Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 62 points for Kayode and 32 for Mendy, so Kayode 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.

Kayode vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Kayode by 30 projected points.

Kayode

Brentford · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

14Total points15

14.0Form15.0

14.0Points / game15.0

3.4%Owned1.4%

75Minutes63

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.87xG0.28

0.00xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

62Projected pts32

The verdict

Kayode comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (62 vs 32), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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