Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 33 points for Calafiori and 40 for Bijol, so Bijol 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 Bijol

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

Calafiori

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Bijol

Leeds · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NFO (A)BRE (H)BHA (A)NEW (H)CRY (H)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£5.0

9Total points10

9.0Form10.0

9.0Points / game10.0

40.0%Owned0.4%

80Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.04xG0.13

0.09xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.8

33Projected pts40

The verdict

Bijol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (40 vs 33), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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