Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Kayode and 19 for Rúben, so Rúben 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 Rúben

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rúben by 1 projected points.

Kayode

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (H)BOU (A)CHE (H)AVL (A)LIV (H)

Rúben

MAN CITY · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)IPS (H)

Stat by stat

£4.6Price£5.5

16Total points10

5.3Form3.3

5.3Points / game3.3

9.6%Owned1.8%

207Minutes270

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.55xG0.09

0.21xA0.74

11.9ICT12.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.8

18Projected pts19

The verdict

Rúben comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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