Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Elanga and 24 for Gakpo, so Gakpo 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 Gakpo

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

Elanga

Newcastle · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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Stat by stat

£6.0Price£7.0

9Total points12

9.0Form12.0

9.0Points / game12.0

1.2%Owned4.4%

75Minutes90

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.22xG0.30

0.01xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.6

18Projected pts24

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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