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Bamba or Hughes | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 43 minutes ago

Midfielder

Bamba

Newcastle, NEW

Midfielder

Hughes

Crystal Palace, CRY

4.8M

Cost

4.4M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

1.0

0.1%

Selected By

6.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

1.2

ICT Index

2.4

0.5

Form

0.0

💰 Bamba is the value pick - 0.62 pts per £m (Bamba 0.62 vs Hughes 0.45)

🎯 Bamba is your differential (0.1% owned) - Hughes is the template pick at 6.6%

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

Crystal Palace

BHA 4 (A) - 2026-10-18
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
COV 2 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Bamba

20.5

Hughes

17.7

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Bamba

Key Factors:

Better current form (0.5 vs 0.0)
Better value for money

Bamba (Newcastle, £4.8m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Hughes (Crystal Palace, £4.4m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 7.

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Fixtures

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