Arsenal’s Czech midfielder Tomáš Rosický has engineered a remarkable rise in the FTBL ranking since last December, when his overall FTBL score stood at around 8 points. Since then, the Czech international has been adding with each game, to his current 60.35 points. He could continue on that course in today’s Premier League game against Aston Villa.

Rosický will go into the game with a plank of just 7.62 points to beat in the FTBL system. In the previous game against Bolton Wanderers, which the Gunners won 4:2, he scored a goal, boosting his score by around 22 points. He could pick up as many points if the repeats that feat tonight.

The Czech is 263rd in our world ranking of midfielders at the moment, mostly due to frequent injuries and bad form in the past year and a half. His score is currently half what it was back in 2008.