Schär or Tarkowski?
On projected points alone, Tarkowski is ahead by 23.9 over the next six gameweeks. That is not the whole answer.
Schär
Newcastle · DEF · £4.9m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 4.9
- Chance of starting
- 20%
- Owned by
- 0.2%
- Points this season
- 9
- Minutes
- 115
Set-piece taker
Tarkowski
Everton · DEF · £6.2m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 28.8
- Chance of starting
- 95%
- Owned by
- 18.5%
- Points this season
- 48
- Minutes
- 720
The answer nobody else gives you
Schär is owned by 0.2% of managers, against 18.5% for Tarkowski.
If you are chasing someone in your mini-league, the less-owned player is usually the right pick even when he projects slightly lower — points from a player your rival also owns cancel out and cannot close the gap. If you are defending a lead, take the one your rival already has: matching them removes their chance to gain on you.
Global ownership is only a proxy. What actually matters is whether the specific people in your league own him.
Check who owns them in my leagueProjected by gameweek
| GW | Schär | Tarkowski | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0.9 | 4.6 | −3.7 |
| 10 | 0.8 | 5.3 | −4.5 |
| 11 | 0.8 | 4.6 | −3.8 |
| 12 | 0.8 | 4.5 | −3.7 |
| 13 | 0.8 | 4.6 | −3.8 |
| 14 | 0.9 | 5.3 | −4.5 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.19 points per player per gameweek over the last 5. How we calculate them