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Szoboszlai or Xhaka | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 13× this gameweek · last compared 1 minute ago

Midfielder

Xhaka

Sunderland, SUN

🏆 Xhaka wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.9M

Cost

5.4M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

3.8

27.6%

Selected By

3.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

440

Minutes Played

540

34.4

ICT Index

32.2

1.0

Form

2.0

💰 Xhaka is the value pick - 4.26 pts per £m (Szoboszlai 2.9 vs Xhaka 4.26)

🎯 Xhaka is your differential (3.3% owned) - Szoboszlai is the template pick at 27.6%

Fixtures

Liverpool

BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-11-22

Sunderland

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

📅 Xhaka has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Szoboszlai

32.2

Xhaka

41.9

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Xhaka

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Xhaka (Sunderland, £5.4m, 23 points) is the better FPL pick over Szoboszlai (Liverpool, £6.9m, 20 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Xhaka also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).