Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Thomas and 9 for Coyle, 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 Coyle

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 8 projected points.

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Coyle

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

15Total points12

5.0Form4.0

5.0Points / game4.0

8.5%Owned0.5%

257Minutes177

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.24xG0.00

0.19xA0.02

5.3ICT2.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts9

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 9), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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