Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Dedić and 20 for Bijol, so Bijol 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 Bijol

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bijol by 1 projected points.

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Bijol

LEEDS · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.0

12Total points10

6.0Form5.0

6.0Points / game10.0

0.5%Owned1.0%

180Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.03xG0.11

0.06xA0.00

2.3ICT3.9

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts20

The verdict

Bijol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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