Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 27 points for Saka and 17 for McGinn, 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 McGinn

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 11 projected points.

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

McGinn

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Stat by stat

£9.6Price£5.4

34Total points26

4.0Form7.0

5.7Points / game4.3

17.1%Owned2.2%

506Minutes524

3Goals1

0Assists2

3.52xG1.44

1.04xA0.32

52.1ICT14.8

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

27Projected pts17

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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