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Ballard or Thiaw: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 5× this week · last compared 12 minutes ago

Defender

Ballard

Sunderland, SUN

Defender

Thiaw

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Thiaw wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

3.0

5.4%

Selected By

1.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

3.0

💰 Thiaw is the value pick - 0.6 pts per £m (Ballard 0.0 vs Thiaw 0.6)

🎯 Thiaw is your differential (1.7% owned) - Ballard is the template pick at 5.4%

Fixtures

Sunderland

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-12
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-19
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Newcastle

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-14
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-12

📅 Thiaw has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Ballard

16.2

Thiaw

43.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Thiaw

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Thiaw (Newcastle, £5.0m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Ballard (Sunderland, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Thiaw also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).