Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Aina and 32 for Mendy, 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.

Aina vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 9 projected points.

Aina

Nott'm Forest · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

5Total points15

5.0Form15.0

5.0Points / game15.0

3.6%Owned1.4%

73Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.04xG0.28

0.17xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

23Projected pts32

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (32 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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