Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 33 points for B.Fernandes and 18 for King, 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 King

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours B.Fernandes by 15 projected points.

B.Fernandes

MAN UTD · MID · £12.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)LEE (A)

King

FULHAM · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MUN (H)IPS (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£12.0Price£5.5

25Total points17

8.3Form5.7

12.5Points / game5.7

48.5%Owned0.7%

180Minutes228

3Goals2

1Assists0

2.10xG0.94

0.74xA0.09

35.4ICT13.4

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

33Projected pts18

The verdict

B.Fernandes comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (33 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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