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Baleba or D.Essugo | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 2× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Midfielder

D.Essugo

Chelsea, CHE

🏆 Baleba wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.9M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

0.0

0.2%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

3.5

ICT Index

0.0

1.5

Form

0.0

💰 Baleba is the value pick - 0.61 pts per £m (Baleba 0.61 vs D.Essugo 0.0)

🎯 D.Essugo is your differential (0.1% owned) - Baleba is the template pick at 0.2%

Fixtures

Man Utd

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22

Chelsea

EVE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
TOT 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-10-31
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 D.Essugo has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Baleba

27.9

D.Essugo

17.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Baleba

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.5 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Baleba (Man Utd, £4.9m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over D.Essugo (Chelsea, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 7, and D.Essugo also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).