Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for Mendy and 9 for Thomas, so Mendy 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 Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 33 projected points.

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Thomas

Coventry City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

ARS (A)HUL (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)NFO (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

15Total points3

15.0Form3.0

15.0Points / game3.0

1.2%Owned8.1%

63Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.28xG0.02

0.00xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

42Projected pts9

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 9), 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.

Hold — Thomas is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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