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De Cuyper or Fofana | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 43 minutes ago

Defender

Fofana

Chelsea, CHE

🏆 De Cuyper wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

5.1M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

8.8

Points Per Game

2.0

35.6%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

490

Minutes Played

312

39.3

ICT Index

13.4

10.5

Form

2.0

💰 De Cuyper is the value pick - 10.39 pts per £m (De Cuyper 10.39 vs Fofana 1.6)

🎯 Fofana is your differential (0.2% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 35.6%

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

Chelsea

EVE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
TOT 2 (H) - 2026-10-24
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-10-31
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

De Cuyper

68.6

Fofana

35.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.5 vs 2.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

De Cuyper (Brighton, £5.1m, 53 points) is the better FPL pick over Fofana (Chelsea, £5.0m, 8 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Fofana also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).