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O'Reilly or Van den Berg: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

O'Reilly

Man City, MCI

Defender

Van den Berg 🏥

Brentford, BRE

🏆 O'Reilly wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

6.5M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

0.0

21.2%

Selected By

0.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

0.0

💰 O'Reilly is the value pick - 0.31 pts per £m (O'Reilly 0.31 vs Van den Berg 0.0)

🎯 Van den Berg is your differential (0.1% owned) - O'Reilly is the template pick at 21.2%

Fixtures

Man City

CRY 3 (A) - 2026-08-28
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
MUN 4 (A) - 2026-09-13
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-11

Brentford

LEE 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
SUN 2 (H) - 2026-09-05
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-18
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-10-10

📅 O'Reilly has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

O'Reilly

32.4

Van den Berg

15.7

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in O'Reilly

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

O'Reilly (Man City, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Van den Berg (Brentford, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and O'Reilly also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).