Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Scott and 27 for Palmer, so Palmer 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.

Scott vs Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 11 projected points.

Scott

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)BOU (H)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£9.6

14Total points13

7.0Form6.5

7.0Points / game13.0

1.5%Owned17.0%

176Minutes82

1Goals1

0Assists1

0.26xG0.28

0.29xA0.19

1.6ICT16.1

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.0

16Projected pts27

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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