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Thiaw or Calafiori | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 7× this gameweek · last compared 10 hours ago

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Calafiori wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

6.3

2.1%

Selected By

52.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

497

15.3

ICT Index

32.0

2.0

Form

5.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Thiaw 2.8 vs Calafiori 6.44)

🎯 Thiaw is your differential (2.1% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 52.4%

Fixtures

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

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiaw

35.8

Calafiori

62.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.9m, 38 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiaw (Newcastle, £5.0m, 14 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Calafiori also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).