Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for Hall and 18 for Mendy, 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 Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Hall by 4 projected points.

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Mendy

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 points16

7.0Form8.0

7.0Points / game8.0

4.3%Owned4.8%

180Minutes121

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.03xG0.30

0.65xA0.00

3.7ICT8.5

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

21Projected pts18

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 18), 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 — Mendy is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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