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Shaw or Cash: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

Defender

Cash

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Shaw wins 3 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

-1

1.0

Points Per Game

-1.0

20.4%

Selected By

8.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

-1.0

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

🎯 Cash is your differential (8.4% 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

Aston Villa

ARS 4 (H) - 2026-08-31
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-09-05
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.0 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Shaw

25.4

Cash

10.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Shaw

Key Factors:

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

Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Cash (Aston Villa, £4.5m, -1 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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Shaw

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Fixtures

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