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Maguire or O.Richards | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW8 data · compared 8× this gameweek · last compared 4 hours ago

Defender

O.Richards

Nott'm Forest, NFO

🏆 Maguire wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.7M

Cost

3.9M

Total Points

2.3

Points Per Game

0.0

6.6%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

23.8

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

0.0

💰 Maguire is the value pick - 3.4 pts per £m (Maguire 3.4 vs O.Richards 0.0)

🎯 O.Richards is your differential (0.2% owned) - Maguire is the template pick at 6.6%

Fixtures

Man Utd

BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-28

Nott'm Forest

IPS 2 (A) - 2026-10-23
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-11-07
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-11-21
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-27

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Maguire

41.5

O.Richards

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Maguire

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Maguire (Man Utd, £4.7m, 16 points) is the better FPL pick over O.Richards (Nott'm Forest, £3.9m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 8, and O.Richards also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).