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O'Brien or Thiaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 7× this gameweek · last compared 9 hours ago

Defender

O'Brien

Everton, EVE

Defender

Thiaw

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Thiaw wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.8M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

2.3

0.3%

Selected By

2.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

540

0.4

ICT Index

15.3

1.0

Form

2.0

💰 Thiaw is the value pick - 2.8 pts per £m (O'Brien 0.62 vs Thiaw 2.8)

🎯 O'Brien is your differential (0.3% owned) - Thiaw is the template pick at 2.1%

Fixtures

Everton

CHE 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-24
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23

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

📅 Thiaw has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Brien

21.6

Thiaw

35.8

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Thiaw

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Thiaw (Newcastle, £5.0m, 14 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Brien (Everton, £4.8m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Thiaw also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).