Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Hall and 19 for Thomas, so Thomas 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.

Hall vs Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 1 projected points.

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy92%

TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)CRY (H)

Stat by stat

£5.3Price£4.0

31Total points28

4.3Form6.5

5.2Points / game4.7

20.7%Owned8.8%

539Minutes527

1Goals0

1Assists0

0.27xG0.49

0.83xA0.31

34.8ICT22.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.6

18Projected pts19

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and better current form.

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

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

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