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Haaland or Maatsen | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 631× this gameweek · last compared 1 day ago

Forward

Maatsen 🏥

Aston Villa, AVL

🏆 Haaland wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

15.6M

Cost

4.4M

Total Points

7.8

Points Per Game

2.2

74.2%

Selected By

0.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

335

46.5

ICT Index

10.2

7.5

Form

0.5

💰 Haaland is the value pick - 2.5 pts per £m (Haaland 2.5 vs Maatsen 2.05)

🎯 Maatsen is your differential (0.4% owned) - Haaland is the template pick at 74.2%

Fixtures

Man City

LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07

Aston Villa

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

📅 Haaland has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Haaland

65.5

Maatsen

25.1

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Haaland

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.5 vs 0.5)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Haaland (Man City, £15.6m, 39 points) is the better FPL pick over Maatsen (Aston Villa, £4.4m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Haaland also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).