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Svoboda or Virgil | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 1 day ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Virgil wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

6.4M

Total Points

1.0

Points Per Game

4.1

0.1%

Selected By

15.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

630

0.7

ICT Index

23.1

0.3

Form

1.3

💰 Virgil is the value pick - 4.53 pts per £m (Svoboda 0.4 vs Virgil 4.53)

🎯 Svoboda is your differential (0.1% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 15.1%

Fixtures

Brighton

MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22
NEW 3 (H) - 2026-11-29
BOU 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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Svoboda

19.2

Virgil

33.9

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Virgil

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.3 vs 0.3)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Virgil (Liverpool, £6.4m, 29 points) is the better FPL pick over Svoboda (Brighton, £5.0m, 2 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Svoboda also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).