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Maitland-Niles or Calafiori | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 2× this gameweek · last compared 3 days ago

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Calafiori wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

6.2

Points Per Game

6.3

1.5%

Selected By

52.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

254

Minutes Played

497

16.5

ICT Index

32.0

6.0

Form

5.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Maitland-Niles 5.56 vs Calafiori 6.44)

🎯 Maitland-Niles is your differential (1.5% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 52.4%

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

Arsenal

NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

📅 Calafiori has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maitland-Niles

56.9

Calafiori

62.6

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.9m, 38 points) is the better FPL pick over Maitland-Niles (Everton, £4.5m, 25 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Calafiori also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).