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Branthwaite or Virgil | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW6 data · compared 620× this gameweek · last compared 6 hours ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Branthwaite wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

5.4

Points Per Game

5.0

2.6%

Selected By

16.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

450

Minutes Played

450

22.5

ICT Index

17.4

7.0

Form

8.0

💰 Branthwaite is the value pick - 4.91 pts per £m (Branthwaite 4.91 vs Virgil 3.85)

🎯 Branthwaite is your differential (2.6% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 16.1%

Fixtures

Everton

HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-10-17
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-10-24
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06

Liverpool

MCI 4 (H) - 2026-10-11
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08

📅 Branthwaite has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.2 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Branthwaite

59.3

Virgil

56.1

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Branthwaite

Key Factors:

Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Branthwaite (Everton, £5.5m, 27 points) is the better FPL pick over Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 25 points) as of Gameweek 6, and Branthwaite also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).