Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Bassey and 22 for White, so White 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.

Bassey vs White

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 7 projected points.

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)BOU (H)

White

ARSENAL · DEF · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.4

33Total points42

6.0Form7.0

4.1Points / game6.0

1.1%Owned4.3%

720Minutes532

0Goals0

1Assists3

0.31xG0.18

0.13xA0.84

21.6ICT20.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts22

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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