Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Dedić and 18 for Mendy, 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 Mendy

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

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Mendy

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 points16

6.0Form8.0

6.0Points / game8.0

0.5%Owned4.8%

180Minutes121

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.03xG0.30

0.06xA0.00

2.3ICT8.5

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

19Projected pts18

The verdict

Dedić comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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