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Livramento or Virgil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Livramento 🏥

Newcastle, NEW

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Virgil wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

5.0M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.0%

Selected By

19.6%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

Form

2.0

💰 Virgil is the value pick - 0.31 pts per £m (Livramento 0.0 vs Virgil 0.31)

🎯 Livramento is your differential (0.0% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 19.6%

Fixtures

Newcastle

TOT 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-09-05
LEE 3 (A) - 2026-09-14
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
COV 2 (A) - 2026-10-12

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

📅 Livramento has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.6 vs 2.8)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Livramento

21.0

Virgil

34.3

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Virgil

Key Factors:

Better current form (2.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Livramento (Newcastle, £5.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Livramento also has the easier next five fixtures (2.6 vs 2.8 average difficulty).