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Shaw or Hume: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 3× this week · last compared 9 minutes ago

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

Defender

Hume

Sunderland, SUN

🏆 Hume wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

2.0

20.4%

Selected By

6.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

2.0

💰 Hume is the value pick - 0.44 pts per £m (Shaw 0.22 vs Hume 0.44)

🎯 Hume is your differential (6.7% 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

Sunderland

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-12
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-19
BHA 2 (H) - 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

Hume

31.0

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Hume

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money

Hume (Sunderland, £4.5m, 2 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).