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Raya or Butland: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 50 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Raya

Arsenal, ARS

Goalkeeper

Butland 🏥

Hull City, HUL

🏆 Raya wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

0.0

38.0%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

0.0

💰 Raya is the value pick - 1.0 pts per £m (Raya 1.0 vs Butland 0.0)

🎯 Butland is your differential (0.1% owned) - Raya is the template pick at 38.0%

Fixtures

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Hull City

COV 2 (A) - 2026-08-29
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Raya

54.8

Butland

17.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Raya

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Raya (Arsenal, £6.0m, 6 points) is the better FPL pick over Butland (Hull City, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Butland also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).