Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Justin and 19 for Thomas, so Thomas 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.

Justin vs Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 1 projected points.

Justin

LEEDS · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

ARS (A)MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (H)TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

26Total points24

5.0Form4.5

5.2Points / game4.8

1.4%Owned8.6%

450Minutes437

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.22xG0.49

0.42xA0.30

20.0ICT18.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts19

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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