Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Thomas and 18 for Dedić, 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.

Thomas vs Dedić

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

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MCI (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)NEW (H)TOT (A)

Dedić

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

15Total points13

5.0Form4.3

5.0Points / game4.3

8.5%Owned3.4%

257Minutes270

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.21xG0.13

0.19xA0.08

5.3ICT9.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.6

17Projected pts18

The verdict

Dedić comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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