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

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

Van Hecke

SPURS · DEF · £4.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£4.9Price£6.5

27Total points25

5.7Form5.3

4.5Points / game5.0

6.2%Owned16.0%

540Minutes450

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.69xG0.25

0.45xA0.08

31.6ICT17.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

18Projected pts18

The verdict

Virgil comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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