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Szoboszlai or Mbaye | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 48 minutes ago

Midfielder

Mbaye

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Szoboszlai wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.9M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

1.0

27.6%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

440

Minutes Played

34.4

ICT Index

8.4

1.0

Form

1.0

💰 Szoboszlai is the value pick - 2.9 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 2.9 vs Mbaye 0.5)

🎯 Mbaye is your differential (0.1% owned) - Szoboszlai is the template pick at 27.6%

Fixtures

Liverpool

BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-11-22

Aston Villa

NEW 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-24
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

32.2

Mbaye

24.5

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Szoboszlai

Key Factors:

More secure playing time

Other Considerations:

⚠️Szoboszlai: Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £6.9m, 20 points) is the better FPL pick over Mbaye (Aston Villa, £6.0m, 3 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Mbaye also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).