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Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

🏆 Maguire wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.7M

Cost

6.3M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

2.2

6.4%

Selected By

8.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

288

23.8

ICT Index

13.1

2.0

Form

2.3

💰 Maguire is the value pick - 3.4 pts per £m (Maguire 3.4 vs O'Reilly 2.06)

🎯 Maguire is your differential (6.4% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 8.7%

Fixtures

Man Utd

CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-28
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

Man City

BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-29
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

📅 O'Reilly has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maguire

35.6

O'Reilly

35.6

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Reilly

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.3 vs 2.0)
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Other Considerations:

⚠️O'Reilly: Back injury - 75% chance of playing

O'Reilly (Man City, £6.3m, 13 points) is the better FPL pick over Maguire (Man Utd, £4.7m, 16 points) as of Gameweek 9, and O'Reilly also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).