Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for White and 8 for Thomas, so White 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.

White vs Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 34 projected points.

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Thomas

Coventry City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

ARS (A)HUL (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.0

11Total points1

11.0Form1.0

11.0Points / game1.0

4.5%Owned8.1%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.09xG0.09

0.21xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

42Projected pts8

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 8), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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