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

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

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Justin

LEEDS · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

ARS (A)MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

28Total points32

4.3Form5.3

4.7Points / game5.3

8.7%Owned1.5%

527Minutes528

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.49xG0.41

0.31xA0.42

18.4ICT20.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.4

18Projected pts17

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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