Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Dedić and 13 for Silva, so Dedić 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.

Dedić vs Silva

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

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)

Silva

BOURNEMOUTH · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.0

12Total points6

6.0Form3.0

6.0Points / game3.0

0.5%Owned0.4%

180Minutes180

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.03xG0.25

0.06xA0.03

2.3ICT3.2

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.4

19Projected pts13

The verdict

Dedić comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and better current form.

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

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

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