Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Bogle and 19 for Thomas, so Bogle 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.

Bogle vs Thomas

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

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

ARS (A)MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (H)TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£4.6Price£4.0

42Total points24

10.0Form4.5

8.4Points / game4.8

7.4%Owned8.5%

365Minutes437

2Goals0

0Assists0

1.38xG0.49

0.08xA0.30

26.2ICT18.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.8

23Projected pts19

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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