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Welbeck or Hackney: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 3 hours ago

Forward

Welbeck

Chelsea, CHE

Midfielder

Hackney

Everton, EVE

🏆 Hackney wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

3.0

1.1%

Selected By

0.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

3.0

💰 Hackney is the value pick - 0.55 pts per £m (Welbeck 0.0 vs Hackney 0.55)

🎯 Hackney is your differential (0.3% owned) - Welbeck is the template pick at 1.1%

Fixtures

Chelsea

BHA 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-09-06
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11

📅 Hackney has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Welbeck

17.5

Hackney

41.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Hackney

Key Factors:

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

Hackney (Everton, £5.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Welbeck (Chelsea, £6.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Hackney also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).