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Shepherd or Hughes: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Shepherd

Coventry City, COV

Midfielder

Hughes

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Shepherd wins 1 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

0.0

0.3%

Selected By

11.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

0.0

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

🎯 Shepherd is your differential (0.3% owned) - Hughes is the template pick at 11.5%

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Shepherd

19.2

Hughes

17.5

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Shepherd

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Shepherd (Coventry City, £4.5m, 0 points) is the better FPL pick over Hughes (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Shepherd also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).