How do Mateta and Woltemade compare?

Woltemade has more season points (4 vs 3), Mateta is more owned (1.2% vs 0.4%), Woltemade is cheaper (5.9m vs 6.3m), Mateta has the higher Start rate (33% vs 0%), but Mateta has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 3.00 vs 3.20).

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Comparing 2 forwards

Mateta wins most stats

Crystal Palace

CRY · 6.3m

19 stats won

Newcastle

NEW · 5.9m

5 stats won

Who wins more stats: Mateta or Woltemade?

Mateta wins 19 of 24 stats

Mateta wins 19 of the 24 stats with an outright best. Others: Woltemade 5.

Points: Mateta: 3Woltemade: 4
xGI (6 gw): Mateta: 0.21Woltemade: 0.00
Price: Mateta: £6.3mWoltemade: £5.9m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Mateta	Woltemade
Price & ownership	2	0
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	4	1
Season totals	2	2
Set pieces	1	0
Bonus	1	1
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	4	1
Total	19	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 FWD in the game. Hover for values.

Mateta: Points 3, xGI (6 gw) 0.21, BPS -2, Mins (6 gw) 17, xG (6 gw) 0.21, Upcoming FDR 3.00. Woltemade: Points 4, xGI (6 gw) 0.00, BPS 18, Mins (6 gw) 0, xG (6 gw) 0.00, 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?

Mateta leads 2 of 2

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Price	6.3m(best)	5.9m−0.4m vs best
Ownership	1.2%(best)	0.4%−0.8% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.0%	0.0%
Availability	0% · Suspended until 2 Dec	0% · Has joined Juventus on loan for the rest of the season

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Mateta leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Starts	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Start rate	33%(best)	0%−33% vs best

Minutes (season)	164(best)	19−145 vs best

Avg minutes	18(best)	2−16 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Mateta leads 4 of 5

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Mins (6 gw)	17(best)	0−17 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.21(best)	0.00−0.21 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.00	0.00
xGI (6 gw)	0.21(best)	0.00−0.21 vs best

DC (6 gw)	1.17(best)	0.00−1.17 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.32+0.32 vs best	0.00(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Split

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Points	3−1 vs best	4(best)

Goals	0	0
Assists	0−1 vs best	1(best)

Total xG	1.96(best)	0.02−1.94 vs best

Total xA	0.04(best)	0.01−0.03 vs best

See alsoForward stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

Mateta leads 1 of 1

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

Split

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
BPS	-2−20 vs best	18(best)
BPS (6 gw)	0.2(best)	0.0−0.2 vs best

Bonus	0	0
Bonus (6 gw)	0.0	0.0

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Mateta leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Next 5 GWs	LIV (H) 10 COV (A) 11 HUL (H) 12 CHE (A) 13 AVL (A) 14	FUL (A) 10 ARS (H) 11 BHA (A) 12 MUN (H) 13 SUN (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.00(best)	3.20+0.20 vs best

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Mateta leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Mateta	Woltemade
Form	0.2(best) 43rd FWD · 386th overall	0.0 75th FWD · 657th overall
ICT index	11.3(best) 29th FWD · 280th overall	4.0 40th FWD · 370th overall
Selected	23rd FWD(best) 163rd overall	41st FWD 267th overall
Points per game	0.8 50th FWD · 444th overall	4.0(best) 11th FWD · 95th overall
Cost rank	13th FWD(best) 47th overall	20th FWD 88th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

MatetaCRY
1. CRY v LIV home, gameweek 10: 1.00 projected goals, 15% clean sheet chance
2. CRY v COV away, gameweek 11: 1.18 projected goals, 25% clean sheet chance
WoltemadeNEW
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

Over their next 2 fixtures: Mateta (CRY) 2.2 projected team goals, Woltemade (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

Mateta−2.0Mateta: 0 goals from 1.96 xG (−2.0)
Woltemade±0.0Woltemade: 0 goals from 0.02 xG (±0.0)

Mateta has 2.0 fewer goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

Mateta±0.0Mateta: 0 assists from 0.04 xA (±0.0)
Woltemade+1.0Woltemade: 1 assists from 0.01 xA (+1.0)

Woltemade has 1.0 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Mateta · 3 pts100% from appearances
−3 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Woltemade · 4 pts75% from assists

Season points by source
Source	Mateta	Woltemade
Appearances	6	1
Assists	0	3
Deductions	−3	0
Total	3	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)

MatetaNo games
WoltemadeNo games

Medium (FDR 3)

Mateta0.7(3)
Woltemade4.0(1)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Mateta1.0(1)
WoltemadeNo games

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets).

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Mateta2.0(1)
WoltemadeNo games

Away

Mateta0.3(3)
Woltemade4.0(1)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Woltemade 4.0 points per game, Mateta 0.3 points per game.

Mateta
No CRY goals yet in matches played
Woltemade50%
0 goals and 1 assist of 2 NEW goals

Who is a rotation risk?

Mateta0 of 9 full games
2 × 60–89, 2 × 1–59, 5 × Didn't play
Woltemade0 of 9 full games
1 × 1–59, 8 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Mateta7.0
Woltemade18.2

Creativity

Mateta23.9
Woltemade10.5

Threat

Mateta84.0
Woltemade11.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Mateta−4.4k4.9k out451 in
Woltemade−327327 out0 in

Managers are selling all of them; Woltemade the least (−327 net).

Which player gives more points per million?

Every FWD who has played, by price and season points. Above the line is better value than the median.

Of 52 forwards who have played: Mateta 0.5 points per £m (46th), Woltemade 0.7 points per £m (44th). Median 2.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Mateta
Woltemade

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Mateta 1, Woltemade 0.

How far ahead is Mateta? Above zero Mateta leads; below, Woltemade.

Mateta is 1 point ahead of Woltemade over these gameweeks. Mateta's biggest lead was 3 (GW 8).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Mateta, gameweek 4: 0 points v IPS home, 0 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 4: 0 points v LEE away, 0 minutes
GW 5
Mateta, gameweek 5: 0 points v LEE away, 0 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 5: 0 points v HUL home, 0 minutes
GW 6
Mateta, gameweek 6: 0 points v NFO home, 0 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 6: 0 points v COV away, 0 minutes
GW 7
Mateta, gameweek 7: 1 points v BHA away, 29 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 7: 0 points v AVL home, 0 minutes
GW 8
Mateta, gameweek 8: 2 points v NEW home, 61 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 8: 0 points v CRY away, 0 minutes
GW 9
Mateta, gameweek 9: -2 points v TOT away, 12 minutes
Woltemade, gameweek 9: 0 points v EVE home, 0 minutes

Mateta: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2); Woltemade: 0 hauls (10+), 6 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	1	0
8	2	0
9	-2	0

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	29	0
8	61	0
9	12	0

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.46	0.00
8	0.80	0.00
9	0.00	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.01	0.00
8	0.00	0.00
9	0.01	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.47	0.00
8	0.80	0.00
9	0.01	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	4	0
8	1	0
9	2	0

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	1.6%	0.6%
5	1.4%	0.5%
6	1.2%	0.5%
7	1.2%	0.4%
8	1.2%	0.4%
9	1.2%	0.4%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	£6.4m	£5.9m
5	£6.3m	£5.9m
6	£6.3m	£5.9m
7	£6.3m	£5.9m
8	£6.3m	£5.9m
9	£6.3m	£5.9m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Mateta	Woltemade
4	—	—
5	0.0%	0.0%
6	0.0%	0.0%
7	0.0%	0.0%
8	0.0%	0.0%
9	0.0%	0.0%