Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Elanga 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.

Elanga vs Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 8 projected points.

Elanga

Newcastle · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£9.5

9Total points13

9.0Form13.0

9.0Points / game13.0

1.2%Owned11.2%

75Minutes82

1Goals1

0Assists1

0.22xG0.24

0.01xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

18Projected pts27

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 18), 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 — Palmer is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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