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O'Shea or Shaw: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

O'Shea

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 O'Shea wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

1.0

3.5%

Selected By

20.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

4.0

Form

1.0

💰 O'Shea is the value pick - 1.0 pts per £m (O'Shea 1.0 vs Shaw 0.22)

🎯 O'Shea is your differential (3.5% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 20.4%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-04
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Shea

46.3

Shaw

25.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Shea

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money

O'Shea (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 4 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Shaw also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).