Merino
Arsenal · MID · £5.7m
World Cup Spain 230 mins
1403.5, down 2.8 after 2 defensive actions against Liverpool (A)
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 Liverpool, away 1 pts 1403.5 Elo -2.8 rating change 2 defensive actions 6 BPS
- GW8 Everton, home 3 pts 1406.3 Elo -0.1 rating change 4 defensive actions 6 BPS
- GW7 Nott'm Forest, away 1 pts 1406.5 Elo -2.9 rating change 2 defensive actions 5 BPS
- GW6 Leeds, home 1 pts 1409.3 Elo -3 rating change 3 BPS
- GW5 Brighton, away 1 pts 1412.3 Elo -3 rating change 4 defensive actions 4 BPS
- GW4 Sunderland, away 1 pts 1415.3 Elo -3.1 rating change 3 BPS
- GW3 Chelsea, home 0 pts 1418.5 Elo -7 rating change A yellow card
- GW2 Aston Villa, away 1 pts 1425.5 Elo -5.1 rating change 4 defensive actions 7 BPS
- GW1 Coventry City, home 1 pts 1430.5 Elo -5.3 rating change 2 defensive actions 5 BPS
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 Merino 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 1.94 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 16 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
Merino played 230 minutes for Spain, 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.