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Calvert-Lewin or Thiago | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 696× this gameweek · last compared 10 minutes ago

Forward

Thiago

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Calvert-Lewin wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

7.8M

Total Points

4.4

Points Per Game

2.0

23.2%

Selected By

9.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

419

Minutes Played

442

28.2

ICT Index

23.6

6.0

Form

3.0

💰 Calvert-Lewin is the value pick - 3.67 pts per £m (Calvert-Lewin 3.67 vs Thiago 1.28)

🎯 Thiago is your differential (9.5% owned) - Calvert-Lewin is the template pick at 23.2%

Fixtures

Leeds

ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-10
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-10-18
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-10-25
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
TOT 2 (H) - 2026-11-07

Brentford

AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-10
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08

📅 Thiago has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calvert-Lewin

55.8

Thiago

41.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calvert-Lewin

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 3.0)
Better value for money

Calvert-Lewin (Leeds, £6.0m, 22 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiago (Brentford, £7.8m, 10 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Thiago also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).