Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 38 points for Saka and 23 for Xhaka, 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 Xhaka

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

Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (A)FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£9.5Price£5.5

9Total points9

9.0Form9.0

9.0Points / game9.0

9.8%Owned4.5%

67Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.64xG0.00

0.08xA0.09

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

38Projected pts23

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 23), 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 — Xhaka is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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