Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for White and 14 for Botman, 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 Botman

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

White

ARSENAL · DEF · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£5.0

26Total points26

1.7Form5.0

5.2Points / game3.7

4.3%Owned0.8%

377Minutes630

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.18xG0.21

0.46xA0.22

19.3ICT23.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts14

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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