Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Justin and 15 for Mendy, so Justin 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Justin by 2 projected points.

Justin

LEEDS · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

£4.5Price£4.1

26Total points25

5.0Form0.5

5.2Points / game6.2

1.4%Owned6.2%

450Minutes249

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.22xG0.32

0.42xA0.00

20.0ICT16.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts15

The verdict

Justin comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Buy — Justin 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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