Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 11 points for Wharton and 23 for Groß, so Groß 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 Groß

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 12 projected points.

Wharton

CRYSTAL PALACE · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

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

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

SUN (A)CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£5.8

12Total points47

2.0Form10.7

2.4Points / game9.4

0.7%Owned28.8%

436Minutes450

0Goals3

0Assists4

0.15xG1.77

0.58xA0.86

18.9ICT50.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

11Projected pts23

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 11), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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