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Dunk or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 3 hours ago

Defender

Dunk

Brighton, BHA

Defender

Shaw 🏥

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Dunk wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.3M

Total Points

4.8

Points Per Game

2.4

1.4%

Selected By

4.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

479

Minutes Played

425

20.2

ICT Index

23.1

2.3

Form

1.0

💰 Dunk is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Dunk 6.44 vs Shaw 2.79)

🎯 Dunk is your differential (1.4% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 4.8%

Fixtures

Brighton

MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-11-29
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

Man Utd

CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-28
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Dunk

41.7

Shaw

28.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Dunk

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.3 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Dunk (Brighton, £4.5m, 29 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.3m, 12 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Dunk also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).