Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 33 points for Gvardiol and 44 for White, so White 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.

Gvardiol vs White

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 11 projected points.

Gvardiol

Man City · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BOU (H)CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£5.5

9Total points11

9.0Form11.0

9.0Points / game11.0

11.4%Owned5.0%

90Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.19xG0.18

0.05xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

33Projected pts44

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (44 vs 33), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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