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Chalobah or Virgil: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Chalobah

Chelsea, CHE

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 Virgil wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

5.5M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

0.0

Points Per Game

2.0

0.2%

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 (Chalobah 0.0 vs Virgil 0.31)

🎯 Chalobah is your differential (0.2% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 19.6%

Fixtures

Chelsea

BHA 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
ARS 5 (A) - 2026-09-06
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-09-12
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-09-18
BOU 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

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 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Chalobah

17.5

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
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 2 points) is the better FPL pick over Chalobah (Chelsea, £5.5m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Virgil also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).