Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Gvardiol and 15 for Giles, 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 Giles

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gvardiol by 6 projected points.

Gvardiol

MAN CITY · DEF · £5.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Giles

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£5.7Price£4.0

37Total points24

7.5Form2.0

7.4Points / game4.8

26.9%Owned2.9%

434Minutes444

1Goals0

3Assists1

0.22xG0.02

0.74xA0.43

24.0ICT22.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts15

The verdict

Gvardiol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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