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Van Hecke or De Cuyper | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 10× this gameweek · last compared 6 hours ago

Defender

De Cuyper

Brighton, BHA

🏆 De Cuyper wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

4.9M

Cost

5.1M

Total Points

4.5

Points Per Game

8.8

6.3%

Selected By

35.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

490

34.4

ICT Index

39.3

4.5

Form

10.5

💰 De Cuyper is the value pick - 10.39 pts per £m (Van Hecke 5.51 vs De Cuyper 10.39)

🎯 Van Hecke is your differential (6.3% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 35.6%

Fixtures

Spurs

COV 2 (H) - 2026-10-19
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-24
CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-31
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

Brighton

CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-18
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22

📅 Van Hecke has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Van Hecke

61.4

De Cuyper

68.6

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.5 vs 4.5)
Better value for money

De Cuyper (Brighton, £5.1m, 53 points) is the better FPL pick over Van Hecke (Spurs, £4.9m, 27 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Van Hecke also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).