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Virgil or Saliba: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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Defender

Virgil

Liverpool, LIV

Defender

Saliba 🏥

Arsenal, ARS

🏆 Virgil wins 4 of 10 of data comparisons

6.5M

Cost

6.0M

Total Points

2.0

Points Per Game

0.0

19.6%

Selected By

0.3%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

2.0

Form

0.0

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

🎯 Saliba is your differential (0.3% owned) - Virgil is the template pick at 19.6%

Fixtures

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

Arsenal

AVL 4 (A) - 2026-08-31
CHE 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
SUN 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
BHA 3 (A) - 2026-09-19
LEE 2 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Virgil has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.2)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Virgil

34.3

Saliba

15.7

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 Saliba (Arsenal, £6.0m, 0 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Virgil also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.2 average difficulty).