Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Van Hecke and 18 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.

Van Hecke vs Thomas

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

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (A)COV (H)CHE (A)CRY (H)LEE (A)

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£4.0

25Total points24

5.0Form3.0

4.2Points / game4.8

6.2%Owned8.8%

540Minutes437

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.69xG0.49

0.45xA0.30

31.6ICT18.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts18

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Van Hecke 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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