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Diop or Ajer | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW8 data · compared 1× this gameweek · last compared 10 hours ago

Defender

Diop

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Ajer

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Ajer wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

3.9M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

2.4

Points Per Game

4.3

11.0%

Selected By

4.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

630

20.3

ICT Index

30.9

2.5

Form

4.5

💰 Ajer is the value pick - 6.67 pts per £m (Diop 4.36 vs Ajer 6.67)

🎯 Ajer is your differential (4.1% owned) - Diop is the template pick at 11.0%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-23
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-11-21
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-28

Brentford

HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-25
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
BHA 4 (A) - 2026-11-08
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-11-23
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-11-28

📅 Diop has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Diop

43.8

Ajer

56.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Ajer

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.5 vs 2.5)
Better value for money

Ajer (Brentford, £4.5m, 30 points) is the better FPL pick over Diop (Ipswich Town, £3.9m, 17 points) as of Gameweek 8, and Diop also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).