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Maatsen or Shaw: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Maatsen

Aston Villa, AVL

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Shaw wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

0.8%

Selected By

20.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Shaw is the value pick - 0.22 pts per £m (Maatsen 0.0 vs Shaw 0.22)

🎯 Maatsen is your differential (0.8% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 20.4%

Fixtures

Aston Villa

ARS 4 (H) - 2026-08-31
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-09-05
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.0 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maatsen

17.9

Shaw

25.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Shaw

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Maatsen (Aston Villa, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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Fixtures

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Man Utd

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