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De Cuyper or Mendy | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW3 data · compared 119× this gameweek · last compared 1 hour ago

Defender

Mendy

Hull City, HUL

🏆 De Cuyper wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.6M

Cost

4.0M

Total Points

8.5

Points Per Game

8.0

10.3%

Selected By

4.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

167

Minutes Played

121

12.9

ICT Index

8.5

Form

8.0

💰 Mendy is the value pick - 4.0 pts per £m (De Cuyper 3.7 vs Mendy 4.0)

🎯 Mendy is your differential (4.8% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 10.3%

Fixtures

Brighton

LEE 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
COV 2 (A) - 2026-09-13
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-09-19
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-10-10
CRY 3 (H) - 2026-10-18

Hull City

AVL 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
CHE 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-11
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-10-17

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

De Cuyper

66.0

Mendy

61.4

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (8.5 vs 8.0)
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

De Cuyper (Brighton, £4.6m, 17 points) is the better FPL pick over Mendy (Hull City, £4.0m, 16 points) as of Gameweek 3, and De Cuyper also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).