Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Gvardiol and 18 for Hall, 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 Hall

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

Buy78%

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.8Price£5.3

41Total points31

4.0Form4.3

6.8Points / game5.2

28.0%Owned20.7%

458Minutes539

1Goals1

4Assists1

0.32xG0.27

0.79xA0.83

28.0ICT34.8

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts18

The verdict

Gvardiol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 18), 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 — Hall is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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