How do O'Shea and Thomas compare?

Thomas has more season points (32 vs 27), Thomas is more owned (8.1% vs 2.9%), O'Shea has the higher Start rate (100% vs 89%), but Thomas has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.60 vs 2.80).

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O'Shea

11 stats won

Thomas

15 stats won

Who wins more stats: O'Shea or Thomas?

Thomas wins 15 of 26 stats

Thomas wins 15 of the 26 stats with an outright best. Others: O'Shea 11.

Points
O'Shea: 27Thomas: 32
xGI (6 gw)
O'Shea: 0.06Thomas: 0.09
Price
O'Shea: £4.0mThomas: £4.0m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
SectionO'SheaThomas
Price & ownership02
Playing time40
Recent form14
Season totals15
Set pieces00
Bonus21
Fixtures01
FPL ranks32
Total1115

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 DEF in the game. Hover for values.

O'Shea: Points 27, xGI (6 gw) 0.06, BPS 63, Mins (6 gw) 90, DC (6 gw) 9.5, Upcoming FDR 2.80. Thomas: Points 32, xGI (6 gw) 0.09, BPS 103, Mins (6 gw) 70, DC (6 gw) 9.5, Upcoming FDR 2.60.

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

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Thomas leads 2 of 2
Who is more expensive and more owned?
StatO'SheaThomas
Price

4.0m

4.0m

Ownership

2.9%−5.2% vs best

8.1%(best)

Top 10k ownership

4.2%−7.5% vs best

11.7%(best)

Availability

Available

50% · Calf injury - 50% chance of playing

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

O'Shea leads 4 of 4
Who starts and plays more minutes?
StatO'SheaThomas
Starts

9(best)

8−1 vs best

Start rate

100%(best)

89%−11% vs best

Minutes (season)

810(best)

676−134 vs best

Avg minutes

90(best)

75−15 vs best

Who has better recent form?

Thomas leads 4 of 5
Who has better recent form?
StatO'SheaThomas
Mins (6 gw)

90(best)

70−20 vs best

xG (6 gw)

0.04−0.02 vs best

0.06(best)

xA (6 gw)

0.02−0.01 vs best

0.03(best)

xGI (6 gw)

0.06−0.03 vs best

0.09(best)

DC (6 gw)

9.50

9.50

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better

1.85+0.69 vs best

1.16(best)

Who has scored more this season?

Thomas leads 5 of 6
Who has scored more this season?
StatO'SheaThomas
Points

27−5 vs best

32(best)

Goals

1(best)

0−1 vs best

Assists

0

0

Total xG

0.30−0.30 vs best

0.60(best)

Total xA

0.32−0.05 vs best

0.37(best)

DC (season)

87−1 vs best

88(best)

Clean sheets

0−2 vs best

2(best)

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner
Who takes the set pieces?
StatO'SheaThomas
Corners & indirect FKs

—

—

Direct free kicks

—

—

Penalties

—

—

Penalties missed · lower is better

0

0

Who is collecting more bonus?

O'Shea leads 2 of 3
Who is collecting more bonus?
StatO'SheaThomas
BPS

63−40 vs best

103(best)

BPS (6 gw)

9.3(best)

7.5−1.8 vs best

Bonus

3

3

Bonus (6 gw)

0.5(best)

0.2−0.3 vs best

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Thomas leads 1 of 1
Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
StatO'SheaThomas
Next 5 GWs

BOU

(H)

10

TOT

(A)

11

AVL

(H)

12

COV

(A)

13

LEE

(A)

14

EVE

(A)

10

CRY

(H)

11

LEE

(A)

12

IPS

(H)

13

MUN

(A)

14

Avg FDR · lower is better

2.80+0.20 vs best

2.60(best)

See alsoSeason calendarTeam ratingProjected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

O'Shea leads 3 of 5
How do their official FPL ranks compare?
StatO'SheaThomas
Form

4.2(best)

21st DEF · 53rd overall

2.0

69th DEF · 179th overall

ICT index

40.4(best)

12th DEF · 58th overall

27.4

41st DEF · 131st overall

Selected

39th DEF

108th overall

15th DEF(best)

43rd overall

Points per game

3.0

62nd DEF · 153rd overall

4.0(best)

38th DEF · 85th overall

Cost rank

166th DEF(best)

606th overall

173rd DEF

618th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

  • O'SheaIPS

    1. IPS v BOU home, gameweek 10: 1.06 projected goals, 21% clean sheet chance
    2. IPS v TOT away, gameweek 11: 0.90 projected goals, 16% clean sheet chance

  • ThomasCOV

    1. COV v EVE away, gameweek 10: 0.92 projected goals, 19% clean sheet chance
    2. COV v CRY home, gameweek 11: 1.38 projected goals, 31% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Thomas (COV) 0.5 expected clean sheets, O'Shea (IPS) 0.4 expected clean sheets.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by clean sheet chance. All projections

Who is over- or under-performing their expected stats?

