B.Fernandes or Palmer?

Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for B.Fernandes and 22 for Palmer, so B.Fernandes 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.

B.Fernandes vs Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours B.Fernandes by 0 projected points.

B.Fernandes

MAN UTD · MID · £11.9

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

LEE (A)BOU (H)CHE (A)AVL (H)LIV (A)

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)LEE (H)

Stat by stat

£11.9Price£9.7

32Total points36

1.5Form5.0

5.3Points / game6.0

34.5%Owned25.3%

540Minutes529

3Goals2

1Assists4

2.58xG1.31

1.46xA0.86

60.1ICT49.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.0

22Projected pts22

The verdict

B.Fernandes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Hold — B.Fernandes is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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