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Calafiori or Rúben | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 1 minute ago

Defender

Rúben

Man City, MCI

🏆 Calafiori wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.9M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

6.3

Points Per Game

3.8

52.4%

Selected By

1.9%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

497

Minutes Played

540

32.0

ICT Index

19.9

5.0

Form

3.5

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Calafiori 6.44 vs Rúben 4.18)

🎯 Rúben is your differential (1.9% 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

Man City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Rúben has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calafiori

62.6

Rúben

52.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.0 vs 3.5)
Better value for money

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.9m, 38 points) is the better FPL pick over Rúben (Man City, £5.5m, 23 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rúben also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.0 average difficulty).