Goals vs xG

  • O'Shea+0.7O'Shea: 1 goals from 0.30 xG (+0.7)
  • Thomas−0.6Thomas: 0 goals from 0.60 xG (−0.6)

Thomas has 0.6 fewer goals than xG; O'Shea has 0.7 more goals than xG.

Assists vs xA

  • O'Shea−0.3O'Shea: 0 assists from 0.32 xA (−0.3)
  • Thomas−0.4Thomas: 0 assists from 0.37 xA (−0.4)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

  • O'Shea+0.8O'Shea: 18 conceded from 17.21 xGC (+0.8)
  • Thomas+1.9Thomas: 13 conceded from 11.15 xGC (+1.9)

Thomas has conceded 1.9 more than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

  • O'Shea · 27 pts55% from appearances

    −6 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

  • Thomas · 32 pts47% from appearances

Season points by source
SourceO'SheaThomas
Appearances1815
Goals60
Clean sheets04
Defensive contribution610
Bonus33
Deductions−60
Total2732

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)

  • O'Shea4.3(4)
  • Thomas6.0(3)

Medium (FDR 3)

  • O'Shea1.3(3)
  • Thomas3.5(2)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

  • O'Shea3.0(2)
  • Thomas2.3(3)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: O'Shea 3.0 points per game, Thomas 2.3 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

  • O'Shea5.0(4)
  • Thomas3.3(4)

Away

  • O'Shea1.4(5)
  • Thomas4.8(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Thomas 4.8 points per game, O'Shea 1.4 points per game.

Who is more central to their team's attack?

  • O'Shea7%

    1 goal and 0 assists of 14 IPS goals

  • Thomas0%

    0 goals and 0 assists of 6 COV goals

O'Shea is involved in 7% of IPS's goals, against 0% for Thomas.

Who is a rotation risk?

  • O'Shea9 of 9 full games

    9 × 90 minutes

  • Thomas6 of 9 full games

    6 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89, 1 × 1–59, 1 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

  • O'Shea256.8
  • Thomas157.8

Creativity

  • O'Shea90.8
  • Thomas35.6

Threat

  • O'Shea58.0
  • Thomas81.0

FPL's season ICT scores. O'Shea's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Thomas's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

  • O'Shea−4.1k6.3k out2.2k in
  • Thomas−44.7k45.9k out1.1k in

Managers are selling all of them; O'Shea the least (−4.1k net).

Which player gives more points per million?

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

Of 159 defenders who have played: O'Shea 6.8 points per £m (36th), Thomas 8.0 points per £m (16th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

  • O'Shea
  • Thomas

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: O'Shea 20, Thomas 17.

How far ahead is O'Shea? Above zero O'Shea leads; below, Thomas.

O'Shea is 3 points ahead of Thomas over these gameweeks. O'Shea's biggest lead was 3 (GW 9); Thomas's was 6 (GW 5).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

  1. GW 4

    O'Shea, gameweek 4: 1 points v CRY away, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 4: 0 points v BHA home, 90 minutes

  2. GW 5

    O'Shea, gameweek 5: 2 points v EVE away, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 5: 9 points v NFO away, 90 minutes

  3. GW 6

    O'Shea, gameweek 6: 11 points v FUL home, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 6: 4 points v NEW home, 90 minutes

  4. GW 7

    O'Shea, gameweek 7: 3 points v MCI away, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 7: 3 points v TOT away, 90 minutes

  5. GW 8

    O'Shea, gameweek 8: 2 points v NFO home, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 8: 1 points v FUL home, 59 minutes

  6. GW 9

    O'Shea, gameweek 9: 1 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
    Thomas, gameweek 9: 0 points v SUN home, 0 minutes

O'Shea: 1 haul (10+), 4 blanks (0–2); Thomas: 0 hauls (10+), 3 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek
Points by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
410
529
6114
733
821
910

Minutes

Values by gameweek
Minutes by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
49090
59090
69090
79090
89059
9900

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
40.000.19
50.000.06
60.230.00
70.000.07
80.000.04
90.000.00

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek
Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
40.080.07
50.000.04
60.020.01
70.020.06
80.010.00
90.010.00

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek
Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
40.080.26
50.000.10
60.250.01
70.020.13
80.010.04
90.010.00

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek
Defensive contribution by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
498
5913
6922
71310
884
990

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek
Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
40.622.81
52.241.10
61.811.84
73.350.86
82.290.36
90.780.00

Goals

Values by gameweek
Goals by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
400
500
610
700
800
900

Assists

Values by gameweek
Assists by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
400
500
600
700
800
900

Ownership

Values by gameweek
Ownership by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
43.0%9.4%
52.8%8.6%
62.5%8.8%
72.6%9.2%
82.9%9.8%
92.9%8.3%

Price

Values by gameweek
Price by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
4£4.0m£4.0m
5£4.0m£4.0m
6£4.0m£4.0m
7£4.0m£4.0m
8£4.0m£4.0m
9£4.0m£4.0m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek
Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GWO'SheaThomas
4——
56.4%19.6%
67.3%17.8%
76.6%16.9%
85.4%17.3%
94.2%11.7%