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Pickford or James: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 3× this week · last compared 8 minutes ago

Goalkeeper

Pickford

Everton, EVE

Defender

James

Chelsea, CHE

🏆 Pickford wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

7.0

Points Per Game

0.0

8.5%

Selected By

10.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

7.0

Form

0.0

💰 Pickford is the value pick - 1.27 pts per £m (Pickford 1.27 vs James 0.0)

🎯 Pickford is your differential (8.5% owned) - James is the template pick at 10.3%

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

Chelsea

BHA 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-09-06
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Pickford

60.5

James

18.0

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Pickford

Key Factors:

Better current form (7.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Pickford (Everton, £5.5m, 7 points) is the better FPL pick over James (Chelsea, £5.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Pickford also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).