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Szoboszlai or McNeil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Szoboszlai

Liverpool, LIV

Midfielder

McNeil

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Szoboszlai wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

7.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

8.0

Points Per Game

2.0

42.5%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

8.0

Form

2.0

💰 Szoboszlai is the value pick - 1.14 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 1.14 vs McNeil 0.36)

🎯 McNeil is your differential (0.2% 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

Crystal Palace

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-08-28
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

📅 Szoboszlai has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

61.5

McNeil

32.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Szoboszlai

Key Factors:

Better current form (8.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £7.0m, 8 points) is the better FPL pick over McNeil (Crystal Palace, £5.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Szoboszlai also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).