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Ballard or Van Hecke: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 16× this week · last compared 8 minutes ago

Defender

Ballard

Sunderland, SUN

Defender

Van Hecke

Spurs, TOT

🏆 Van Hecke wins 3 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

5.4%

Selected By

10.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Van Hecke is the value pick - 0.2 pts per £m (Ballard 0.0 vs Van Hecke 0.2)

🎯 Ballard is your differential (5.4% owned) - Van Hecke is the template pick at 10.2%

Fixtures

Sunderland

FUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-12
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-19
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Spurs

NEW 2 (H) - 2026-08-29
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-09-19
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Ballard

16.2

Van Hecke

25.4

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Van Hecke

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Van Hecke (Spurs, £5.0m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Ballard (Sunderland, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Van Hecke also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).