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

Virgil vs Bassey

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

Virgil

LIVERPOOL · DEF · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Bassey

FULHAM · DEF · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£4.5

29Total points25

4.0Form5.3

4.1Points / game3.6

15.5%Owned1.0%

630Minutes630

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.31xG0.28

0.10xA0.12

18.6ICT17.9

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.0

16Projected pts15

The verdict

Virgil comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Virgil 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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