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Calafiori or Botman | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 10× this gameweek · last compared 35 minutes ago

Defender

Botman

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Calafiori wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.9M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

6.3

Points Per Game

3.8

52.4%

Selected By

0.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

497

Minutes Played

540

32.0

ICT Index

23.2

5.0

Form

6.0

💰 Calafiori is the value pick - 6.44 pts per £m (Calafiori 6.44 vs Botman 4.6)

🎯 Botman is your differential (0.8% 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

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Calafiori

62.6

Botman

57.2

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Calafiori

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Calafiori (Arsenal, £5.9m, 38 points) is the better FPL pick over Botman (Newcastle, £5.0m, 23 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Calafiori also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).