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Hughes or Yarmoliuk: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Midfielder

Hughes

Crystal Palace, CRY

Midfielder

Yarmoliuk

Brentford, BRE

🏆 Yarmoliuk wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

4.5M

Cost

5.0M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

1.0

11.5%

Selected By

1.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

1.0

💰 Yarmoliuk is the value pick - 0.2 pts per £m (Hughes 0.0 vs Yarmoliuk 0.2)

🎯 Yarmoliuk is your differential (1.2% owned) - Hughes is the template pick at 11.5%

Fixtures

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

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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Hughes

17.5

Yarmoliuk

23.3

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Yarmoliuk

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Yarmoliuk (Brentford, £5.0m, 1 points) is the better FPL pick over Hughes (Crystal Palace, £4.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Hughes also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.2 average difficulty).