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GW7 data · compared 6× this gameweek · last compared 59 minutes ago

Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

🏆 Richards wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.9M

Cost

6.3M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

2.2

0.6%

Selected By

9.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

228

20.6

ICT Index

9.8

6.0

Form

3.0

💰 Richards is the value pick - 3.67 pts per £m (Richards 3.67 vs O'Reilly 1.75)

🎯 Richards is your differential (0.6% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 9.5%

Fixtures

Crystal Palace

BHA 4 (A) - 2026-10-18
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
COV 2 (A) - 2026-11-21

Man City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 O'Reilly has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Richards

55.7

O'Reilly

44.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Richards

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 3.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Richards (Crystal Palace, £4.9m, 18 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Reilly (Man City, £6.3m, 11 points) as of Gameweek 7, and O'Reilly also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).