Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Hjelde and 16 for Mendy, so Mendy 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.

Hjelde vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 14 projected points.

Hjelde

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Sell92%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.1

0Total points25

0.0Form3.0

0.0Points / game6.2

0.0%Owned6.3%

0Minutes249

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.32

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT16.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts16

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Hjelde.

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

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