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Maatsen or Saliba: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 2× this week · last compared 14 hours ago

Defender

Maatsen

Aston Villa, AVL

Defender

Saliba 🏥

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Maatsen wins 2 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

0.0

0.8%

Selected By

0.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

0.0

💰 Maatsen is the value pick - 0.0 pts per £m (Maatsen 0.0 vs Saliba 0.0)

🎯 Saliba is your differential (0.3% owned) - Maatsen is the template pick at 0.8%

Fixtures

Aston Villa

ARS 4 (H) - 2026-08-31
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-09-05
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maatsen

17.9

Saliba

15.7

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Maatsen

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Maatsen (Aston Villa, £4.5m, 0 points) is the better FPL pick over Saliba (Arsenal, £6.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Maatsen also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).