Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Masuaku and 18 for Thomas, so Thomas 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.

Masuaku vs Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 16 projected points.

Masuaku

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Sell92%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (H)TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

0Total points24

0.0Form4.3

0.0Points / game4.8

0.1%Owned8.5%

0Minutes437

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.00xG0.49

0.00xA0.30

0.0ICT18.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

3Projected pts18

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

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

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