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Virgil or Saliba | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW7 data · compared 7× this gameweek · last compared 3 minutes ago

Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

Defender

Saliba 🏥

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Virgil wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.5M

Cost

5.9M

Total Points

4.2

Points Per Game

0.0

15.8%

Selected By

0.2%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

540

Minutes Played

18.6

ICT Index

0.0

4.0

Form

0.0

💰 Virgil is the value pick - 3.85 pts per £m (Virgil 3.85 vs Saliba 0.0)

🎯 Saliba is your differential (0.2% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 15.8%

Fixtures

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

Arsenal

NFO 3 (A) - 2026-10-18
EVE 3 (H) - 2026-10-24
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-01
HUL 2 (H) - 2026-11-07
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-21

📅 Saliba has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Virgil

48.6

Saliba

17.5

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Virgil

Key Factors:

Better current form (4.0 vs 0.0)
Better value for money
More secure playing time

Virgil (Liverpool, £6.5m, 25 points) is the better FPL pick over Saliba (Arsenal, £5.9m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 7, and Saliba also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).