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Barcola or Cherki | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 37× this gameweek · last compared 6 hours ago

Midfielder

Cherki

Man City, MCI

🏆 Cherki wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

8.0M

Cost

7.9M

Total Points

2.2

Points Per Game

7.3

2.1%

Selected By

32.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

255

Minutes Played

392

12.3

ICT Index

62.0

2.5

Form

9.0

💰 Cherki is the value pick - 5.57 pts per £m (Barcola 1.12 vs Cherki 5.57)

🎯 Barcola is your differential (2.1% owned) - Cherki is the template pick at 32.1%

Fixtures

Liverpool

BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-11-22

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barcola

34.4

Cherki

71.3

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Cherki

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 2.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Cherki (Man City, £7.9m, 44 points) is the better FPL pick over Barcola (Liverpool, £8.0m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Cherki also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.4 average difficulty).