Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 26 points for Saka and 17 for Ayari, 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 Ayari

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

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

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

Ayari

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£9.6Price£5.4

34Total points31

1.3Form6.3

5.7Points / game5.2

17.0%Owned0.4%

506Minutes500

3Goals2

0Assists1

3.63xG1.10

1.04xA0.20

58.4ICT17.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

26Projected pts17

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (26 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Hold — Saka is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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