Lacroix
Chelsea · DEF · £5.9m
World Cup France 263 mins
1500.2, down 2.5 after 8 defensive actions against Bournemouth (H)
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 Bournemouth, home 2 pts 1500.2 Elo -2.5 rating change 8 defensive actions 13 BPS
- GW5 Brentford, away 3 pts 1502.7 Elo -1.2 rating change 12 defensive actions -1 BPS
- GW4 Hull City, home 1 pts 1503.8 Elo -4 rating change 3 defensive actions 4 BPS
- GW3 Arsenal, away 2 pts 1507.9 Elo -2.7 rating change A yellow card11 defensive actions 3 BPS
- GW2 Brighton, home 1 pts 1510.6 Elo -4.2 rating change 9 defensive actions -3 BPS
- GW1 Fulham, away 6 pts 1514.8 Elo +3 rating change An assist12 defensive actions 25 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 Lacroix 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 5.04 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 34 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
Lacroix played 263 minutes for France, 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.