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Szoboszlai or Joelinton: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 45 minutes ago

Midfielder

Szoboszlai

Liverpool, LIV

Midfielder

Joelinton 🏥

Newcastle, NEW

🏆 Szoboszlai wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

7.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

8.0

Points Per Game

0.0

42.5%

Selected By

0.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

8.0

Form

0.0

💰 Szoboszlai is the value pick - 1.14 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 1.14 vs Joelinton 0.0)

🎯 Joelinton is your differential (0.0% owned) - Szoboszlai is the template pick at 42.5%

Fixtures

Liverpool

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-09-04
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11

Newcastle

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-14
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-12

📅 Joelinton has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 2.8)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

61.5

Joelinton

21.0

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Szoboszlai

Key Factors:

Better current form (8.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £7.0m, 8 points) is the better FPL pick over Joelinton (Newcastle, £5.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Joelinton also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 2.8 average difficulty).