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Ballard or Mitchell | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 8 hours ago

Defender

Mitchell

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Mitchell wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.8M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

2.8

Points Per Game

4.7

1.7%

Selected By

5.9%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

509

16.3

ICT Index

31.1

1.0

Form

5.5

💰 Mitchell is the value pick - 6.22 pts per £m (Ballard 2.92 vs Mitchell 6.22)

🎯 Ballard is your differential (1.7% owned) - Mitchell is the template pick at 5.9%

Fixtures

Sunderland

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Ballard

32.1

Mitchell

59.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Mitchell

Key Factors:

Better current form (5.5 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Mitchell (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 28 points) is the better FPL pick over Ballard (Sunderland, £4.8m, 14 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Ballard also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).