Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Hall and 15 for Bassey, so Hall 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 Bassey

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Hall by 3 projected points.

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.3Price£4.5

33Total points25

5.0Form5.3

4.7Points / game3.6

20.3%Owned1.0%

578Minutes630

1Goals0

1Assists1

0.27xG0.28

0.87xA0.12

34.8ICT17.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

18Projected pts15

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Hall 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.

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