Chelsea’s Portugal international Deco will be in the starting lineup in today’s Premier League game against No. 8 Birmingham City. If he produces a strong performance, his FTBL score could improve substantially.

Deco has been struggling for some time now, which reflects in his current FTBL score of just 65.95 points. His plank to beat in today’s game is just 1.39 points, and if Chelsea win, Deco will certainly benefit by rising in the ranking of midfielders at the club. He currently trails Michael Essien (74.59 points), Joe Cole (72.08 points), and Yuri Zhirkov (71.44 points).

Among Deco’s direct competition, only Joe Cole is in the starting 11 for today’s match, and he likewise faces a not-so-high plank of 5.60 points to beat.