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Shaw or Kayode: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 20× this week · last compared 1 minute ago

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

Defender

Kayode

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Kayode wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

13.0

20.4%

Selected By

5.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

13.0

💰 Kayode is the value pick - 2.89 pts per £m (Shaw 0.22 vs Kayode 2.89)

🎯 Kayode is your differential (5.3% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 20.4%

Fixtures

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

Brentford

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-18
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Shaw

25.4

Kayode

65.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Kayode

Key Factors:

Better current form (13.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money

Kayode (Brentford, £4.5m, 13 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Shaw also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).