Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Mendy 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.

Mendy vs Hall

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

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£5.0

16Total points14

8.0Form7.0

8.0Points / game7.0

4.8%Owned4.3%

121Minutes180

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.30xG0.03

0.00xA0.65

8.5ICT3.7

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.6

18Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Mendy 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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