How do McBurnie and Welbeck compare?

McBurnie has more season points (36 vs 8), McBurnie is more owned (1.7% vs 0.8%), McBurnie is cheaper (5.5m vs 5.8m), McBurnie has the higher Start rate (100% vs 11%), McBurnie has more Bonus (5 vs 0), but Welbeck has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.80 vs 3.60).

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Comparing 2 forwards

McBurnie wins most stats

Hull City

HUL · 5.5m

26 stats won

Chelsea

CHE · 5.8m

4 stats won

Who wins more stats: McBurnie or Welbeck?

McBurnie wins 26 of 30 stats

McBurnie wins 26 of the 30 stats with an outright best. Others: Welbeck 4.

Points: McBurnie: 36Welbeck: 8
xGI (6 gw): McBurnie: 0.31Welbeck: 0.02
Price: McBurnie: £5.5mWelbeck: £5.8m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	McBurnie	Welbeck
Price & ownership	2	1
Playing time	4	0
Recent form	5	1
Season totals	5	0
Set pieces	2	0
Bonus	4	0
Fixtures	0	1
FPL ranks	4	1
Total	26	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 FWD in the game. Hover for values.

McBurnie: Points 36, xGI (6 gw) 0.31, BPS 133, Mins (6 gw) 88, xG (6 gw) 0.28, Upcoming FDR 3.60. Welbeck: Points 8, xGI (6 gw) 0.02, BPS 27, Mins (6 gw) 16, xG (6 gw) 0.00, Upcoming FDR 2.80.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

McBurnie leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Price	5.5m−0.3m vs best	5.8m(best)
Ownership	1.7%(best)	0.8%−0.9% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.6%(best)	0.0%−0.6% vs best

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

McBurnie leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Starts	9(best)	1−8 vs best

Start rate	100%(best)	11%−89% vs best

Minutes (season)	796(best)	98−698 vs best

Avg minutes	88(best)	11−77 vs best

Who has better recent form?

McBurnie leads 5 of 6

Who has better recent form?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Mins (6 gw)	88(best)	16−72 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.28(best)	0.00−0.28 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.03(best)	0.02−0.01 vs best

xGI (6 gw)	0.31(best)	0.02−0.29 vs best

DC (6 gw)	4.17(best)	1.17−3.00 vs best

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	1.33+0.98 vs best	0.35(best)

Who has scored more this season?

McBurnie leads 5 of 5

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Points	36(best)	8−28 vs best

Goals	2(best)	0−2 vs best

Assists	3(best)	0−3 vs best

Total xG	2.22(best)	0.00−2.22 vs best

Total xA	0.24(best)	0.14−0.10 vs best

See alsoForward stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

McBurnie leads 2 of 2

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

Who is collecting more bonus?

McBurnie leads 4 of 4

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
BPS	133(best)	27−106 vs best

BPS (6 gw)	17.2(best)	4.0−13.2 vs best

Bonus	5(best)	0−5 vs best

Bonus (6 gw)	0.8(best)	0.0−0.8 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Welbeck leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Next 5 GWs	ARS (A) 10 BHA (H) 11 CRY (A) 12 NFO (H) 13 BOU (A) 14	SUN (A) 10 LEE (H) 11 NFO (A) 12 CRY (H) 13 LIV (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	3.60+0.80 vs best	2.80(best)

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

McBurnie leads 4 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	McBurnie	Welbeck
Form	5.8(best) 4th FWD · 21st overall	1.0 32nd FWD · 287th overall
ICT index	41.1(best) 11th FWD · 57th overall	6.4 38th FWD · 338th overall
Selected	20th FWD(best) 135th overall	29th FWD 202nd overall
Points per game	4.0(best) 9th FWD · 91st overall	1.1 37th FWD · 351st overall
Cost rank	33rd FWD 125th overall	24th FWD(best) 95th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

McBurnieHUL
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
WelbeckCHE
1. CHE v SUN away, gameweek 10: 1.48 projected goals, 36% clean sheet chance
2. CHE v LEE home, gameweek 11: 1.60 projected goals, 38% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Welbeck (CHE) 3.1 projected team goals, McBurnie (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

McBurnie−0.2McBurnie: 2 goals from 2.22 xG (−0.2)
Welbeck±0.0Welbeck: 0 goals from 0.00 xG (±0.0)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

McBurnie+2.8McBurnie: 3 assists from 0.24 xA (+2.8)
Welbeck−0.1Welbeck: 0 assists from 0.14 xA (−0.1)

McBurnie has 2.8 more assists than xA.

