Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 38 points for Saka and 30 for Elanga, 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.

Saka vs Elanga

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 9 projected points.

Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Elanga

Newcastle · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LIV (H)TOT (A)BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£9.5Price£6.0

9Total points10

9.0Form10.0

9.0Points / game10.0

9.9%Owned0.9%

67Minutes75

1Goals1

0Assists0

0.64xG0.11

0.08xA0.01

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

38Projected pts30

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 30), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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