Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 32 points for Mendy and 22 for Aina, 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 Aina

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 10 projected points.

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Aina

Nott'm Forest · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)LIV (A)TOT (H)AVL (A)COV (H)

Stat by stat

£4.0Price£4.5

15Total points5

15.0Form5.0

15.0Points / game5.0

1.4%Owned3.6%

63Minutes73

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.28xG0.04

0.00xA0.11

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

32Projected pts22

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (32 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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