GW41d 9h 46m 11s
MID · Arsenal

Bukayo Saka

On a pace of 7.3 pts/gameweek, ownership up 0.9pp this week, one of the five kindest runs ahead.

All Arsenal players

GW4 projection
5.0
7th of 124 projected midfielders
Pace
7.3
points per gameweek
Minutes
100%
reached 60' · 3 of 3 starts
Fixtures
4th
of 20 clubs, next five
Market
+0.9pp
being bought

How he ranks

3 games · 114 midfielders · Early sample — these ranks will move a lot.

Points
96th8.05
xGI
95th0.68
DefCon
53rd8
BPS
96th34.8
Minutes
64th246
Final price£9.5m
Form (10 GW)7.3
Pts / Match7.3
GW3 Pts2
Total Pts228.0 per 90
Total Bonus41.5 per 90
ICT Index30.3
Selected by %11.4%
xGI1.90.7 per 90
G+A − xGI+0.1small sample
On dutyPenalties#1Free kicks#2Corners#2DefCon bonus0/3 apps

ARS fixtures2026/27

average difficulty 2.9 of 5
GW1COV (H)
GW2AVL (A)
GW3CHE (H)
GW4SUN (A)
GW5BHA (A)
GW6LEE (H)
GW7NFO (A)
GW8EVE (H)
GW9LIV (A)
GW10HUL (H)
GW11NEW (A)
GW12MCI (H)
GW13BRE (A)
GW14TOT (A)
GW15BOU (H)
GW16MUN (H)
GW17CRY (A)
GW18FUL (A)
GW19IPS (H)
GW20BRE (H)
GW21HUL (A)
GW22NEW (H)
GW23MCI (A)
GW24LIV (H)
GW25IPS (A)
GW26FUL (H)
GW27MUN (A)
GW28CRY (H)
GW29CHE (A)
GW30SUN (H)
GW31COV (A)
GW32AVL (H)
GW33BOU (A)
GW34TOT (H)
GW35LEE (A)
GW36NFO (H)
GW37EVE (A)
GW38BHA (H)

Faded fixtures have been played.

Minutes and bonus

Started
3/3
100% of appearances
Reached 60'
100%
3 of 3 games
Bonus won
4
in 2 of 3 games
BPS per game
31.7
67% bonus strike rate

Where the points come from

Goals1045%
Appearance627%
Bonus418%
Clean sheets29%

45% of his points earned came from goals. No single source dominates, though bonus tends to follow whichever one leads. 22 earned

Are the returns real?

Too few minutes this season to say whether his returns are backed by the chances — 246 played, and a gap needs about 900 before it means anything.

Across 7 full seasons on record he has finished above expectation every time.

Full seasons on record
2025/26 +2.3
2024/25 +2.4
2023/24 +1.7
2022/23 +8.5
2021/22 +20.0
2020/21 +10.0
2019/20 +7.0

Goals and assists minus xGI, per season. Positive means he finished above the chances he had.

Defensive Contribution

He averages 7.3 against a line of 12, so DefCon is not a realistic source of points for him.

0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Cleared
0/3
0% of games
Average
7.3
line is 12
Versus the line
-4.7
short on average
Action mix
18% tackles · 27% CBI · 55% recoveries

Gameweek log

Opponent
1COV (H)6791010071360.60.10.70.100£9.5m
2AVL (A)901110100113460.60.00.70.300£9.5m
3CHE (H)8920001040130.20.20.50.400£9.5m

Early trend

Not the model — that needs a longer form window and opens once he has 8 gameweeks behind him. This is simply what he has actually scored so far.

Pace
7.3
points per gameweek
Appearances
3
this season

Too early for the full model — opens at Gameweek 8.

Chance of hitting any score

0%25%50%75%100%chance of scoring at least this many13579111315points scored (at least)a returning weekSaka

Points by gameweek · with model expectation

0246810510152025303540GAMEWEEKPOINTS
Points scoredModel expectation, set before kick-off

GW311: model expected 50 pts · he scored 2 (−48 vs expectation)

Market

Price History

£10.7m£9.5m£8.3m5101520253035GAMEWEEK
Selected by %
11.4%+0.9pp this GW
Net transfers, latest GW
+55091

Compare with another midfielder

Ranks are against the same pool of 114, so the two sets of bars mean the same thing.

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