De Cuyper
Brighton · DEF · £5.4m
World Cup Belgium 465 mins
1440.6, up 6.2 after an assist and a yellow card against Man City (A)
Z-Score: DEF points per game are compared against a 3.07 average , spread 1.35. Measured against this season's regulars (110 of them), pulled toward the same measurement over 2025-26 (42 players).
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW9 Man City, away 9 pts 1440.6 Elo +6.2 rating change An assistA yellow card1 bonus point3 defensive actions 30 BPS
- GW8 Liverpool, away 1 pts 1434.4 Elo -3 rating change 5 defensive actions 6 BPS
- GW7 Crystal Palace, home 6 pts 1437.3 Elo +4.1 rating change 4 defensive actions 29 BPS
- GW6 Sunderland, away 15 pts 1433.2 Elo +6.5 rating change A goal3 bonus points3 defensive actions 36 BPS
- GW5 Arsenal, home 6 pts 1426.8 Elo +4.3 rating change A yellow card1 bonus point7 defensive actions 30 BPS
- GW4 Coventry City, away 11 pts 1422.4 Elo +6.8 rating change An assist2 bonus points1 defensive action 41 BPS
- GW3 Leeds, home 4 pts 1415.7 Elo +1.6 rating change An assistA yellow card2 defensive actions 17 BPS
- GW2 Chelsea, away 0 pts 1414.0 Elo -4.3 rating change 2 defensive actions -2 BPS
- GW1 Aston Villa, home 17 pts 1418.3 Elo +7 rating change A goalAn assist2 bonus points4 defensive actions 46 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 De Cuyper 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 8.23 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 45 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
De Cuyper played 465 minutes for Belgium, past the 450 minute line, so this rating is held the least firmly of any cohort carried into the season.
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.