Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Meunier and 23 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.

Meunier vs Bogle

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

Meunier

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Bogle

LEEDS · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.6

14Total points42

2.3Form11.3

2.8Points / game8.4

0.3%Owned7.2%

396Minutes365

0Goals2

1Assists0

0.34xG1.38

0.58xA0.08

15.6ICT26.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts23

The verdict

Bogle comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Meunier 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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