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Szoboszlai or Buendía | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 6× this gameweek · last compared 1 minute ago

Midfielder

Buendía

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Buendía wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

6.9M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

4.2

27.6%

Selected By

1.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

440

Minutes Played

464

34.4

ICT Index

24.6

1.0

Form

8.0

💰 Buendía is the value pick - 4.24 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 2.9 vs Buendía 4.24)

🎯 Buendía is your differential (1.2% 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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

32.2

Buendía

58.1

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Buendía

Key Factors:

Better current form (8.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Buendía (Aston Villa, £5.9m, 25 points) is the better FPL pick over Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £6.9m, 20 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Buendía also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).