Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 42 points for Mendy and 19 for Coyle, 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 Coyle

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 23 projected points.

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Coyle

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.0

15Total points6

15.0Form6.0

15.0Points / game6.0

1.2%Owned0.7%

63Minutes69

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.28xG0.00

0.00xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

42Projected pts19

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 19), 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 — Coyle is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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