Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 10 points for Ballard and 22 for Guéhi, so Guéhi 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.

Ballard vs Guéhi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Guéhi by 12 projected points.

Ballard

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Guéhi

MAN CITY · DEF · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LIV (A)IPS (H)AVL (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£6.0

14Total points30

2.0Form6.0

2.8Points / game6.0

2.5%Owned18.2%

450Minutes450

0Goals1

0Assists1

0.31xG0.95

0.16xA0.39

16.3ICT24.3

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

10Projected pts22

The verdict

Guéhi comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 10), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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