Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Palacios and 29 for Saka, 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.

Palacios vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 17 projected points.

Palacios

FULHAM · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

IPS (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£9.5

12Total points32

3.0Form5.8

3.0Points / game6.4

0.2%Owned13.7%

226Minutes416

1Goals3

0Assists0

0.98xG3.22

0.03xA0.98

14.0ICT52.1

2.4Avg FDR (5)3.0

12Projected pts29

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (29 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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