Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Schuster and 21 for Hall, so Hall 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.

Schuster vs Hall

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

Schuster

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.3

21Total points31

7.0Form5.7

7.0Points / game6.2

0.3%Owned17.3%

253Minutes449

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.10xG0.25

0.54xA0.79

12.0ICT30.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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