Chelsea’s Frank Lampard is near certain to advance in the FTBL ranking after the Premier League game against Birmingham City next Saturday.

Lampard is 4th in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders at the moment with 153.72 points, and he is guaranteed a bonus of 5.5 rating points against Birmingham, which means he should be able to overtake 3rd placed Gonzalo Higuaín (154.31 points) of Real Madrid.

Lampard has dropped approximately 50 rating points in the FTBL system in his last 5 games.