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Verbruggen or Pickford: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 46 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Verbruggen

Brighton, BHA

Goalkeeper

Pickford

Everton, EVE

🏆 Pickford wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

7.0

21.7%

Selected By

8.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

7.0

💰 Verbruggen is the value pick - 1.33 pts per £m (Verbruggen 1.33 vs Pickford 1.27)

🎯 Pickford is your differential (8.5% 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

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Verbruggen

57.2

Pickford

60.5

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Pickford

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.0 vs 6.0)
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Pickford (Everton, £5.5m, 7 points) is the better FPL pick over Verbruggen (Brighton, £4.5m, 6 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Pickford also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).