Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Gabriel and 15 for Mendy, so Gabriel 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 Gabriel by 6 projected points.

Gabriel

ARSENAL · DEF · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£4.1

25Total points25

5.0Form0.5

5.0Points / game6.2

22.7%Owned6.2%

450Minutes249

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.51xG0.32

0.20xA0.00

20.0ICT16.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

21Projected pts15

The verdict

Gabriel comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Gabriel 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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