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Baleba or Schade | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 7× this gameweek · last compared 23 hours ago

Midfielder

Baleba

Man Utd, MUN

Midfielder

Schade

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Schade wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

4.9M

Cost

6.2M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

6.7

0.2%

Selected By

15.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

498

3.5

ICT Index

38.4

1.5

Form

5.0

💰 Schade is the value pick - 6.45 pts per £m (Baleba 0.61 vs Schade 6.45)

🎯 Baleba is your differential (0.2% owned) - Schade is the template pick at 15.0%

Fixtures

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

Brentford

LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23

📅 Schade has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Baleba

27.9

Schade

62.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Schade

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 1.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Other Considerations:

⚠️Schade: Shoulder injury - 75% chance of playing

Schade (Brentford, £6.2m, 40 points) is the better FPL pick over Baleba (Man Utd, £4.9m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Schade also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).