Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 13 points for Richards and 23 for Bogle, so Bogle 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 Bogle

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bogle by 11 projected points.

Richards

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

ARS (A)MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.6

14Total points42

3.7Form11.3

2.8Points / game8.4

0.6%Owned7.2%

450Minutes365

0Goals2

0Assists0

0.08xG1.38

0.07xA0.08

16.2ICT26.2

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

13Projected pts23

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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