Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Tarkowski 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.

Tarkowski vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 12 projected points.

Tarkowski

Everton · DEF · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (H)BOU (A)MUN (H)TOT (A)IPS (H)

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£4.0

6Total points15

6.0Form15.0

6.0Points / game15.0

8.7%Owned1.4%

90Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.03xG0.28

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts32

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (32 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Tarkowski 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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