Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Tzolis and 42 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.

Tzolis vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 19 projected points.

Tzolis

Arsenal · MID · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Saka

Arsenal · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£6.5Price£9.5

6Total points10

6.0Form10.0

6.0Points / game10.0

25.2%Owned9.3%

67Minutes67

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.24xG0.64

0.13xA0.07

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

23Projected pts42

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (42 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Tzolis 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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