Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Branthwaite and 14 for Egan, so Branthwaite 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.

Branthwaite vs Egan

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Branthwaite by 3 projected points.

Branthwaite

EVERTON · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CHE (H)ARS (A)NEW (A)COV (H)BRE (A)

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)BHA (H)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.1

30Total points27

5.5Form1.0

5.0Points / game4.5

2.6%Owned7.3%

540Minutes527

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.22xG0.09

0.04xA0.16

26.9ICT17.1

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts14

The verdict

Branthwaite comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

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

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

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