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Donnarumma or Cairney: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Goalkeeper

Donnarumma

Man City, MCI

Midfielder

Cairney 🏥

Fulham, FUL

🏆 Donnarumma wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

0.0

8.3%

Selected By

0.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

0.0

💰 Donnarumma is the value pick - 0.55 pts per £m (Donnarumma 0.55 vs Cairney 0.0)

🎯 Cairney is your differential (0.0% owned) - Donnarumma is the template pick at 8.3%

Fixtures

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

Fulham

SUN 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
CRY 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-20
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Donnarumma

40.0

Cairney

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Donnarumma

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Donnarumma (Man City, £5.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Cairney (Fulham, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Donnarumma also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).