Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Mitchell and 13 for Giles, 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 Giles

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mitchell by 3 projected points.

Mitchell

CRYSTAL PALACE · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Giles

HULL CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

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

Stat by stat

£4.5Price£4.0

28Total points27

2.0Form1.5

4.0Points / game3.9

5.7%Owned2.9%

599Minutes529

2Goals0

0Assists1

0.78xG0.02

0.27xA0.43

32.7ICT24.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

16Projected pts13

The verdict

Mitchell comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 13), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

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

Hold — Giles is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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