Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Mitchell and 21 for Hall, so Hall 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 Hall

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

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Hall

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.3

24Total points31

7.7Form5.7

4.8Points / game6.2

6.1%Owned17.3%

419Minutes449

2Goals1

0Assists1

0.77xG0.25

0.26xA0.79

25.8ICT30.2

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.8

18Projected pts21

The verdict

Hall comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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