Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Van Hecke and 14 for Botman, 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 Botman

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

Buy78%

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

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£5.0

27Total points26

3.0Form5.0

4.5Points / game3.7

6.9%Owned0.8%

540Minutes630

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.69xG0.21

0.45xA0.22

34.4ICT23.2

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts14

The verdict

Van Hecke comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 14), 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 — Botman is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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