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De Cuyper or Rúben | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 3× this gameweek · last compared 49 minutes ago

Defender

Rúben

Man City, MCI

🏆 De Cuyper wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

5.1M

Cost

5.5M

Total Points

8.8

Points Per Game

3.8

35.7%

Selected By

1.9%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

490

Minutes Played

540

39.3

ICT Index

19.9

10.5

Form

3.5

💰 De Cuyper is the value pick - 10.39 pts per £m (De Cuyper 10.39 vs Rúben 4.18)

🎯 Rúben is your differential (1.9% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 35.7%

Fixtures

Brighton

CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-18
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22

Man City

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-10-17
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-10-24
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-31
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-11-07
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-21

📅 Rúben has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

De Cuyper

68.6

Rúben

52.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.5 vs 3.5)
Better value for money

De Cuyper (Brighton, £5.1m, 53 points) is the better FPL pick over Rúben (Man City, £5.5m, 23 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Rúben also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 3.2 average difficulty).