B.Fernandes Vs Mbeumo: The Better FPL Pick

Both are staring at a genuinely lovely run: Hull away, Ipswich at home, Everton away, then City at home, Fulham away and Spurs at home. Only the Etihad-Old Trafford clash raises an eyebrow; the rest is exactly the kind of schedule you buy United attackers for.

My numbers put Fernandes on roughly thirty-one points across those six gameweeks, Mbeumo on about twenty-seven. Fernandes is my pick, and it's not just the raw total — he's the man United's returns run through. He's on everything: set pieces, penalties, the final pass. When United score, he's usually involved, and on his day he can go massive. That's why nearly half of all managers — about 5 in 10 — already own him at £12.0m. He's template for a reason.

The honest case for Mbeumo is loud, though. At £8.0m he gets you most of Fernandes' output for two-thirds of the price, and with only about 3 in 10 managers on him, a big Mbeumo week actually moves you up your mini-league rather than keeping you level. Per pound, he's clearly the better deal — that £4.0m saved could turn a £6.0m forward into a £10.0m one elsewhere.

The caveat cuts both ways. Fernandes at £12.0m demands hauls, not steady fives, and against City that's a stretch. Mbeumo, meanwhile, is newer to this United side, and my numbers still rank him a rung below Fernandes in the pecking order for the big returns — when there's one goal in a game, Fernandes is likelier to be the man attached to it.

So here's the call. If your budget stretches, buy Fernandes — he's the higher scorer, the penalty taker, and with half the world owning him, going without is the real gamble over a run this kind. If the £12.0m breaks your structure, Mbeumo is a very good consolation, not a compromise. But given the choice between the two, my pick is Fernandes — get him in before Hull away.