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Barnes or Ángel | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 49 minutes ago

Midfielder

Barnes

Newcastle, NEW

Midfielder

Ángel

Fulham, FUL

🏆 Barnes wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

5.0

Points Per Game

0.0

8.1%

Selected By

0.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

37.8

ICT Index

0.1

5.5

Form

0.0

💰 Barnes is the value pick - 4.92 pts per £m (Barnes 4.92 vs Ángel 0.0)

🎯 Ángel is your differential (0.0% owned) - Barnes is the template pick at 8.1%

Fixtures

Newcastle

AVL 3 (H) - 2026-10-17
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-10-25
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-02
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-21

Fulham

HUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-24
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-11-07
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barnes

60.0

Ángel

17.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Barnes

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.5 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Barnes (Newcastle, £6.1m, 30 points) is the better FPL pick over Ángel (Fulham, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Ángel also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).