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Ballard or N.Williams | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 12× this gameweek · last compared 15 hours ago

Defender

N.Williams

Nott'm Forest, NFO

🏆 N.Williams wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.8M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

2.8

Points Per Game

3.3

1.7%

Selected By

6.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

540

16.3

ICT Index

30.2

1.0

Form

1.5

💰 N.Williams is the value pick - 4.0 pts per £m (Ballard 2.92 vs N.Williams 4.0)

🎯 Ballard is your differential (1.7% owned) - N.Williams is the template pick at 6.8%

Fixtures

Sunderland

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

Nott'm Forest

ARS 4 (H) - 2026-10-18
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-10-23
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-11-07
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Ballard

32.1

N.Williams

36.2

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in N.Williams

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.5 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

N.Williams (Nott'm Forest, £5.0m, 20 points) is the better FPL pick over Ballard (Sunderland, £4.8m, 14 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Ballard also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).