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Thiago or Herrington: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 6× this week · last compared 52 minutes ago

Forward

Thiago

Brentford, BRE

Defender

Herrington

Hull City, HUL

🏆 Herrington wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

8.0M

Cost

4.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

17.1%

Selected By

0.7%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Herrington is the value pick - 0.25 pts per £m (Thiago 0.0 vs Herrington 0.25)

🎯 Herrington is your differential (0.7% 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

Hull City

COV 2 (A) - 2026-08-29
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Thiago

16.2

Herrington

25.0

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Herrington

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Herrington (Hull City, £4.0m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Thiago (Brentford, £8.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Herrington also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).