Maxim De Cuyper or Luka Vušković? Which Brighton defender to buy in FPL

Maxim De Cuyper is the Brighton defender to buy for Gameweek 11, provided the team news still points to a start out wide at Hull City. Luka Vušković is the better fit for a squad with a thin bench. At £5.3m, the center back costs £0.2m less and has played 887 of Brighton’s 900 available league minutes. Vušković’s FPL minutes · Official FPL prices

Vušković scored 12 FPL points in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Brentford. He played the full match, won the penalty Pascal Groß converted and took all three bonus points. De Cuyper came off in the 82nd minute with six points. Those scores hide a good attacking performance from the Belgian. He took three shots inside the box, including an early header from close range after Groß cushioned the ball into his path. He gets defender points for a clean sheet while regularly turning up in positions where he can score or assist. Brighton match report · Fantasy Football Scout match data · Gameweek 10 points

The season totals favor De Cuyper, 75 points to Vušković’s 70. Both defenders benefit from the same defense, which has six clean sheets in its last seven league games. Brentford played with 10 men from the 23rd minute, making Sunday’s clean sheet a weaker test on its own. The better evidence for buying one of them is the longer run and a schedule that starts at Hull before Brighton host Newcastle. A trip to in-form Bournemouth follows, so buying both would tie two starting spots to the same clean-sheet result in a tougher away fixture. FPL season totals · Brighton clean-sheet run · Premier League schedule

Kaoru Mitoma’s recovery is the news to follow. After the Brentford match, Fabian Hürzeler said Mitoma could need another week or two and gave no guarantee the winger would return at Hull. Yankuba Minteh also got his first league minutes of the season on Sunday, replacing De Cuyper late on. If the team news suggests De Cuyper’s advanced role is under threat, buy Vušković. If you already own either player, start him at Hull if fit and use the transfer elsewhere. Hürzeler’s fitness update · Brighton lineup