Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 10 points for Cash and 16 for Mendy, so Mendy 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.

Cash vs Mendy

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

Cash

ASTON VILLA · DEF · £4.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Stat by stat

£4.4Price£4.1

6Total points25

1.8Form3.0

1.5Points / game6.2

4.8%Owned6.3%

296Minutes249

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.15xG0.32

0.04xA0.00

7.2ICT16.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

10Projected pts16

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 10), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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