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Verbruggen or Pickford | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 15× this gameweek · last compared 44 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Pickford

Everton, EVE

🏆 Verbruggen wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.6M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

5.3

Points Per Game

4.3

21.9%

Selected By

9.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

540

13.7

ICT Index

14.1

7.5

Form

4.5

💰 Verbruggen is the value pick - 6.96 pts per £m (Verbruggen 6.96 vs Pickford 4.73)

🎯 Pickford is your differential (9.0% owned) - Verbruggen is the template pick at 21.9%

Fixtures

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

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Verbruggen

59.3

Pickford

51.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Verbruggen

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.5 vs 4.5)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Verbruggen (Brighton, £4.6m, 32 points) is the better FPL pick over Pickford (Everton, £5.5m, 26 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Verbruggen also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).