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Simms or Mateta: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Forward

Simms

Coventry City, COV

Forward

Mateta

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Simms wins 3 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.9%

Selected By

5.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

2.0

💰 Simms is the value pick - 0.4 pts per £m (Simms 0.4 vs Mateta 0.31)

🎯 Simms is your differential (0.9% owned) - Mateta is the template pick at 5.6%

Fixtures

Coventry City

HUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-29
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-05
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-09-13
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NEW 2 (H) - 2026-10-12

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Simms

34.4

Mateta

32.4

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Simms

Key Factors:

Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Simms (Coventry City, £5.0m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Mateta (Crystal Palace, £6.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Simms also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).