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Barnes or Ødegaard | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 12 hours ago

Midfielder

Ødegaard

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Barnes wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

6.8M

Total Points

5.0

Points Per Game

5.0

8.1%

Selected By

19.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

466

37.8

ICT Index

43.5

5.5

Form

1.5

💰 Barnes is the value pick - 4.92 pts per £m (Barnes 4.92 vs Ødegaard 4.41)

🎯 Barnes is your differential (8.1% owned) - Ødegaard is the template pick at 19.7%

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

Arsenal

NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barnes

60.0

Ødegaard

41.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Barnes

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.5 vs 1.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Barnes (Newcastle, £6.1m, 30 points) is the better FPL pick over Ødegaard (Arsenal, £6.8m, 30 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Ødegaard also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).