Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 38 points for Saka and 14 for Lukić, 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 Lukić

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 24 projected points.

Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Lukić

Ipswich Town · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

SUN (H)MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£9.5Price£5.0

9Total points5

9.0Form5.0

9.0Points / game5.0

9.6%Owned0.1%

67Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.64xG0.00

0.08xA0.02

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

38Projected pts14

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (38 vs 14), 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 — Lukić is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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