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Ballard or O'Reilly: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Ballard

Sunderland, SUN

Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

5.0M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

2.0

5.4%

Selected By

21.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

2.0

💰 O'Reilly is the value pick - 0.31 pts per £m (Ballard 0.0 vs O'Reilly 0.31)

🎯 Ballard is your differential (5.4% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 21.2%

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

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

📅 O'Reilly has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Ballard

16.2

O'Reilly

32.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Reilly

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

O'Reilly (Man City, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Ballard (Sunderland, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and O'Reilly also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).