Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 30 points for Elanga and 18 for Slater, 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 Slater

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Elanga by 11 projected points.

Elanga

Newcastle · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Slater

Hull City · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£4.5

10Total points6

10.0Form6.0

10.0Points / game6.0

0.9%Owned3.3%

75Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.11xG0.00

0.01xA0.44

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

30Projected pts18

The verdict

Elanga comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (30 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 — Slater is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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