Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Hall and 19 for Egan, 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 Egan

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)

Egan

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)EVE (H)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.0

14Total points17

7.0Form8.5

7.0Points / game8.5

4.3%Owned2.1%

180Minutes180

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.03xG0.00

0.65xA0.00

3.7ICT4.6

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

21Projected pts19

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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