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GW6 data · compared 634× this gameweek · last compared 4 minutes ago

Midfielder

Buendía

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Buendía wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.9M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

4.2

30.5%

Selected By

1.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

440

Minutes Played

401

34.4

ICT Index

19.6

2.5

Form

7.0

💰 Buendía is the value pick - 3.56 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 2.9 vs Buendía 3.56)

🎯 Buendía is your differential (1.2% owned) - Szoboszlai is the template pick at 30.5%

Fixtures

Liverpool

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08

Aston Villa

BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-24
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08

📅 Buendía has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

41.1

Buendía

56.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Buendía

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.0 vs 2.5)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Buendía (Aston Villa, £5.9m, 21 points) is the better FPL pick over Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £6.9m, 20 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Buendía also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).