Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Van Hecke and 15 for Kayode, 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 Kayode

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Van Hecke by 4 projected points.

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Kayode

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£4.6

24Total points23

7.3Form2.7

4.8Points / game4.6

6.6%Owned7.6%

450Minutes294

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.69xG0.55

0.42xA0.43

31.6ICT15.3

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

19Projected pts15

The verdict

Van Hecke comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

Hold — Kayode is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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