Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for O'Shea and 32 for Mendy, so Mendy 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.

O'Shea vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 15 projected points.

O'Shea

Ipswich Town · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (H)MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

4Total points15

4.0Form15.0

4.0Points / game15.0

3.5%Owned1.4%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.28

0.16xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts32

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (32 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — O'Shea is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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

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