Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for N.Williams and 21 for Hall, so Hall 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.

N.Williams vs Hall

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Hall by 4 projected points.

N.Williams

NOTT'M FOREST · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (A)ARS (H)IPS (A)BRE (A)MCI (H)

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

COV (A)AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.3

19Total points31

3.7Form5.7

3.8Points / game6.2

8.7%Owned17.3%

450Minutes449

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.41xG0.25

0.61xA0.79

25.6ICT30.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

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

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