Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Martinez and 21 for Hall, 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.

Martinez vs Hall

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Hall by 7 projected points.

Martinez

MAN UTD · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

TOT (H)LEE (A)BOU (H)CHE (A)AVL (H)

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.3

6Total points31

1.7Form5.7

1.5Points / game6.2

1.3%Owned17.3%

360Minutes449

0Goals1

0Assists1

0.21xG0.25

0.16xA0.79

11.8ICT30.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

14Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

Hold — Martinez is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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