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Branthwaite or Virgil | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · compared 1× this gameweek · last compared 9 hours ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Branthwaite wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.4M

Total Points

4.4

Points Per Game

4.1

2.4%

Selected By

15.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

630

29.4

ICT Index

23.1

1.3

Form

1.3

💰 Branthwaite is the value pick - 5.64 pts per £m (Branthwaite 5.64 vs Virgil 4.53)

🎯 Branthwaite is your differential (2.4% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 15.1%

Fixtures

Everton

NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-29
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

Liverpool

ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-11-22
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-11-29
SUN 3 (H) - 2026-12-02

📅 Branthwaite has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Branthwaite

38.6

Virgil

33.9

Low Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Branthwaite

Key Factors:

More favorable upcoming fixtures

Branthwaite (Everton, £5.5m, 31 points) is the better FPL pick over Virgil (Liverpool, £6.4m, 29 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Branthwaite also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).