Melvin Bard Starter or bench? Price, projection and fixtures
No league starts yet in 6 games. Leeds’s GW8 team news isn’t in yet. At £4.5m and 0% owned, we project Bard for 0.2 points over the next six gameweeks.
The War Room · GW8–13
Bard: four angles, one call
FPL Brains the numbers
Look elsewhere#142 of the defenders on our numbers, 0.2 over six. Davis at £4.0m projects 28.5 more.
Haulage King the big hauls
Light week0 projected in GW8, Sunderland away. Hauls don’t come from here this week.
Cheapy value for money
Poor value0.04 points a million, #125 of 130 starting defenders. That money works harder almost anywhere else.
FPL Risky the bold calls
Too risky0% owned, and the numbers say why. Bold is fine; blind isn't.
1 point from 18 minutes off the bench
Bard has no clean sheets, no goals, no assists and no bonus points in 18 league minutes, with 2 defensive contributions. No cards so far. FPL’s own figures.
Sunderland away first, then a mixed run
Bard’s fixtures for the next six gameweeks, and the six-week total.
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Four defenders who project more
Defenders within £2m of Bard’s price, from other clubs, who have started at least 4 of 6 league games. Ranked on the next six gameweeks.
The rest of the Leeds options
Leeds players who have started at least 3 league games, by projected points over the next six.
Melvin Bard in FPL
Is Melvin Bard starting for Leeds in Gameweek 8?
Leeds’s GW8 team news isn’t in yet. Bard has not started a league game this season.
How many FPL points has Melvin Bard scored this season?
Bard has scored 1 FPL point this season, from 18 minutes off the bench: no clean sheets, no goals, no assists and no bonus points. That is 1.0 points a game, and 0.0 a game over the last 30 days.
How many FPL points will Melvin Bard score?
Our engine projects 0.2 points over GW8–13, none of them in GW8 against Sunderland (away).
Is Melvin Bard worth £4.5m in FPL?
Better options at the price. Bard is the #142 defender in FPL on our projections for GW8–13 (0.2 pts). Davis (IPS, £4.0m) projects 28.5 more over the same six.
Who are the best alternatives to Melvin Bard?
On the next six, De Cuyper (£5.2m, 34.7), Davis (£4.0m, 28.7) and Guéhi (£6.0m, 28.6) all project more.
