Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Gvardiol and 15 for Bassey, so Gvardiol 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 Bassey

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

Gvardiol

MAN CITY · DEF · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

IPS (H)AVL (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)FUL (H)

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£5.8Price£4.5

41Total points25

2.7Form5.3

5.9Points / game3.6

28.9%Owned1.0%

487Minutes630

1Goals0

4Assists1

0.32xG0.28

0.88xA0.12

28.0ICT17.9

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

17Projected pts15

The verdict

Gvardiol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

More DEF comparisons

Gvardiol vs De Cuyper Gvardiol vs Tarkowski Gvardiol vs Bogle Gvardiol vs Vuskovic Gvardiol vs Calafiori Gvardiol vs Guéhi