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Wirtz or Ødegaard: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 12× this week · last compared 3 minutes ago

Midfielder

Wirtz

Liverpool, LIV

Midfielder

Ødegaard

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Ødegaard wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

7.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

11.0

12.2%

Selected By

10.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

11.0

💰 Ødegaard is the value pick - 1.69 pts per £m (Wirtz 0.27 vs Ødegaard 1.69)

🎯 Ødegaard is your differential (10.3% owned) - Wirtz is the template pick at 12.2%

Fixtures

Liverpool

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-09-04
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11

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

📅 Wirtz has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Wirtz

34.1

Ødegaard

62.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Ødegaard

Key Factors:

Better current form (11.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Ødegaard (Arsenal, £6.5m, 11 points) is the better FPL pick over Wirtz (Liverpool, £7.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Wirtz also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).