Daniel Ballard — FPL Price, Projections & Fixtures Differential DEF Numbers: the FFIQ engine Numbers refreshed 9 August 2026 — this page updates with every rebuild.
The read — Daniel Ballard (Sunderland, defender) costs £5.0m and is owned by 2.6% of FPL managers. Our engine projects 14.8 points over the next six gameweeks — a very tough run of fixtures. Next: IPS (A) in GW1. Status: available, a predicted starter.
Ballard at a glance Stat Value Club Sunderland Position DEF Price £5.0m Ownership 2.6% Projected points (next 6) 14.8 Predicted starter Yes Proven PL record Yes Availability available
Ballard — projected points, GW1–6 Gameweek Fixture Fixture ease Projected points GW1 IPS (A) very tough 2.6 GW2 FUL (H) very tough 2.9 GW3 BRE (A) very tough 2.4 GW4 ARS (H) very tough 2.1 GW5 MCI (A) very tough 2.1 GW6 BHA (H) very tough 2.7
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79% Six-gameweek forecasts on target within an average of 2 points a gameweek, on a season the engine had never seen
8.5/11 Starting XIs called actual starters across a two-season backtest — before team news
0.79 Team ratings vs the final table rank correlation across a full-season replay
84% Player pool with real shot data three seasons of expected-goals data — we never guess for the rest
