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Diop or Costinha: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Diop

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Costinha

Brighton, BHA

🏆 Diop wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

1.0

17.8%

Selected By

0.0%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

1.0

💰 Diop is the value pick - 0.5 pts per £m (Diop 0.5 vs Costinha 0.22)

🎯 Costinha is your differential (0.0% owned) - Diop is the template pick at 17.8%

Fixtures

Ipswich Town

MUN 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-04
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

Brighton

CHE 4 (A) - 2026-08-30
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
COV 2 (A) - 2026-09-13
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-19
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Diop

31.3

Costinha

25.0

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Diop

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Diop (Ipswich Town, £4.0m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Costinha (Brighton, £4.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Costinha also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).