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Cairney or Hughes: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Cairney 🏥

Fulham, FUL

Midfielder

Hughes

Crystal Palace, CRY

5.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

0.0

0.0%

Selected By

11.5%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

0.0

💰 Cairney is the value pick - 0.0 pts per £m (Cairney 0.0 vs Hughes 0.0)

🎯 Cairney is your differential (0.0% owned) - Hughes is the template pick at 11.5%

Fixtures

Fulham

SUN 3 (A) - 2026-08-30
CRY 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-20
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-10-10

Crystal Palace

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-08-28
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-05
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
NFO 3 (H) - 2026-10-11

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Cairney

15.7

Hughes

17.5

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Hughes

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Hughes (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 0 points) is the better FPL pick over Cairney (Fulham, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Hughes also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).