Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Wharton and 38 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Wharton vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 24 projected points.

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)

Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£9.5

4Total points9

4.0Form9.0

4.0Points / game9.0

0.9%Owned9.7%

90Minutes67

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.00xG0.64

0.25xA0.08

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

14Projected pts38

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

Buy — Wharton is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Saka is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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