Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Thomas and 14 for Egan, 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 Egan

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%

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

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.1

28Total points27

4.3Form1.0

4.7Points / game4.5

8.7%Owned7.4%

527Minutes527

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.49xG0.09

0.31xA0.16

18.4ICT13.4

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts14

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

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

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