2.03 vs best	3.63(best)

Total xA	0.58−0.62 vs best	1.20(best)

DC (season)	28−18 vs best	46(best)

See alsoMidfielder stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Saka leads 2 of 2

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Manzambi leads 3 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
BPS	138−24 vs best	162(best)

BPS (6 gw)	23.0(best)	11.2−11.8 vs best

Bonus	7(best)	4−3 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	1.2(best)	0.0−1.2 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Manzambi leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
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 calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Manzambi leads 3 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Manzambi	Saka
Form	6.0(best) 6th MID · 17th overall	1.2 125th MID · 266th overall
ICT index	43.6 34th MID · 51st overall	63.0(best) 11th MID · 13th overall
Selected	15th MID(best) 49th overall	17th MID 56th overall
Points per game	6.3(best) 2nd MID · 8th overall	5.3 14th MID · 32nd overall
Cost rank	45th MID 65th overall	3rd MID(best) 4th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

ManzambiAVL
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
SakaARS
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: Saka (ARS) 4.6 projected team goals, Manzambi (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

Manzambi+0.4Manzambi: 2 goals from 1.60 xG (+0.4)
Saka−0.6Saka: 3 goals from 3.63 xG (−0.6)

Saka has 0.6 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Manzambi+2.4Manzambi: 3 assists from 0.58 xA (+2.4)
Saka−1.2Saka: 0 assists from 1.20 xA (−1.2)

Saka has 1.2 fewer assists than xA; Manzambi has 2.4 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Manzambi · 38 pts29% from appearances
Saka · 37 pts41% from goals

Season points by source
Source	Manzambi	Saka
Appearances	11	14
Goals	10	15
Assists	9	0
Clean sheets	1	4
Bonus	7	4
Deductions	0	0
Total	38	37

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)

Manzambi7.0(1)
Saka6.0(2)

Medium (FDR 3)

Manzambi7.5(4)
Saka7.0(3)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Manzambi1.0(1)
Saka2.0(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Saka 2.0 points per game, Manzambi 1.0 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Manzambi3.5(4)
Saka4.3(3)

Away

Manzambi12.0(2)
Saka6.0(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Manzambi 12.0 points per game, Saka 6.0 points per game.

Manzambi50%
2 goals and 3 assists of 10 AVL goals
Saka27%
3 goals and 0 assists of 11 ARS goals

Manzambi is involved in 50% of AVL's goals, against 27% for Saka.

Who is a rotation risk?

Manzambi0 of 9 full games
5 × 60–89, 1 × 1–59, 3 × Didn't play
Saka4 of 9 full games
4 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 2 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Manzambi161.6
Saka182.2

Creativity

Manzambi106.7
Saka181.1

Threat

Manzambi168.0
Saka266.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Manzambi's biggest score is threat, a goal threat; Saka's biggest score is threat, a goal threat.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Manzambi+96.4k6.0k out102k in
Saka−55.5k55.7k out188 in

Manzambi has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+96.4k).

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: Manzambi 6.2 points per £m (17th), Saka 3.9 points per £m (74th). Median 2.5.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Manzambi
Saka

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Manzambi 38, Saka 15.

How far ahead is Manzambi? Above zero Manzambi leads; below, Saka.

Manzambi is 23 points ahead of Saka over these gameweeks. Manzambi's biggest lead was 23 (GW 9); Saka's was 7 (GW 4).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Manzambi, gameweek 4: 1 points v NFO home, 27 minutes
Saka, gameweek 4: 8 points v SUN away, 90 minutes
GW 5
Manzambi, gameweek 5: 13 points v TOT away, 71 minutes
Saka, gameweek 5: 2 points v BHA away, 80 minutes
GW 6
Manzambi, gameweek 6: 5 points v BRE home, 85 minutes
Saka, gameweek 6: 2 points v LEE home, 90 minutes
GW 7
Manzambi, gameweek 7: 11 points v NEW away, 71 minutes
Saka, gameweek 7: 3 points v NFO away, 90 minutes
GW 8
Manzambi, gameweek 8: 1 points v MCI home, 65 minutes
Saka, gameweek 8: 0 points v EVE home, 0 minutes
GW 9
Manzambi, gameweek 9: 7 points v FUL home, 65 minutes
Saka, gameweek 9: 0 points v LIV away, 0 minutes

Manzambi: 2 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Saka: 0 hauls (10+), 4 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	1	8
5	13	2
6	5	2
7	11	3
8	1	0
9	7	0

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	27	90
5	71	80
6	85	90
7	71	90
8	65	0
9	65	0

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0.00	1.38
5	0.44	0.34
6	0.54	0.41
7	0.45	0.00
8	0.07	0.00
9	0.10	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0.08	0.08
5	0.16	0.55
6	0.16	0.06
7	0.17	0.16
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.01	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0.08	1.46
5	0.60	0.89
6	0.70	0.47
7	0.62	0.16
8	0.07	0.00
9	0.11	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	2	7
5	7	2
6	4	8
7	3	7
8	6	0
9	6	0

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0	1
5	1	0
6	0	0
7	1	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0	0
5	1	0
6	1	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	1	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	0.1%	11.8%
5	0.1%	13.5%
6	0.8%	17.8%
7	2.1%	17.1%
8	3.0%	10.4%
9	7.4%	6.6%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	£5.9m	£9.5m
5	£5.9m	£9.5m
6	£5.9m	£9.6m
7	£5.9m	£9.6m
8	£6.0m	£9.6m
9	£6.1m	£9.5m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Manzambi	Saka
4	—	—
5	0.0%	15.2%
6	0.4%	20.9%
7	6.4%	19.4%
8	7.8%	3.0%
9	34.6%	0.5%