Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 11 points for Wharton and 19 for King, so King 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 King

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours King by 8 projected points.

Wharton

CRYSTAL PALACE · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

NFO (H)BHA (A)NEW (H)TOT (A)LIV (H)

King

FULHAM · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy92%

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

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£5.5

12Total points24

2.0Form5.0

2.4Points / game4.8

0.7%Owned2.6%

436Minutes425

0Goals2

0Assists0

0.15xG1.54

0.58xA0.46

18.9ICT35.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.4

11Projected pts19

The verdict

King comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 11), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.4) and better current form.

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

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

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