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O'Shea or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 9 hours ago

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 O'Shea wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.3M

Total Points

3.5

Points Per Game

2.4

2.6%

Selected By

6.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

425

30.7

ICT Index

23.1

6.5

Form

2.5

💰 O'Shea is the value pick - 5.25 pts per £m (O'Shea 5.25 vs Shaw 2.79)

🎯 O'Shea is your differential (2.6% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 6.7%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-17
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-23
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

📅 O'Shea has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Shea

58.7

Shaw

37.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Shea

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.5 vs 2.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

O'Shea (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 21 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.3m, 12 points) as of Gameweek 7, and O'Shea also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).