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Palmer or Pau | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · compared 1× this gameweek · last compared 10 hours ago

Midfielder

Palmer

Chelsea, CHE

Defender

Pau

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Palmer wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

9.8M

Cost

4.4M

Total Points

4.6

Points Per Game

1.2

28.2%

Selected By

0.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

698

Minutes Played

290

56.2

ICT Index

2.5

3.0

Form

1.0

💰 Palmer is the value pick - 3.78 pts per £m (Palmer 3.78 vs Pau 1.36)

🎯 Pau is your differential (0.3% owned) - Palmer is the template pick at 28.2%

Fixtures

Chelsea

MUN 4 (H) - 2026-10-31
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-11-21
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-27
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-12-02

Aston Villa

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-11-21
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-11-28
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Palmer

52.0

Pau

28.9

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Palmer

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Palmer (Chelsea, £9.8m, 37 points) is the better FPL pick over Pau (Aston Villa, £4.4m, 6 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Pau also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).