Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Mitchell and 13 for Araujo, 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 Araujo

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

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Araujo

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£5.4

24Total points22

7.7Form7.0

4.8Points / game4.4

6.1%Owned3.0%

419Minutes284

2Goals0

0Assists0

0.77xG0.00

0.26xA0.06

25.8ICT7.7

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

18Projected pts13

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

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

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

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