Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Mykolenko and 14 for Botman, so Mykolenko 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.

Mykolenko vs Botman

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

Mykolenko

EVERTON · DEF · £4.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

CHE (H)ARS (A)NEW (A)COV (H)BRE (A)

Botman

NEWCASTLE · DEF · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£4.6Price£5.0

28Total points26

2.0Form5.0

4.7Points / game3.7

2.8%Owned0.8%

540Minutes630

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.04xG0.21

0.37xA0.22

15.5ICT23.2

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.2

15Projected pts14

The verdict

Mykolenko comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (15 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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