O'Nien FPL: buy, sell or hold?
O'Nien plays DEF for Sunderland at £3.9m, owned by 2.5% of managers. Projection, form, every public rating we hold and our own forecast record — free.
Should you sell O'Nien?
O'Nien is our 142nd-ranked defender of 217 for the next 6 gameweeks, on 2.3 projected points. 40 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 O'Nien | Price | To GW13 | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thomas COV | £4.0m | 24.3 | 22.0 |
 Davis IPS | £4.0m | 22.0 | 19.7 |
 O'Shea IPS | £4.0m | 21.9 | 19.6 |
 F.Kadıoğlu BHA | £4.4m | 21.6 | 19.3 |
 Egan HUL | £4.1m | 21.2 | 18.9 |
Is O'Nien injured?
No. O'Nien 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GW8 | v LEE | 0.5 |
| GW9 | at COV | 0.4 |
| GW10 | v CHE | 0.3 |
| GW11 | at AVL | 0.3 |
| GW12 | v TOT | 0.3 |
| GW13 | at LIV | 0.3 |
Our record on O'Nien
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 backtest | 66 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 |
| GW2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 |
| GW3 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 |
| GW4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
| GW5 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 |
| GW6 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 |
| GW7 | 31 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.8 |
This season, match by match
| GW | Opponent | Mins | G | A | DefCon | xG/xA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | at IPS | 66 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.01/0.01 | 1 |
| GW2 | v FUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW3 | at BRE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW4 | v ARS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW5 | at MCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW6 | v BHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW7 | at BOU | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00/0.00 | 1 |
97 minutes, 0 goals, 0 assists, 2 points.
Match ratings
A blend of independent match ratings for O'Nien, each normalised to its own scale before averaging, so a strict marker and a generous one carry equal weight. Versus average is how far above or below the league he graded.
| GW | Rating | Vs average | Raters |
|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | 3.0 | -2.22 | 1 |
More
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