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GW9 data · last compared 4 days ago

Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

🏆 Branthwaite wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.3M

Total Points

4.4

Points Per Game

2.2

2.4%

Selected By

8.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

288

29.4

ICT Index

13.1

1.3

Form

2.3

💰 Branthwaite is the value pick - 5.64 pts per £m (Branthwaite 5.64 vs O'Reilly 2.06)

🎯 Branthwaite is your differential (2.4% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 8.7%

Fixtures

Everton

NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-29
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

Man City

BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-11-29
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Branthwaite

38.6

O'Reilly

35.6

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Branthwaite

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Branthwaite (Everton, £5.5m, 31 points) is the better FPL pick over O'Reilly (Man City, £6.3m, 13 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Branthwaite also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).