Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Mitchell and 15 for Bassey, so Mitchell 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.

Mitchell vs Bassey

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mitchell by 1 projected points.

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (A)NEW (H)TOT (A)LIV (H)COV (A)

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.5

28Total points25

3.7Form5.3

4.7Points / game3.6

5.8%Owned1.0%

509Minutes630

2Goals0

0Assists1

0.78xG0.28

0.27xA0.12

31.1ICT17.9

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

16Projected pts15

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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