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Calafiori or Rúben: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Calafiori

Arsenal, ARS

Defender

Rúben

Man City, MCI

🏆 Calafiori wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

9.0

Points Per Game

2.0

40.9%

Selected By

1.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

9.0

Form

2.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 1.64 pts per £m (Calafiori 1.64 vs Rúben 0.36)

🎯 Rúben is your differential (1.8% owned) - Calafiori is the template pick at 40.9%

Fixtures

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

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calafiori

60.7

Rúben

32.8

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

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