Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Botman and 20 for Bogle, so Bogle 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.

Botman vs Bogle

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bogle by 6 projected points.

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

AVL (H)CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MUN (H)SUN (A)BOU (A)TOT (H)CHE (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.7

26Total points43

5.0Form2.0

3.7Points / game7.2

0.8%Owned9.6%

630Minutes450

1Goals2

0Assists0

0.21xG1.49

0.22xA0.12

23.2ICT34.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

14Projected pts20

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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