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Silva or Meunier | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 11 days ago

Defender

Meunier

Sunderland, SUN

🏆 Silva wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

3.6

Points Per Game

2.5

0.7%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

720

Minutes Played

429

27.0

ICT Index

16.7

5.3

Form

0.3

💰 Silva is the value pick - 5.8 pts per £m (Silva 5.8 vs Meunier 3.33)

🎯 Meunier is your differential (0.2% owned) - Silva is the template pick at 0.7%

Fixtures

Bournemouth

LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-11-08
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-11-21
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-11-29
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

Sunderland

COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-11-21
TOT 2 (H) - 2026-11-29
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-12-02

📅 Silva has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Silva

61.6

Meunier

27.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Silva

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.3 vs 0.3)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Silva (Bournemouth, £5.0m, 29 points) is the better FPL pick over Meunier (Sunderland, £4.5m, 15 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Silva also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).