Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Calafiori and 15 for Bassey, so Calafiori 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.

Calafiori vs Bassey

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Calafiori by 8 projected points.

Calafiori

ARSENAL · DEF · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)NEW (A)

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£4.5

38Total points25

3.3Form5.3

6.3Points / game3.6

53.3%Owned1.0%

497Minutes630

1Goals0

2Assists1

1.22xG0.28

0.68xA0.12

32.0ICT17.9

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

22Projected pts15

The verdict

Calafiori comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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