<p>Our FPL Player Comparison for Gameweek 30 article uses the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-player-comparision-tool/">Hub’s Comparison Tool</a> to compare two key transfer targets. This week, <a href="https://twitter.com/CoysFPL">Dan</a> compares Harvey Barnes (£6.5m) and James Maddison (£6.7m).</p>
<h2>Harvey Barnes (£6.5m) vs James Maddison (£6.7m) | Gameweek 30 Comparison</h2>
<p>Going into Double Gameweek 30, Leicester midfielders Harvey Barnes (£6.5m) and James Maddison (£6.7m) look like two of the hottest properties in their price range.</p>
<p>Leicester are one of only eight teams to feature in Gameweek 30, with a favourable home fixture against Brentford.</p>
<p>They also feature in Double Gameweek 33, with a nice pair of fixtures (away to Newcastle and Everton).</p>
<p>Maddison has been by far the better option so far this season, although Barnes has started his seasonal spell of good form in recent weeks.</p>
<p>Barnes has a goal and four assists in his last seven Premier League appearances, and a further two goals and an assist in the Conference League during that period.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-44997 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-21-1.jpg" alt="maddison barnes comparison fpl gw30" width="1000" height="812" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-21-1.jpg 1000w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-21-1-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-21-1-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-21-1-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>
<p>In terms of goals so far, Maddison has almost double the number of Barnes, despite recording lower xG and fewer shots in the box. That isn&#8217;t that much of a surprise, given Maddison&#8217;s trait of scoring technical and long range goals.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Barnes actually has one more assist than Maddison&#8217;s six, correlating to the pairs&#8217; expected assist totals. The pair also have the same numbers in terms of big chances, with both taking six and creating five. Maddison has made five more key passes, although he takes the majority of set-pieces, so creates a lot of low xG shots.</p>
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<h2><strong>Price Comparison</strong></h2>
<p>Barnes and Maddison are similarly priced at £6.5 and £6.7 million respectively, so it is purely a case of choosing whoever is the better asset in my opinion.</p>
<h2><strong>Position</strong><strong> Comparison </strong></h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-44998 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-22-1.jpg" alt="maddison barnes fpl touches heatmap gw30" width="997" height="812" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-22-1.jpg 997w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-22-1-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-22-1-768x625.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FFStuffImage-22-1-610x497.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px" /></p>
<p>Barnes and Maddison&#8217;s heatmaps look very dissimilar, with Barnes taking touches in much more advanced positions, including far more threat in the box.</p>
<p>Maddison has very little influence in the opposition box, unlike Barnes who has plenty of penalty area touches.</p>
<h2><strong>Goal Threat</strong><strong> Comparison </strong></h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-44999 size-medium" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-300x98.png" alt="" width="300" height="98" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-300x98.png 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-1024x335.png 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-768x251.png 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-1536x503.png 1536w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-610x200.png 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389-1080x354.png 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-389.png 1732w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>Over the pair&#8217;s last five respective starts, Barnes boasts a record of 0.4 expected goals per 90 minutes, beating Maddison&#8217;s record of 0.3 over the same period.</p>
<p>Both have just the single goal across the last five, underperforming their expected totals by one and 0.5 respectively.</p>
<p>Barnes has averaged 3.6 shots, over one more per start than Maddison.</p>
<p>Barnes has also averaged double the amount of shots in the box of Maddison, although only has 0.4 shots on target, highlighting Maddison&#8217;s quality of finishing compared with Barnes&#8217;.</p>
<p>That being said, given both are in decent form, and Barnes is averaging higher for shots on target, he would be my choice for goal threat.</p>
<h2><strong>Creativity</strong><strong> Comparison</strong></h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-45000" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-300x153.png" alt="" width="300" height="153" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-300x153.png 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-1024x522.png 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-768x391.png 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-610x311.png 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391-1080x550.png 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-391.png 1158w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>Represented by the top row, Barnes has been the more creative asset of late according to our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/">OPTA stats tool</a>.</p>
<p>They have made virtually the same amount of key passes per start, although Barnes has created 0.40 big chances per start minutes, compared to Maddison&#8217;s zero. Because of that, he also has an xA per 90 minutes three times that of Maddison&#8217;s total of 0.1.</p>
<p>Both have had twice as many assists as they would&#8217;ve been expected to across their last five starts, so I would expect their assist rates to slow down.</p>
<h2><strong>Points Predictions</strong></h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-45001 size-large" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-1024x244.png" alt="" width="1024" height="244" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-1024x244.png 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-300x72.png 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-768x183.png 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-1536x366.png 1536w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-610x146.png 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394-1080x258.png 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-394.png 1819w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></p>
<p>The Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/">Points Prediction Tool</a> projects Barnes to outscore Maddison by 3.0 PPG across the next four. However, that is down to the fact the tool only projects Maddison to play 52 minutes in each fixture.</p>
<p>Realistically, he will play far more minutes than that, and if he were to play 81 minutes in each fixture like Barnes, he would average a PPG of 4.6, 1.2 short of Barnes&#8217; total.</p>
<h2><strong>Conclusion | </strong><strong>Player Comparison Gameweek 30</strong></h2>
<p>Ultimately, if I was transferring one in this gameweek, it would be <strong>Barnes</strong>. He is beating Maddison for goal threat and creativity at the moment, whilst offering more consistency and reliability of starts.</p>
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