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Hirst or Acheampong: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 4× this week · last compared 2 hours ago

Forward

Hirst

Ipswich Town, IPS

Defender

Acheampong

Chelsea, CHE

🏆 Acheampong wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

3.0

0.2%

Selected By

0.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

3.0

💰 Acheampong is the value pick - 0.67 pts per £m (Hirst 0.0 vs Acheampong 0.67)

🎯 Hirst is your differential (0.2% owned) - Acheampong is the template pick at 0.3%

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

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Hirst

15.7

Acheampong

40.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Acheampong

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Acheampong (Chelsea, £4.5m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Hirst (Ipswich Town, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Acheampong also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).