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Barnes or Henderson | FPL PlayerComparison

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Midfielder

Henderson

Chelsea, CHE

6.1M

Cost

4.9M

Total Points

5.0

Points Per Game

10.0

8.1%

Selected By

0.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

180

37.8

ICT Index

16.8

5.5

Form

10.0

💰 Barnes is the value pick - 4.92 pts per £m (Barnes 4.92 vs Henderson 4.08)

🎯 Henderson is your differential (0.4% owned) - Barnes is the template pick at 8.1%

Fixtures

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

Chelsea

EVE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
TOT 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-10-31
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barnes

60.0

Henderson

67.5

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Henderson

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.0 vs 5.5)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Henderson (Chelsea, £4.9m, 20 points) is the better FPL pick over Barnes (Newcastle, £6.1m, 30 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Henderson also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).