Every number the choice turns on, side by side, and a verdict from the odds.
How to use this →This week: De Cuyper this week and over the run, and by enough to pay a hit for. Over the next five the odds make it Gvardiol 12.2, De Cuyper 26.2; for GW11 alone 3.0 to 5.5.
De Cuyper is ahead for Gameweek 11: 5.5 expected points v HUL (A) against Gvardiol's 3.0 v FUL (H), a clear gap.
Where the gap comes from: De Cuyper is 21% to score against 12%; De Cuyper is 93% to start, Gvardiol 70%.
Gvardiol carries an FPL flag at 75%: his expected points already allow for it, but check the press conference.
De Cuyper leads over the next five, 26.2 to 12.2: a gap worth a transfer, the 1st best defender of 111 on that measure.
The biggest swing is Gameweek 12: De Cuyper v NEW (H) is 5.4 against 1.7 v ARS (A).
They cost the same, so this is a straight swap: the points decide it.
De Cuyper is owned by 47.6% of managers, Gvardiol by 23.0%. The top 10k lean to De Cuyper, 82% to 11%.
De Cuyper this week and over the run, and by enough to pay a hit for.
* from the club-strength estimate: no match market for that week yet.
Both players read the same projection run as every other tool, so a comparison here agrees with the planner, the player pages and Rate my team. Expected points come from the goalscorer, assist and match markets with each bookmaker's margin removed, with the start chance applied.
Any pair can be compared from the picker. Only the week's live comparisons are put forward for search, so the index holds the choices people are making rather than every combination of players.
Full methodology →Type both names into the picker. The verdict says who scores more this week and who over the next five, and whether the dearer player is worth the extra money on the odds.
The compare page lists them: the two most-bought players at similar prices, the captain choice, the most-sold player against his likeliest replacement, and the best two cheap picks in defence and midfield.
Fixtures. A player can have the best match this week and a hard run after it. The verdict names both so you can pick for the horizon you are planning over.
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