Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for Mendy and 44 for White, so White 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.

Mendy vs White

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours White by 2 projected points.

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

White

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£5.5

15Total points11

15.0Form11.0

15.0Points / game11.0

1.2%Owned4.7%

63Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.28xG0.18

0.00xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

42Projected pts44

The verdict

White comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (44 vs 42), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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