Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Mbeumo and 29 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Mbeumo vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 7 projected points.

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £7.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£7.9Price£9.6

25Total points32

2.0Form5.0

5.0Points / game6.4

20.4%Owned14.4%

450Minutes416

2Goals3

1Assists0

3.07xG3.22

0.80xA0.98

44.2ICT52.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

22Projected pts29

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (29 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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