Van Hecke
Spurs · DEF · £4.9m
World Cup Netherlands 419 mins
1505.9, down 1.2 after a yellow card and 11 defensive actions against Man Utd (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 Man Utd, away 3 pts 1505.9 Elo -1.2 rating change A yellow card11 defensive actions 7 BPS
- GW5 Aston Villa, home 6 pts 1507.1 Elo +3 rating change A goalA yellow card9 defensive actions 17 BPS
- GW4 Everton, home 8 pts 1504.1 Elo +5.3 rating change 13 defensive actions 27 BPS
- GW3 Nott'm Forest, away 8 pts 1498.8 Elo +5.4 rating change 2 bonus points4 defensive actions 29 BPS
- GW2 Newcastle, home 1 pts 1493.4 Elo -3.9 rating change 8 defensive actions 9 BPS
- GW1 Brentford, away 1 pts 1497.3 Elo -4 rating change 9 defensive actions 3 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 Van Hecke 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
Van Hecke played 419 minutes for Netherlands, 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.