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Gvardiol or Calafiori: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 13 hours ago

Defender

Gvardiol

Man City, MCI

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Gvardiol wins 3 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

9.0

Points Per Game

9.0

12.3%

Selected By

40.9%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

9.0

Form

9.0

💰 Gvardiol is the value pick - 1.64 pts per £m (Gvardiol 1.64 vs Calafiori 1.64)

🎯 Gvardiol is your differential (12.3% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 40.9%

Fixtures

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Gvardiol

62.5

Calafiori

60.7

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Gvardiol

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Gvardiol (Man City, £5.5m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.5m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Gvardiol also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).