Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 33 points for Calafiori and 42 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.

Calafiori vs Mendy

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

Calafiori

Arsenal · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mendy

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£4.0

9Total points15

9.0Form15.0

9.0Points / game15.0

39.9%Owned1.3%

80Minutes63

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.04xG0.28

0.09xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

33Projected pts42

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 33), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Calafiori 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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