Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Thomas and 15 for Bassey, 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.

Thomas vs Bassey

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 4 projected points.

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

28Total points25

4.3Form5.3

4.7Points / game3.6

9.2%Owned1.0%

527Minutes630

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.49xG0.28

0.31xA0.12

22.9ICT17.9

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

18Projected pts15

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 15), 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 — Bassey is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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