Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 44 points for White and 42 for Mendy, 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 2 projected points.

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.0

11Total points15

11.0Form15.0

11.0Points / game15.0

4.7%Owned1.3%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.18xG0.28

0.21xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

44Projected pts42

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (44 vs 42), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — White 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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