Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Branthwaite 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.

Branthwaite vs Hall

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

Branthwaite

EVERTON · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£5.3

27Total points31

5.7Form5.7

5.4Points / game6.2

2.4%Owned17.3%

450Minutes449

0Goals1

0Assists1

0.17xG0.25

0.02xA0.79

22.5ICT30.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

18Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

Buy — Branthwaite 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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