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Gvardiol or Botman | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 43 minutes ago

Defender

Botman

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Gvardiol wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.8M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

6.8

Points Per Game

3.8

28.1%

Selected By

0.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

458

Minutes Played

540

28.0

ICT Index

23.2

4.0

Form

6.0

💰 Gvardiol is the value pick - 7.07 pts per £m (Gvardiol 7.07 vs Botman 4.6)

🎯 Botman is your differential (0.8% owned) - Gvardiol is the template pick at 28.1%

Fixtures

Man City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

📅 Gvardiol has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Gvardiol

60.5

Botman

57.2

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Gvardiol

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Gvardiol (Man City, £5.8m, 41 points) is the better FPL pick over Botman (Newcastle, £5.0m, 23 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Gvardiol also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).