Maitland-Niles FPL: buy, sell or hold?
Maitland-Niles plays DEF for Everton at £4.5m, owned by 1.5% of managers. Projection, form, every public rating we hold and our own forecast record — free.
Should you sell Maitland-Niles?
Maitland-Niles is our 27th-ranked defender of 217 for the next 6 gameweeks, on 21.9 projected points. 12 defenders at his price or below project higher over the same run. The best 5 are below — if you are moving him on, that is where the money goes.
| Instead of Maitland-Niles | Price | To GW12 | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bogle LEE | £4.7m | 28.2 | 6.3 |
 Justin LEE | £4.5m | 26.9 | 5.0 |
 Muharemović LEE | £5.0m | 26.8 | 4.9 |
 Silva BOU | £5.0m | 24.7 | 2.8 |
 Thomas COV | £4.0m | 24.4 | 2.5 |
Is Maitland-Niles injured?
No. Maitland-Niles carries no injury flag — the official FPL status is available and there is no news against his name. This page reads that status straight from the game and updates with every sync.
Projection by gameweek
| Gameweek | Fixture | xP |
|---|---|---|
| GW7 | v CHE | 3.4 |
| GW8 | at ARS | 3.0 |
| GW9 | at NEW | 3.6 |
| GW10 | v COV | 4.8 |
| GW11 | at BRE | 3.2 |
| GW12 | v LIV | 3.8 |
Our record on Maitland-Niles
What we forecast before each deadline, against what he actually scored. Published first, graded after — the misses stay up. Rows marked backtest were produced later by re-running the model with only the data it would have had at the time; they were never published in advance and are kept out of our accuracy record.
| Gameweek | Mins | Forecast | Actual | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW3 | 13 | 0.6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| GW4 | 74 | 0.8 | 6 | 5.2 |
| GW5 | 90 | 0.8 | 8 | 7.2 |
| GW6 | 77 | 0.7 | 4 | 3.3 |
This season, match by match
| GW | Opponent | Mins | G | A | DefCon | xG/xA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW3 | v MUN | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.03/0.00 | 7 |
| GW4 | at TOT | 74 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.03/0.14 | 6 |
| GW5 | v IPS | 90 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00/0.11 | 8 |
| GW6 | at HUL | 77 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00/0.48 | 4 |
254 minutes, 1 goal, 1 assist, 25 points.
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