Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Elanga and 25 for Mbeumo, so Mbeumo 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 Mbeumo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Mbeumo by 4 projected points.

Elanga

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£8.0

17Total points13

8.5Form6.5

8.5Points / game6.5

4.4%Owned33.1%

156Minutes180

2Goals1

0Assists1

0.42xG2.13

0.11xA0.44

6.9ICT8.7

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts25

The verdict

Mbeumo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (25 vs 20), 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 — Mbeumo is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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