Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Aaronson and 40 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.

Aaronson vs Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 26 projected points.

Aaronson

Leeds · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (A)NFO (H)IPS (A)FUL (H)BOU (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£7.0

3Total points12

3.0Form12.0

3.0Points / game12.0

0.9%Owned3.7%

81Minutes90

0Goals1

0Assists0

0.01xG0.30

0.01xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

2.8Avg FDR (5)2.6

14Projected pts40

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (40 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Aaronson 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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