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Thiago or N.Jackson | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 422× this gameweek · last compared 2 hours ago

Forward

Thiago

Brentford, BRE

Forward

N.Jackson

Aston Villa, AVL

7.8M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

2.5

9.1%

Selected By

1.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

442

Minutes Played

286

23.6

ICT Index

15.4

3.0

Form

3.0

💰 N.Jackson is the value pick - 1.54 pts per £m (Thiago 1.28 vs N.Jackson 1.54)

🎯 N.Jackson is your differential (1.5% owned) - Thiago is the template pick at 9.1%

Fixtures

Brentford

AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-10
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08

Aston Villa

BRE 3 (H) - 2026-10-10
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-24
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-08

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.2 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiago

41.2

N.Jackson

40.4

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Thiago

Key Factors:

More secure playing time

Thiago (Brentford, £7.8m, 10 points) is the better FPL pick over N.Jackson (Aston Villa, £6.5m, 10 points) as of Gameweek 6.

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Fixtures

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Aston Villa

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