Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 9 points for Thomas and 42 for Mendy, so Mendy 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 33 projected points.

Thomas

Coventry City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

ARS (A)HUL (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

3Total points15

3.0Form15.0

3.0Points / game15.0

8.1%Owned1.3%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.02xG0.28

0.01xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

9Projected pts42

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 9), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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