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Saka or Palmer: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 98× this week · last compared 2 hours ago

Midfielder

Saka

Arsenal, ARS

Midfielder

Palmer

Chelsea, CHE

🏆 Palmer wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

9.5M

Cost

9.5M

Total Points

9.0

Points Per Game

13.0

10.2%

Selected By

11.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

9.0

Form

13.0

💰 Palmer is the value pick - 1.37 pts per £m (Saka 0.95 vs Palmer 1.37)

🎯 Saka is your differential (10.2% owned) - Palmer is the template pick at 11.8%

Fixtures

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Chelsea

BHA 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-09-06
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Palmer has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Saka

58.9

Palmer

63.5

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Palmer

Key Factors:

Better current form (13.0 vs 9.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Other Considerations:

⚠️Palmer: Calf injury - 75% chance of playing

Palmer (Chelsea, £9.5m, 13 points) is the better FPL pick over Saka (Arsenal, £9.5m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Palmer also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).