Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Mukiele and 18 for Mendy, so Mukiele 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.

Mukiele vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mukiele by 3 projected points.

Mukiele

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)BHA (H)

Mendy

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.0

11Total points16

5.5Form8.0

11.0Points / game8.0

2.4%Owned4.9%

90Minutes121

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.29

0.01xA0.00

0.0ICT8.5

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts18

The verdict

Mukiele comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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