Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Palacios and 23 for Groß, so Groß 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 Groß

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

Palacios

FULHAM · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.4Price£5.8

12Total points47

3.0Form10.7

3.0Points / game9.4

0.2%Owned28.8%

226Minutes450

1Goals3

0Assists4

0.98xG1.77

0.03xA0.86

14.0ICT50.8

2.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

12Projected pts23

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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