Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 30 points for Elanga and 14 for Wharton, so Elanga 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.

Elanga vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Elanga by 15 projected points.

Elanga

Newcastle · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LIV (H)TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£5.5

10Total points4

10.0Form4.0

10.0Points / game4.0

0.9%Owned0.9%

75Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.11xG0.00

0.01xA0.24

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

30Projected pts14

The verdict

Elanga comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (30 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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