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Egan or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 10× this gameweek · last compared 12 hours ago

Defender

Egan

Hull City, HUL

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Egan wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.1M

Cost

4.3M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

2.4

7.3%

Selected By

6.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

527

Minutes Played

425

17.1

ICT Index

23.1

1.0

Form

2.5

💰 Egan is the value pick - 6.59 pts per £m (Egan 6.59 vs Shaw 2.79)

🎯 Shaw is your differential (6.7% owned) - Egan is the template pick at 7.3%

Fixtures

Hull City

FUL 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-07
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-11-22

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Egan

33.4

Shaw

37.7

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Shaw

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.5 vs 1.0)
Better value for money

Other Considerations:

⚠️Shaw: Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing

Shaw (Man Utd, £4.3m, 12 points) is the better FPL pick over Egan (Hull City, £4.1m, 27 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Egan also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).