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Daniel Ballard — Starter or Bench? Price, Projection & Fixtures

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The read — Sunderland’s GW6 XI is not settled — Daniel Ballard has started 4 matches this season. £4.9m, 2.6% owned, 22.6 pts projected over six gameweeks. Daniel Ballard is a defender for Sunderland, on 22.6 points over the next six gameweeks — an average run of fixtures. Next: BHA (H) in GW6.

Ballard at a glance
Stat	Value
Club	Sunderland
Position	DEF
Price	£4.9m
Ownership	2.6%
Projected points (next 6)	22.6
Predicted starter	No
Proven PL record	Yes
Availability	available

Ballard — projected points, GW6–11
Gameweek	Fixture	Fixture ease	Projected points
GW6	BHA (H)	very tough	2.5
GW7	BOU (A)	very tough	3.6
GW8	LEE (H)	very kind	4.4
GW9	COV (A)	very kind	4.5
GW10	CHE (H)	very tough	3.6
GW11	AVL (A)	very kind	4.1

More Sunderland options

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Melker Ellborg (£4.5m · 2.1 proj)
Anthony Patterson (£4.0m · 0.0 proj)

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