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Richards or Virgil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Richards

Crystal Palace, CRY

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Richards wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

3.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.8%

Selected By

19.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

3.0

Form

2.0

💰 Richards is the value pick - 0.6 pts per £m (Richards 0.6 vs Virgil 0.31)

🎯 Richards is your differential (0.8% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 19.6%

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

Liverpool

NFO 3 (H) - 2026-08-29
IPS 2 (A) - 2026-09-04
FUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11

📅 Virgil has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Richards

40.2

Virgil

34.3

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Richards

Key Factors:

Better current form (3.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Richards (Crystal Palace, £5.0m, 3 points) is the better FPL pick over Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Virgil also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).