Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Van Hecke and 15 for Bassey, so Van Hecke 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 Bassey

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Van Hecke by 3 projected points.

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£4.5

27Total points25

3.0Form5.3

4.5Points / game3.6

6.9%Owned1.0%

540Minutes630

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.69xG0.28

0.45xA0.12

34.4ICT17.9

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

18Projected pts15

The verdict

Van Hecke comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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