Thiaw
Newcastle · DEF · £5.0m
World Cup Germany 60 mins
1438.7, down 4.4 after 8 defensive actions against Coventry City (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 Coventry City, away 0 pts 1438.7 Elo -4.4 rating change 8 defensive actions -3 BPS
- GW5 Hull City, home 4 pts 1443.1 Elo +1.1 rating change 13 defensive actions 13 BPS
- GW4 Leeds, away 2 pts 1441.9 Elo -1.7 rating change 11 defensive actions -6 BPS
- GW3 Bournemouth, home -1 pts 1443.6 Elo -6 rating change An own goal3 defensive actions
- GW2 Spurs, away 6 pts 1449.6 Elo +4 rating change 3 defensive actions 25 BPS
- GW1 Liverpool, home 3 pts 1445.6 Elo -0.3 rating change 15 defensive actions
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 Thiaw 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.
2026 World Cup load
Thiaw played 60 minutes for Germany, 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.