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Verbruggen or Button: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 44 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Verbruggen

Brighton, BHA

Goalkeeper

Button

Ipswich Town, IPS

🏆 Verbruggen wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.0M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

0.0

21.7%

Selected By

0.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

0.0

💰 Verbruggen is the value pick - 1.33 pts per £m (Verbruggen 1.33 vs Button 0.0)

🎯 Button is your differential (0.5% owned) - Verbruggen is the template pick at 21.7%

Fixtures

Brighton

CHE 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
COV 2 (A) - 2026-09-13
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-19
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-10-10

Ipswich Town

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-04
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Verbruggen has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Verbruggen

57.2

Button

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Verbruggen

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Verbruggen (Brighton, £4.5m, 6 points) is the better FPL pick over Button (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Verbruggen also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).