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Maitland-Niles or Gvardiol | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 13 hours ago

Defender

Gvardiol

Man City, MCI

🏆 Gvardiol wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.8M

Total Points

6.2

Points Per Game

6.8

1.5%

Selected By

28.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

254

Minutes Played

458

16.5

ICT Index

28.0

6.0

Form

4.0

💰 Gvardiol is the value pick - 7.07 pts per £m (Maitland-Niles 5.56 vs Gvardiol 7.07)

🎯 Maitland-Niles is your differential (1.5% owned) - Gvardiol is the template pick at 28.1%

Fixtures

Everton

CHE 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-24
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23

Man City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Gvardiol has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maitland-Niles

56.9

Gvardiol

60.5

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Gvardiol

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Gvardiol (Man City, £5.8m, 41 points) is the better FPL pick over Maitland-Niles (Everton, £4.5m, 25 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Gvardiol also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.4 average difficulty).