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Thiago or Havertz: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Forward

Thiago

Brentford, BRE

Forward

Havertz

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Havertz wins 7 of 10 of data comparisons

8.0M

Cost

7.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

6.0

17.1%

Selected By

6.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

6.0

💰 Havertz is the value pick - 0.8 pts per £m (Thiago 0.0 vs Havertz 0.8)

🎯 Havertz is your differential (6.7% owned) - Thiago is the template pick at 17.1%

Fixtures

Brentford

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-18
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Even fixture run for both - avg difficulty 3.2 over the next 5

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiago

16.2

Havertz

54.2

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Havertz

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Havertz (Arsenal, £7.5m, 6 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiago (Brentford, £8.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2.

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Fixtures

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