Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Gabriel and 42 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.

Gabriel vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 20 projected points.

Gabriel

Arsenal · DEF · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£4.0

5Total points15

5.0Form15.0

5.0Points / game15.0

29.6%Owned1.3%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.05xG0.28

0.01xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts42

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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