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Barnes or Sakamoto | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 3× this gameweek · last compared 52 minutes ago

Midfielder

Sakamoto

Coventry City, COV

🏆 Barnes wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

4.8M

Total Points

5.0

Points Per Game

1.0

8.1%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

37.8

ICT Index

2.3

5.5

Form

0.5

💰 Barnes is the value pick - 4.92 pts per £m (Barnes 4.92 vs Sakamoto 0.42)

🎯 Sakamoto is your differential (0.1% 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

Coventry City

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-11-06
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Sakamoto has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barnes

60.0

Sakamoto

26.1

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Barnes

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.5 vs 0.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Barnes (Newcastle, £6.1m, 30 points) is the better FPL pick over Sakamoto (Coventry City, £4.8m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Sakamoto also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).