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Thomas-Asante or Barry | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Forward

Barry

Everton, EVE

🏆 Barry wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.7M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

4.3

0.9%

Selected By

8.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

317

Minutes Played

502

13.8

ICT Index

49.2

4.5

Form

6.0

💰 Barry is the value pick - 4.56 pts per £m (Thomas-Asante 2.8 vs Barry 4.56)

🎯 Thomas-Asante is your differential (0.9% owned) - Barry is the template pick at 8.7%

Fixtures

Coventry City

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-11-06
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

📅 Thomas-Asante has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thomas-Asante

54.4

Barry

58.9

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Barry

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 4.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Barry (Everton, £5.7m, 26 points) is the better FPL pick over Thomas-Asante (Coventry City, £5.0m, 14 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Thomas-Asante also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.4 average difficulty).