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Maeda or Mainoo: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 1 day ago

Midfielder

Maeda

Ipswich Town, IPS

Midfielder

Mainoo

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Maeda wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

1.0

0.4%

Selected By

1.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

1.0

💰 Maeda is the value pick - 0.36 pts per £m (Maeda 0.36 vs Mainoo 0.18)

🎯 Maeda is your differential (0.4% owned) - Mainoo is the template pick at 1.0%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-04
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Mainoo has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maeda

31.0

Mainoo

25.0

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Maeda

Key Factors:

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

Maeda (Ipswich Town, £5.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Mainoo (Man Utd, £5.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Mainoo also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).