Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Castagne and 19 for Rúben, so Rúben 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 Rúben

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Rúben by 2 projected points.

Castagne

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MUN (H)IPS (A)HUL (H)

Rúben

MAN CITY · DEF · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)IPS (H)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.5

13Total points10

4.3Form3.3

4.3Points / game3.3

0.9%Owned1.8%

247Minutes270

0Goals0

2Assists0

0.67xG0.09

0.37xA0.74

8.9ICT12.8

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

17Projected pts19

The verdict

Rúben comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 17), 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 — Rúben is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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