Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Van Hecke and 17 for Justin, 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 Justin

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Van Hecke by 0 projected points.

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Justin

LEEDS · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£4.5

25Total points32

5.0Form5.3

4.2Points / game5.3

6.2%Owned1.5%

540Minutes528

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.69xG0.41

0.45xA0.42

31.6ICT20.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

17Projected pts17

The verdict

Van Hecke comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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