Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Castagne and 22 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.

Castagne vs Bijol

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Bijol by 10 projected points.

Castagne

Fulham · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CHE (H)SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MUN (H)

Bijol

Leeds · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.0

6Total points10

6.0Form10.0

6.0Points / game10.0

0.3%Owned0.6%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

2Assists0

0.18xG0.11

0.18xA0.00

0.0ICT0.0

3.6Avg FDR (5)2.8

12Projected pts22

The verdict

Bijol comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Castagne 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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