Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Virgil and 20 for Bogle, 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.

Virgil vs Bogle

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bogle by 4 projected points.

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£6.4Price£4.7

29Total points45

4.0Form2.7

4.1Points / game6.4

15.3%Owned10.0%

630Minutes540

0Goals2

0Assists0

0.31xG1.53

0.10xA0.45

18.6ICT34.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts20

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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