Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 29 points for Saka and 22 for Schade, 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 Schade

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

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Schade

BRENTFORD · MID · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

AVL (A)LIV (H)HUL (A)NFO (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£9.5Price£6.2

32Total points39

5.8Form8.7

6.4Points / game7.8

13.7%Owned11.5%

416Minutes447

3Goals3

0Assists2

3.22xG1.52

0.98xA0.32

52.1ICT35.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

29Projected pts22

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 a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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