Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Maatsen and 15 for Egan, so Egan 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.

Maatsen vs Egan

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Egan by 13 projected points.

Maatsen

ASTON VILLA · DEF · £4.4

projected points / 5 GW

Sell92%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.4Price£4.1

9Total points26

2.2Form3.0

2.2Points / game5.2

0.5%Owned7.0%

335Minutes437

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.28xG0.05

0.45xA0.00

10.2ICT13.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts15

The verdict

Egan comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Maatsen.

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

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