Merino
Arsenal · MID · £5.9m
World Cup Spain 230 mins
1425.5, down 5.1 after 4 defensive actions against Aston Villa (A)
Z-Score: MID points per game are compared against a 2.59 average , spread 0.86. Measured against 2025-26, 48 players, because too few players have cleared the minutes bar this season.
Upcoming fixtures
2026/27 gameweek by gameweek
- GW2 Aston Villa, away 1 pts 1425.5 Elo -5.1 rating change 4 defensive actions 7 BPS
- GW1 Coventry City, home 1 pts 1430.5 Elo -5.3 rating change 2 defensive actions 5 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 Merino 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 0.37 games, so most of this rating is still the starting assumption every player begins from, with about 4 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
Merino played 230 minutes for Spain, 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.