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Wirtz or Burns: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 2× this week · last compared 51 minutes ago

Midfielder

Wirtz

Liverpool, LIV

Midfielder

Burns

Ipswich Town, IPS

🏆 Wirtz wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

7.5M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

0.0

12.2%

Selected By

0.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

0.0

💰 Wirtz is the value pick - 0.27 pts per £m (Wirtz 0.27 vs Burns 0.0)

🎯 Burns is your differential (0.0% owned) - Wirtz is the template pick at 12.2%

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

Ipswich Town

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-04
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Wirtz has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Wirtz

34.1

Burns

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Wirtz

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Wirtz (Liverpool, £7.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Burns (Ipswich Town, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Wirtz also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).