Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Richards and 44 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.

Richards vs White

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 32 projected points.

Richards

Crystal Palace · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.5

3Total points11

3.0Form11.0

3.0Points / game11.0

0.8%Owned4.7%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.00xG0.18

0.00xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

12Projected pts44

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (44 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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