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Mainoo or Ødegaard | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Midfielder

Ødegaard

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Ødegaard wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.8M

Total Points

4.3

Points Per Game

5.0

1.5%

Selected By

19.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

444

Minutes Played

466

21.8

ICT Index

43.5

4.0

Form

1.5

💰 Mainoo is the value pick - 4.73 pts per £m (Mainoo 4.73 vs Ødegaard 4.41)

🎯 Mainoo is your differential (1.5% owned) - Ødegaard is the template pick at 19.7%

Fixtures

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

Arsenal

NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Mainoo

48.9

Ødegaard

41.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Mainoo

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 1.5)
Better value for money

Other Considerations:

⚠️Mainoo: Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing

Mainoo (Man Utd, £5.5m, 26 points) is the better FPL pick over Ødegaard (Arsenal, £6.8m, 30 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Ødegaard also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).