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Elanga or Sakamoto | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 6× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Midfielder

Sakamoto

Coventry City, COV

🏆 Elanga wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

4.8M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

1.0

3.0%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

232

Minutes Played

19.4

ICT Index

2.3

0.0

Form

0.5

💰 Elanga is the value pick - 2.95 pts per £m (Elanga 2.95 vs Sakamoto 0.42)

🎯 Sakamoto is your differential (0.1% owned) - Elanga is the template pick at 3.0%

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

Coventry City

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-11-06
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Sakamoto has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Elanga

28.4

Sakamoto

26.1

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Elanga

Key Factors:

More secure playing time

Other Considerations:

⚠️Elanga: Unspecified injury - Unknown return date

Elanga (Newcastle, £6.1m, 18 points) is the better FPL pick over Sakamoto (Coventry City, £4.8m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Sakamoto also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).