Barnes or Slater?
On projected points alone, Barnes is ahead by 9.8 over the next six gameweeks. That is not the whole answer.
Barnes
Newcastle · MID · £6.1m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 25.1
- Chance of starting
- 95%
- Owned by
- 7.5%
- Points this season
- 40
- Minutes
- 706
Slater
Hull City · MID · £4.5m
- Projected, next 6 GW
- 15.3
- Chance of starting
- 94%
- Owned by
- 4.7%
- Points this season
- 20
- Minutes
- 675
Set-piece taker
The answer nobody else gives you
Slater is owned by 4.7% of managers, against 7.5% for Barnes.
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 | Barnes | Slater | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4.5 | 2.7 | +1.7 |
| 10 | 4.2 | 2.3 | +1.9 |
| 11 | 4.1 | 2.6 | +1.5 |
| 12 | 3.8 | 2.5 | +1.3 |
| 13 | 4.1 | 2.6 | +1.5 |
| 14 | 4.5 | 2.5 | +2.0 |
Projections are ours, not FPL's. Measured error 1.19 points per player per gameweek over the last 5. How we calculate them