Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 24 points for Tarkowski and 15 for Giles, so Tarkowski 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 Giles

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Tarkowski by 8 projected points.

Tarkowski

EVERTON · DEF · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (A)CHE (H)ARS (A)NEW (A)COV (H)

Giles

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£6.2Price£4.0

43Total points24

11.0Form2.0

8.6Points / game4.8

16.8%Owned2.9%

450Minutes444

1Goals0

1Assists1

0.18xG0.02

0.04xA0.43

20.5ICT22.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

24Projected pts15

The verdict

Tarkowski comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 15), 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.

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

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