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Barnes or Yarmoliuk | FPL PlayerComparison

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Midfielder

Barnes

Newcastle, NEW

Midfielder

Yarmoliuk

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Barnes wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.1M

Cost

4.8M

Total Points

5.0

Points Per Game

2.8

8.1%

Selected By

0.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

282

37.8

ICT Index

19.1

5.5

Form

5.5

💰 Barnes is the value pick - 4.92 pts per £m (Barnes 4.92 vs Yarmoliuk 3.54)

🎯 Yarmoliuk is your differential (0.7% owned) - Barnes is the template pick at 8.1%

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

Brentford

LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Barnes

60.0

Yarmoliuk

53.6

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Barnes

Key Factors:

More secure playing time

Barnes (Newcastle, £6.1m, 30 points) is the better FPL pick over Yarmoliuk (Brentford, £4.8m, 17 points) as of Gameweek 7.

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