Rúben
Man City · DEF · £5.5m
World Cup Portugal 400 mins
1509.5, up 3.1 after 4 defensive actions against Liverpool (A)
Z-Score: DEF points per game are compared against a 3.14 average , spread 1.49. Measured against this season's regulars (94 of them), pulled toward the same measurement over 2025-26 (42 players).
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW6 Liverpool, away 6 pts 1509.5 Elo +3.1 rating change 4 defensive actions 21 BPS
- GW5 Sunderland, home 1 pts 1506.4 Elo -4.3 rating change 4 defensive actions -7 BPS
- GW4 Man Utd, away 6 pts 1510.7 Elo +3.1 rating change 7 defensive actions 24 BPS
- GW3 Coventry City, home 6 pts 1507.6 Elo +3.2 rating change 3 defensive actions 25 BPS
- GW2 Crystal Palace, away 2 pts 1504.3 Elo -2.8 rating change 6 defensive actions 19 BPS
- GW1 Bournemouth, home 2 pts 1507.2 Elo -2.9 rating change 6 defensive actions 11 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 Rúben 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 6 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 38 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
Rúben played 400 minutes for Portugal, 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.