Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 0 points for Smith and 37 for White, so White 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.

Smith vs White

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 37 projected points.

Smith

Bournemouth · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Sell64%

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

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.5

0Total points10

0.0Form10.0

0.0Points / game10.0

0.1%Owned4.5%

0Minutes62

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.00xG0.09

0.00xA0.16

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

0Projected pts37

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (37 vs 0), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Smith.

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

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