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

Egan vs Botman

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Egan by 0 projected points.

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.1Price£5.0

31Total points26

2.0Form5.0

4.4Points / game3.7

7.2%Owned0.8%

617Minutes630

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.09xG0.21

0.16xA0.22

17.1ICT23.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

14Projected pts14

The verdict

Egan comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (14 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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