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

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Egan by 0 projected points.

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)EVE (H)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

12Total points17

6.0Form8.5

6.0Points / game8.5

0.5%Owned2.1%

180Minutes180

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.03xG0.00

0.06xA0.00

2.3ICT4.6

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

19Projected pts19

The verdict

Egan comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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