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Thiago or Mateta: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 1× this week · last compared 43 minutes ago

Forward

Thiago

Brentford, BRE

Forward

Mateta

Crystal Palace, CRY

🏆 Mateta wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

8.0M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

2.0

17.1%

Selected By

5.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

2.0

💰 Mateta is the value pick - 0.31 pts per £m (Thiago 0.0 vs Mateta 0.31)

🎯 Mateta is your differential (5.5% owned) - Thiago is the template pick at 17.1%

Fixtures

Brentford

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-18
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

Crystal Palace

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-08-28
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

📅 Mateta has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiago

16.2

Mateta

32.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Mateta

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Mateta (Crystal Palace, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiago (Brentford, £8.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Mateta also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).