B.Fernandes or Wirtz?

Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 21 points for B.Fernandes and 16 for Wirtz, 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 Wirtz

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

B.Fernandes

MAN UTD · MID · £11.7

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£11.7Price£7.2

33Total points31

0.7Form4.3

4.7Points / game3.9

25.5%Owned5.1%

630Minutes621

3Goals0

1Assists4

2.66xG1.19

1.50xA0.94

64.0ICT50.6

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

21Projected pts16

The verdict

B.Fernandes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 16), 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 — Wirtz is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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