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O'Brien or Calafiori | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 429× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Calafiori wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.8M

Cost

5.8M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

5.8

0.3%

Selected By

50.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

416

0.3

ICT Index

19.1

0.7

Form

3.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 5.0 pts per £m (O'Brien 0.42 vs Calafiori 5.0)

🎯 O'Brien is your differential (0.3% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 50.5%

Fixtures

Everton

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

Arsenal

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Brien

21.4

Calafiori

48.3

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 0.7)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.8m, 29 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Brien (Everton, £4.8m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Calafiori also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).