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Kostoulas or Mateta: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Forward

Kostoulas

Brighton, BHA

Forward

Mateta

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Mateta wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.2%

Selected By

5.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

1.0

Form

2.0

💰 Mateta is the value pick - 0.31 pts per £m (Kostoulas 0.18 vs Mateta 0.31)

🎯 Kostoulas is your differential (0.2% owned) - Mateta is the template pick at 5.6%

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

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

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.0 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Kostoulas

25.0

Mateta

32.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Mateta

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Mateta (Crystal Palace, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Kostoulas (Brighton, £5.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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Fixtures

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