Where do their FPL points come from?

McBurnie · 36 pts45% from appearances
−4 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Welbeck · 8 pts100% from appearances

Season points by source
Source	McBurnie	Welbeck
Appearances	18	8
Goals	8	0
Assists	9	0
Bonus	5	0
Deductions	−4	0
Total	36	8

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)

McBurnie6.5(2)
Welbeck1.0(1)

Medium (FDR 3)

McBurnie3.2(6)
Welbeck1.0(4)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

McBurnie4.0(1)
Welbeck1.5(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: McBurnie 4.0 points per game, Welbeck 1.5 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

McBurnie5.6(5)
Welbeck1.0(4)

Away

McBurnie2.0(4)
Welbeck1.3(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: McBurnie 2.0 points per game, Welbeck 1.3 points per game.

McBurnie45%
2 goals and 3 assists of 11 HUL goals
Welbeck0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 12 CHE goals

McBurnie is involved in 45% of HUL's goals, against 0% for Welbeck.

Who is a rotation risk?

McBurnie7 of 9 full games
7 × 90 minutes, 2 × 60–89
Welbeck0 of 9 full games
1 × 60–89, 6 × 1–59, 2 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

McBurnie150.4
Welbeck15.0

Creativity

McBurnie104.4
Welbeck35.0

Threat

McBurnie156.0
Welbeck14.0

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

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

McBurnie+5.1k5.4k out10.6k in
Welbeck−2.6k3.6k out995 in

McBurnie has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+5.1k).

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: McBurnie 6.5 points per £m (4th), Welbeck 1.4 points per £m (34th). Median 2.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

McBurnie
Welbeck

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: McBurnie 28, Welbeck 7.

How far ahead is McBurnie? Above zero McBurnie leads; below, Welbeck.

McBurnie is 21 points ahead of Welbeck over these gameweeks. McBurnie's biggest lead was 21 (GW 9).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
McBurnie, gameweek 4: 4 points v CHE away, 81 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 4: 1 points v HUL home, 12 minutes
GW 5
McBurnie, gameweek 5: 1 points v NEW away, 90 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 5: 2 points v BRE away, 70 minutes
GW 6
McBurnie, gameweek 6: 1 points v EVE home, 90 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 6: 1 points v BOU home, 7 minutes
GW 7
McBurnie, gameweek 7: 2 points v FUL away, 90 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 7: 1 points v EVE away, 1 minutes
GW 8
McBurnie, gameweek 8: 8 points v BRE home, 85 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 8: 1 points v TOT home, 2 minutes
GW 9
McBurnie, gameweek 9: 12 points v IPS home, 90 minutes
Welbeck, gameweek 9: 1 points v MUN home, 3 minutes

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

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	4	1
5	1	2
6	1	1
7	2	1
8	8	1
9	12	1

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	81	12
5	90	70
6	90	7
7	90	1
8	85	2
9	90	3

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	0.33	0.00
5	0.36	0.00
6	0.00	0.00
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.79	0.00
9	0.20	0.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	0.04	0.06
5	0.02	0.08
6	0.09	0.00
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.01	0.00
9	0.01	0.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	0.37	0.06
5	0.38	0.08
6	0.09	0.00
7	0.00	0.00
8	0.80	0.00
9	0.21	0.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	3	1
5	6	4
6	5	0
7	3	1
8	3	0
9	5	1

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	1	0
9	1	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	1	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	1	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	1.9%	0.8%
5	2.0%	1.1%
6	1.9%	1.0%
7	1.8%	0.8%
8	1.6%	0.7%
9	1.7%	0.8%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	£5.5m	£5.9m
5	£5.5m	£5.9m
6	£5.5m	£5.9m
7	£5.5m	£5.9m
8	£5.5m	£5.8m
9	£5.5m	£5.8m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	McBurnie	Welbeck
4	—	—
5	0.4%	0.3%
6	0.3%	0.0%
7	0.2%	0.0%
8	0.2%	0.0%
9	0.6%	0.0%