Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 13 points for Shaw 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.

Shaw vs Hall

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

Shaw

MAN UTD · DEF · £4.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

£4.3Price£5.3

9Total points31

2.0Form5.7

2.2Points / game6.2

7.7%Owned17.3%

335Minutes449

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.03xG0.25

0.58xA0.79

20.1ICT30.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

13Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

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

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