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Thiaw or Botman | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 14× this gameweek · last compared 1 hour ago

Defender

Thiaw

Newcastle, NEW

Defender

Botman

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Botman wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

3.8

2.1%

Selected By

0.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

540

15.3

ICT Index

23.2

2.0

Form

6.0

💰 Botman is the value pick - 4.6 pts per £m (Thiaw 2.8 vs Botman 4.6)

🎯 Botman is your differential (0.8% owned) - Thiaw is the template pick at 2.1%

Fixtures

Newcastle

AVL 3 (H) - 2026-10-17
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-10-25
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-02
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-21

Newcastle

AVL 3 (H) - 2026-10-17
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-10-25
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-02
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.2 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiaw

35.8

Botman

57.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Botman

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Botman (Newcastle, £5.0m, 23 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiaw (Newcastle, £5.0m, 14 points) as of Gameweek 7.

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