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De Cuyper or Virgil | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 4× this gameweek · last compared 21 hours ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

🏆 De Cuyper wins 8 of 10 of data comparisons

5.1M

Cost

6.5M

Total Points

8.8

Points Per Game

4.2

35.6%

Selected By

15.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

490

Minutes Played

540

39.3

ICT Index

18.6

10.5

Form

4.0

💰 De Cuyper is the value pick - 10.39 pts per £m (De Cuyper 10.39 vs Virgil 3.85)

🎯 Virgil is your differential (15.8% owned) - De Cuyper is the template pick at 35.6%

Fixtures

Brighton

CRY 2 (H) - 2026-10-18
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-10-25
MCI 5 (A) - 2026-10-31
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-11-22

Liverpool

BRE 3 (A) - 2026-10-17
BHA 3 (H) - 2026-10-25
ARS 4 (H) - 2026-11-01
CRY 3 (A) - 2026-11-08
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-11-22

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

FPL Advisor Recommendation

De Cuyper

68.6

Virgil

48.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in De Cuyper

Key Factors:

Better current form (10.5 vs 4.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

De Cuyper (Brighton, £5.1m, 53 points) is the better FPL pick over Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 25 points) as of Gameweek 7, and De Cuyper also has the easier next five fixtures (3.2 vs 3.4 average difficulty).