Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 13 points for Diop 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.

Diop vs Egan

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Egan by 3 projected points.

Diop

IPSWICH TOWN · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

FUL (H)MCI (A)NFO (H)HUL (A)BOU (H)

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.1

12Total points26

2.7Form3.0

2.4Points / game5.2

12.7%Owned7.0%

450Minutes437

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.06xG0.05

0.16xA0.00

15.5ICT13.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

13Projected pts15

The verdict

Egan comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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