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Murillo or Virgil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Murillo

Nott'm Forest, NFO

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Murillo wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

4.0

Points Per Game

2.0

1.7%

Selected By

19.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

4.0

Form

2.0

💰 Murillo is the value pick - 0.73 pts per £m (Murillo 0.73 vs Virgil 0.31)

🎯 Murillo is your differential (1.7% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 19.6%

Fixtures

Nott'm Forest

LIV 4 (A) - 2026-08-29
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
AVL 4 (A) - 2026-09-12
COV 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
CRY 3 (A) - 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 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Murillo

45.6

Virgil

34.3

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Murillo

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 2.0)
Better value for money

Murillo (Nott'm Forest, £5.5m, 4 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 3.2 average difficulty).