N.Williams or Lacroix?

Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for N.Williams and 18 for Lacroix, so Lacroix 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 Lacroix

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

N.Williams

NOTT'M FOREST · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Lacroix

CHELSEA · DEF · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£6.0

8Total points6

4.0Form3.0

4.0Points / game6.0

8.8%Owned9.5%

180Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists1

0.06xG0.00

0.17xA0.20

2.7ICT5.7

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

16Projected pts18

The verdict

Lacroix comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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