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Richards or Alderete | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 5× this gameweek · last compared 10 hours ago

Defender

Alderete

Sunderland, SUN

🏆 Richards wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

4.9M

Cost

4.8M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

1.0

0.6%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

20.6

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

0.0

💰 Richards is the value pick - 3.67 pts per £m (Richards 3.67 vs Alderete 0.21)

🎯 Alderete is your differential (0.2% owned) - Richards is the template pick at 0.6%

Fixtures

Crystal Palace

BHA 4 (A) - 2026-10-18
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
COV 2 (A) - 2026-11-21

Sunderland

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
LEE 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-08
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Richards

55.7

Alderete

19.1

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Richards

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Richards (Crystal Palace, £4.9m, 18 points) is the better FPL pick over Alderete (Sunderland, £4.8m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Alderete also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).