Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Branthwaite and 14 for Dunk, 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 Dunk

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Branthwaite by 2 projected points.

Branthwaite

EVERTON · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Dunk

BRIGHTON · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.5

31Total points29

4.0Form2.3

4.4Points / game4.8

2.5%Owned1.5%

630Minutes479

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.28xG0.03

0.05xA0.11

26.9ICT16.5

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts14

The verdict

Branthwaite comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 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 — Dunk is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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