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Thomas or Shaw: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Thomas

Coventry City, COV

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Thomas wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

1.0

8.0%

Selected By

20.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

1.0

💰 Thomas is the value pick - 0.75 pts per £m (Thomas 0.75 vs Shaw 0.22)

🎯 Thomas is your differential (8.0% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 20.4%

Fixtures

Coventry City

HUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-29
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-05
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-09-13
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NEW 2 (H) - 2026-10-12

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Thomas has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thomas

42.5

Shaw

25.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Thomas

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Thomas (Coventry City, £4.0m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Thomas also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).