Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Giles 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.

Giles vs Mendy

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mendy by 22 projected points.

Giles

Hull City · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

£4.0Price£4.0

6Total points15

6.0Form15.0

6.0Points / game15.0

0.8%Owned1.3%

84Minutes63

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.02xG0.28

0.07xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts42

The verdict

Mendy comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 20), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Giles 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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