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Thomas or O'Shea: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 5× this week · last compared 13 hours ago

Defender

Thomas

Coventry City, COV

Defender

O'Shea

Ipswich Town, IPS

🏆 O'Shea wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.0M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

4.0

8.0%

Selected By

3.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

4.0

💰 O'Shea is the value pick - 1.0 pts per £m (Thomas 0.75 vs O'Shea 1.0)

🎯 O'Shea is your differential (3.5% owned) - Thomas is the template pick at 8.0%

Fixtures

Coventry City

HUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-29
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-05
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-09-13
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NEW 2 (H) - 2026-10-12

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

📅 Thomas has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thomas

42.5

O'Shea

46.3

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Shea

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 3.0)
Better value for money

O'Shea (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 4 points) is the better FPL pick over Thomas (Coventry City, £4.0m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Thomas also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).