Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Konsa and 15 for Virgil, so Konsa is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Konsa vs Virgil

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Konsa by 6 projected points.

Konsa

ARSENAL · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.6Price£6.4

40Total points29

9.3Form1.3

5.7Points / game4.1

18.8%Owned15.1%

542Minutes630

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.59xG0.31

0.03xA0.10

11.6ICT23.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

21Projected pts15

The verdict

Konsa comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Konsa is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Hold — Virgil is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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