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McNair or Calafiori: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

McNair

Hull City, HUL

Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Calafiori wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

9.0

0.1%

Selected By

40.9%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

9.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 1.64 pts per £m (McNair 0.25 vs Calafiori 1.64)

🎯 McNair is your differential (0.1% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 40.9%

Fixtures

Hull City

COV 2 (A) - 2026-08-29
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

McNair

25.0

Calafiori

60.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.5m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over McNair (Hull City, £4.0m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and McNair also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).