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Maguire or Mendy | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 15 hours ago

Defender

Maguire

Man Utd, MUN

Defender

Mendy 🏥

Hull City, HUL

🏆 Mendy wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.7M

Cost

4.1M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

5.6

6.3%

Selected By

5.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

339

23.8

ICT Index

19.6

2.0

Form

1.0

💰 Mendy is the value pick - 6.83 pts per £m (Maguire 3.4 vs Mendy 6.83)

🎯 Mendy is your differential (5.1% owned) - Maguire is the template pick at 6.3%

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

Hull City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-07
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-11-22
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-29
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

📅 Mendy has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maguire

35.6

Mendy

34.3

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Maguire

Key Factors:

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

Maguire (Man Utd, £4.7m, 16 points) is the better FPL pick over Mendy (Hull City, £4.1m, 28 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Mendy also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).