Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 40 points for Stach and 23 for Xhaka, so Stach 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.

Stach vs Xhaka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Stach by 17 projected points.

Stach

Leeds · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NFO (A)BRE (H)BHA (A)NEW (H)CRY (H)

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (A)FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£5.5

13Total points9

13.0Form9.0

13.0Points / game9.0

0.9%Owned4.4%

90Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.09xG0.00

0.05xA0.09

0.0ICT0.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.2

40Projected pts23

The verdict

Stach comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (40 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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