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Thiago or Herrington | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 2 days ago

Forward

Herrington

Hull City, HUL

🏆 Thiago wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

7.8M

Cost

4.0M

Total Points

2.6

Points Per Game

0.8

8.8%

Selected By

0.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

622

Minutes Played

242

36.3

ICT Index

9.3

2.7

Form

0.0

💰 Thiago is the value pick - 2.31 pts per £m (Thiago 2.31 vs Herrington 1.25)

🎯 Herrington is your differential (0.5% owned) - Thiago is the template pick at 8.8%

Fixtures

Brentford

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-28
ARS 4 (H) - 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

📅 Herrington has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.6)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiago

39.3

Herrington

19.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Thiago

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.7 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Thiago (Brentford, £7.8m, 18 points) is the better FPL pick over Herrington (Hull City, £4.0m, 5 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Herrington also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.6 average difficulty).