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Rushworth or Drakes-Thomas: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 3× this week · last compared 46 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Rushworth

Coventry City, COV

Midfielder

Drakes-Thomas

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Rushworth wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

0.0

1.2%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

0.0

💰 Rushworth is the value pick - 0.22 pts per £m (Rushworth 0.22 vs Drakes-Thomas 0.0)

🎯 Drakes-Thomas is your differential (0.1% owned) - Rushworth is the template pick at 1.2%

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

Crystal Palace

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-08-28
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Rushworth

27.1

Drakes-Thomas

17.5

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Rushworth

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Rushworth (Coventry City, £4.5m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Drakes-Thomas (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Rushworth also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).