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Branthwaite or O'Reilly: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Branthwaite

Everton, EVE

Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

🏆 Branthwaite wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

2.0

1.8%

Selected By

21.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

2.0

💰 Branthwaite is the value pick - 1.09 pts per £m (Branthwaite 1.09 vs O'Reilly 0.31)

🎯 Branthwaite is your differential (1.8% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 21.2%

Fixtures

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

📅 Branthwaite has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Branthwaite

58.5

O'Reilly

32.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Branthwaite

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Branthwaite (Everton, £5.5m, 6 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Reilly (Man City, £6.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Branthwaite also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).