GW41d 9h 47m 40s
DEF · Newcastle

Malick Thiaw

On a pace of 2.7 pts/gameweek, ownership up 0.6pp this week, one of the five kindest runs ahead.

All Newcastle players

GW4 projection
4.2
10th of 107 projected defenders
Pace
2.7
points per gameweek
Minutes
100%
reached 60' · 3 of 3 starts
Fixtures
2nd
of 20 clubs, next five
Market
+0.6pp
being bought

How he ranks

3 games · 103 defenders · Early sample — these ranks will move a lot.

Points
37th2.67
xGI
17th0.02
xGC
32nd1.82
DefCon
44th7
BPS
32nd8.3
Minutes
62nd270
Final price£5.0m
Form (10 GW)2.7
Pts / Match2.7
GW3 Pts-1
Total Pts82.7 per 90
Total Bonus00.0 per 90
ICT Index6.8
Selected by %2.1%
xGI0.10.0 per 90
G+A − xGI−0.1small sample
On dutyDefCon bonus1/3 apps

NEW fixtures2026/27

average difficulty 3.1 of 5
GW1LIV (H)
GW2TOT (A)
GW3BOU (H)
GW4LEE (A)
GW5HUL (H)
GW6COV (A)
GW7AVL (H)
GW8CRY (A)
GW9EVE (H)
GW10FUL (A)
GW11ARS (H)
GW12BHA (A)
GW13MUN (H)
GW14SUN (H)
GW15IPS (A)
GW16BRE (A)
GW17MCI (H)
GW18NFO (H)
GW19CHE (A)
GW20MUN (A)
GW21FUL (H)
GW22ARS (A)
GW23BHA (H)
GW24EVE (A)
GW25CHE (H)
GW26MCI (A)
GW27BRE (H)
GW28NFO (A)
GW29BOU (A)
GW30LEE (H)
GW31LIV (A)
GW32TOT (H)
GW33IPS (H)
GW34SUN (A)
GW35COV (H)
GW36AVL (A)
GW37CRY (H)
GW38HUL (A)

Faded fixtures have been played.

Minutes and bonus

Started
3/3
100% of appearances
Reached 60'
100%
3 of 3 games
Bonus won
0
in 0 of 3 games
BPS per game
8.3
0% bonus strike rate

Where the points come from

Appearance650%
Clean sheets433%
DefCon217%
Goals conceded-2
Own goals-2

50% of his points earned came from appearance. No single source dominates, though bonus tends to follow whichever one leads. 12 earned, 8 net

Are the returns real?

Too few minutes this season to say whether his returns are backed by the chances — 270 played, and a gap needs about 900 before it means anything.

Across 1 full season on record he has finished below expectation every time.

Full seasons on record
2025/26 1.8

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

Defensive Contribution

He averages 7 against a line of 10 — close enough that a busy game gets him there, but not reliably.

0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Cleared
1/3
33% of games
Average
7
line is 10
Versus the line
-3
short on average
Action mix
0% tackles · 100% CBI

Gameweek log

Opponent
1LIV (H)9030002015000.00.00.03.000£5.0m
2TOT (A)9060010030250.00.00.01.100£5.0m
3BOU (H)90-1000203000.00.10.11.400£5.0m

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
2.7
points per gameweek
Appearances
3
this season

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

A score-probability curve is available for the ~40 players in this snapshot; his isn’t yet.

Points by gameweek · with model expectation

0246510152025303540GAMEWEEKPOINTS
Points scoredModel expectation, set before kick-off

GW311: model expected 41 pts · he scored -1 (−42 vs expectation)

Market

Price History

£6.2m£5.0m£3.8m5101520253035GAMEWEEK
Selected by %
2.1%+0.6pp this GW
Net transfers, latest GW
+40274

Compare with another defender

Ranks are against the same pool of 103, so the two sets of bars mean the same thing.

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