Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Murillo 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.

Murillo vs Rúben

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

Murillo

NOTT'M FOREST · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

TOT (H)AVL (A)COV (H)CRY (A)ARS (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

£5.5Price£5.5

11Total points10

3.7Form3.3

3.7Points / game3.3

1.5%Owned1.8%

269Minutes270

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.30xG0.09

0.28xA0.74

7.8ICT12.8

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts19

The verdict

Rúben comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Murillo 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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