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Hill or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW8 data · compared 1× this gameweek · last compared 4 days ago

Defender

Hill

Bournemouth, BOU

Defender

Shaw 🏥

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Hill wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

4.3M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

2.4

0.8%

Selected By

5.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

425

26.7

ICT Index

23.1

4.5

Form

1.5

💰 Hill is the value pick - 3.82 pts per £m (Hill 3.82 vs Shaw 2.79)

🎯 Hill is your differential (0.8% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 5.4%

Fixtures

Bournemouth

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-11-08
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-11-21
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-29

Man Utd

BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-28

📅 Hill has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Hill

55.0

Shaw

31.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Hill

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.5 vs 1.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Hill (Bournemouth, £5.5m, 21 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.3m, 12 points) as of Gameweek 8, and Hill also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).