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Shepherd or Ndiaye: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Shepherd

Coventry City, COV

Midfielder

Ndiaye

Everton, EVE

🏆 Ndiaye wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

9.0

0.3%

Selected By

16.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

9.0

💰 Ndiaye is the value pick - 1.5 pts per £m (Shepherd 0.0 vs Ndiaye 1.5)

🎯 Shepherd is your differential (0.3% owned) - Ndiaye is the template pick at 16.0%

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

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 2.8 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Shepherd

19.2

Ndiaye

64.0

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Ndiaye

Key Factors:

Better current form (9.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Ndiaye (Everton, £6.0m, 9 points) is the better FPL pick over Shepherd (Coventry City, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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Fixtures

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Everton

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