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Herrington or Benitez | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 416× this gameweek · last compared 6 hours ago

Defender

Benitez

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Benitez wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

4.0

0.6%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

197

Minutes Played

180

7.7

ICT Index

3.8

1.0

Form

2.7

💰 Benitez is the value pick - 1.78 pts per £m (Herrington 1.25 vs Benitez 1.78)

🎯 Benitez is your differential (0.1% owned) - Herrington is the template pick at 0.6%

Fixtures

Hull City

EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-11
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-07

Crystal Palace

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-10-18
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-08

📅 Herrington has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Herrington

25.2

Benitez

37.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Benitez

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.7 vs 1.0)
Better value for money

Benitez (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 8 points) is the better FPL pick over Herrington (Hull City, £4.0m, 5 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Herrington also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).