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Kostoulas or Mateta | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW8 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 5 hours ago

Forward

Mateta

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Kostoulas wins 9 of 10 of data comparisons

5.7M

Cost

6.3M

Total Points

5.9

Points Per Game

1.5

9.9%

Selected By

1.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

482

Minutes Played

39.1

ICT Index

3.4

6.5

Form

0.5

💰 Kostoulas is the value pick - 7.19 pts per £m (Kostoulas 7.19 vs Mateta 0.48)

🎯 Mateta is your differential (1.2% owned) - Kostoulas is the template pick at 9.9%

Fixtures

Brighton

LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-11-29

Crystal Palace

NEW 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
COV 2 (A) - 2026-11-21
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-29

📅 Mateta has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Kostoulas

60.0

Mateta

25.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Kostoulas

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.5 vs 0.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Kostoulas (Brighton, £5.7m, 41 points) is the better FPL pick over Mateta (Crystal Palace, £6.3m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 8, and Mateta also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.4 average difficulty).