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James or Borges Rodrigues: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 2× this week · last compared 4 minutes ago

Midfielder

James

Leeds, LEE

Midfielder

Borges Rodrigues

Coventry City, COV

5.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

0.0

0.1%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

0.0

💰 James is the value pick - 0.0 pts per £m (James 0.0 vs Borges Rodrigues 0.0)

🎯 James is your differential (0.1% owned) - Borges Rodrigues is the template pick at 0.2%

Fixtures

Leeds

BRE 3 (H) - 2026-08-30
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
NEW 2 (H) - 2026-09-14
CRY 3 (H) - 2026-09-19
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-10

Coventry City

HUL 2 (H) - 2026-08-29
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-09-05
BHA 2 (H) - 2026-09-13
NFO 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NEW 2 (H) - 2026-10-12

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

James

15.7

Borges Rodrigues

19.2

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Borges Rodrigues

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Borges Rodrigues (Coventry City, £4.5m, 0 points) is the better FPL pick over James (Leeds, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Borges Rodrigues also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).