Goretzka
Aston Villa · MID · £5.9m
World Cup Germany 37 mins
1462.1, down 8.5 after 4 defensive actions against Fulham (H)
Z-Score: MID points per game are compared against a 2.98 average , spread 1.19. Measured against this season's regulars (137 of them), pulled toward the same measurement over 2025-26 (48 players).
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW9 Fulham, home 2 pts 1462.1 Elo -8.5 rating change 4 defensive actions 8 BPS
- GW8 Man City, home 1 pts 1470.6 Elo -14.1 rating change 1 defensive action 2 BPS
- GW7 Newcastle, away 1 pts 1484.8 Elo -15.2 rating change 9 defensive actions 5 BPS
- GW6 No appearance recorded
- GW5 No appearance recorded
- GW4 No appearance recorded
- GW3 No appearance recorded
- GW2 No appearance recorded
- GW1 No appearance recorded
Season stats
Expected stats Expected goals and assists based on the quality of chances. Compares what a player 'should' score vs what they actually score.
Ownership
Percentage of FPL squads that have picked Goretzka right now.
Elo Glicko-style skill rating. It updates match by match and carries across seasons rather than resetting, so it is not a count of points scored.
It is built on 1.01 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 9 per cent of it measured. Expect it to move a long way once matches are played.
FAPR Fixture-Adjusted Performance Rating. Adjusts PPG based on opponent difficulty faced.
PvE Performance vs Expected. Compares actual output to expected goals/assists. Shows if player is over or underperforming.
2026 World Cup load
Goretzka played 37 minutes for Germany, short of the 450 minute line, so this rating is held a little less firmly than a player who had the whole summer off.
Every rating carries a second number for how firmly it is held, called the rating deviation. A bigger deviation means the rating is less settled, so it moves further and faster once matches are played. It is not a mark against the player.
None of this is scored into the Elo rating. A World Cup is played against different opposition under different conditions, so counting it as Premier League evidence would make the number harder to defend. What a summer changes is how settled a rating is, not what it says.