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

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%

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

Giles

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

11Total points12

5.5Form6.0

5.5Points / game6.0

7.9%Owned0.9%

167Minutes174

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.02xG0.02

0.02xA0.14

3.5ICT3.7

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

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

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