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Furlong or Maguire: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Furlong

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Maguire

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Maguire wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

0.6%

Selected By

17.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Maguire is the value pick - 0.2 pts per £m (Furlong 0.0 vs Maguire 0.2)

🎯 Furlong is your differential (0.6% owned) - Maguire is the template pick at 17.7%

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Furlong

15.7

Maguire

25.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Maguire

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Maguire (Man Utd, £5.0m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Furlong (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Maguire also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).