Ajer
Brentford · DEF · £4.5m
World Cup Norway 522 mins
1453.6, up 4 after a goal and a yellow card against Aston Villa (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 Aston Villa, away 6 pts 1453.6 Elo +4 rating change A goalA yellow card9 defensive actions 22 BPS
- GW5 Chelsea, home 7 pts 1449.6 Elo +5.6 rating change 1 bonus point9 defensive actions 29 BPS
- GW4 Bournemouth, away 1 pts 1444.1 Elo -3.3 rating change 9 defensive actions
- GW3 Sunderland, home 2 pts 1447.4 Elo -1.9 rating change 5 defensive actions 8 BPS
- GW2 Leeds, away 3 pts 1449.2 Elo -0.4 rating change A yellow card17 defensive actions 7 BPS
- GW1 Spurs, home 8 pts 1449.6 Elo +6.7 rating change 10 defensive actions 29 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 Ajer 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
Ajer played 522 minutes for Norway, 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.