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Verbruggen or Scherpen | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 425× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Goalkeeper

Scherpen

Ipswich Town, IPS

🏆 Verbruggen wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

4.6

Points Per Game

1.8

21.6%

Selected By

0.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

360

11.7

ICT Index

10.3

7.0

Form

0.5

💰 Verbruggen is the value pick - 5.11 pts per £m (Verbruggen 5.11 vs Scherpen 1.56)

🎯 Scherpen is your differential (0.6% owned) - Verbruggen is the template pick at 21.6%

Fixtures

Brighton

SUN 3 (A) - 2026-10-10
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-18
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08

Ipswich Town

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-17
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-23
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-11-08

📅 Scherpen has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Verbruggen

55.8

Scherpen

26.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Verbruggen

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.0 vs 0.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Verbruggen (Brighton, £4.5m, 23 points) is the better FPL pick over Scherpen (Ipswich Town, £4.5m, 7 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Scherpen also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).