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Maitland-Niles or De Cuyper | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 15× this gameweek · last compared 2 days ago

Defender

De Cuyper

Brighton, BHA

🏆 De Cuyper wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.1M

Total Points

6.2

Points Per Game

8.8

1.5%

Selected By

35.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

254

Minutes Played

490

16.5

ICT Index

39.3

6.0

Form

10.5

💰 De Cuyper is the value pick - 10.39 pts per £m (Maitland-Niles 5.56 vs De Cuyper 10.39)

🎯 Maitland-Niles is your differential (1.5% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 35.6%

Fixtures

Everton

CHE 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-24
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23

Brighton

CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-18
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maitland-Niles

56.9

De Cuyper

68.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.5 vs 6.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

De Cuyper (Brighton, £5.1m, 53 points) is the better FPL pick over Maitland-Niles (Everton, £4.5m, 25 points) as of Gameweek 7, and De Cuyper also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).