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O'Shea or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 413× this gameweek · last compared 7 hours ago

Defender

O'Shea

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 O'Shea wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.3M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

2.2

2.7%

Selected By

7.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

335

22.1

ICT Index

20.1

1.5

Form

2.0

💰 O'Shea is the value pick - 2.5 pts per £m (O'Shea 2.5 vs Shaw 2.09)

🎯 O'Shea is your differential (2.7% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 7.6%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-17
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-23
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-11-08

Man Utd

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

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.0 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Shea

34.8

Shaw

37.1

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Shaw

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.5)
Better value for money

Shaw (Man Utd, £4.3m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Shea (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 10 points) as of Gameweek 6.

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Fixtures

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Man Utd

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