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Calafiori or Van den Berg | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 50 minutes ago

Defender

Van den Berg

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Calafiori wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

5.9M

Cost

4.9M

Total Points

6.3

Points Per Game

0.0

52.4%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

497

Minutes Played

32.0

ICT Index

0.0

5.0

Form

0.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Calafiori 6.44 vs Van den Berg 0.0)

🎯 Van den Berg is your differential (0.1% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 52.4%

Fixtures

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

Brentford

LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calafiori

62.6

Van den Berg

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.9m, 38 points) is the better FPL pick over Van den Berg (Brentford, £4.9m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Calafiori also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).