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

Diop vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 19 projected points.

Diop

Ipswich Town · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

2Total points15

2.0Form15.0

2.0Points / game15.0

18.3%Owned1.4%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.28

0.01xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

13Projected pts32

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (32 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Diop 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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