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Diomande or Virgil | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 17 hours ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Virgil wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

5.4M

Cost

6.4M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

4.1

0.5%

Selected By

15.1%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

343

Minutes Played

630

9.9

ICT Index

23.1

1.0

Form

1.3

💰 Virgil is the value pick - 4.53 pts per £m (Diomande 1.85 vs Virgil 4.53)

🎯 Diomande is your differential (0.5% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 15.1%

Fixtures

Nott'm Forest

BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-31
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-11-07
BOU 3 (A) - 2026-11-21
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-11-27
HUL 2 (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

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Diomande

27.7

Virgil

33.9

Medium Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Virgil

Key Factors:

Better current form (1.3 vs 1.0)
More secure playing time

Virgil (Liverpool, £6.4m, 29 points) is the better FPL pick over Diomande (Nott'm Forest, £5.4m, 10 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Diomande also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).