Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Lacroix and 22 for White, so White 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.

Lacroix vs White

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

Lacroix

Chelsea · DEF · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (A)BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£5.5

6Total points11

6.0Form11.0

6.0Points / game11.0

9.2%Owned5.3%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists1

0.00xG0.18

0.20xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts22

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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