Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Elanga and 19 for Foden, 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 Foden

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Elanga by 1 projected points.

Elanga

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Foden

MAN CITY · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£7.0

17Total points10

8.5Form5.0

8.5Points / game5.0

2.6%Owned4.2%

156Minutes171

2Goals0

0Assists2

0.40xG0.99

0.11xA0.85

6.9ICT7.5

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts19

The verdict

Elanga comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and better current form.

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

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

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