Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Bogle and 18 for Virgil, so Bogle 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.

Bogle vs Virgil

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

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

ARS (A)MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£4.6Price£6.5

42Total points25

11.3Form7.3

8.4Points / game5.0

7.2%Owned16.2%

365Minutes450

2Goals0

0Assists0

1.38xG0.25

0.08xA0.08

26.2ICT17.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

23Projected pts18

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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