Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Mendy and 15 for Kayode, 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 Kayode

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

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (H)FUL (A)BRE (H)IPS (H)ARS (A)

Kayode

BRENTFORD · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£4.1Price£4.6

25Total points23

3.0Form2.7

6.2Points / game4.6

6.3%Owned7.6%

249Minutes294

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.32xG0.55

0.00xA0.43

16.4ICT15.3

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts15

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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