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Cook or Groß: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Cook

Bournemouth, BOU

Midfielder

Groß

Brighton, BHA

🏆 Cook wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.2%

Selected By

13.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

2.0

💰 Cook is the value pick - 0.6 pts per £m (Cook 0.6 vs Groß 0.36)

🎯 Cook is your differential (0.2% owned) - Groß is the template pick at 13.7%

Fixtures

Bournemouth

EVE 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-09-12
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-09-20
CHE 4 (A) - 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

📅 Groß has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Cook

36.6

Groß

32.8

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Cook

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Cook (Bournemouth, £5.0m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Groß (Brighton, £5.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Groß also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).