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Szoboszlai or Xhaka: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 13 hours ago

Midfielder

Szoboszlai

Liverpool, LIV

Midfielder

Xhaka

Sunderland, SUN

🏆 Xhaka wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

7.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

8.0

Points Per Game

9.0

42.5%

Selected By

4.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

8.0

Form

9.0

💰 Xhaka is the value pick - 1.64 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 1.14 vs Xhaka 1.64)

🎯 Xhaka is your differential (4.5% owned) - Szoboszlai is the template pick at 42.5%

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

Sunderland

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-12
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-19
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

61.5

Xhaka

60.8

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Szoboszlai

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £7.0m, 8 points) is the better FPL pick over Xhaka (Sunderland, £5.5m, 9 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Szoboszlai also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).