Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 36 points for Gakpo and 14 for Wharton, so Gakpo 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.

Gakpo vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 21 projected points.

Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (A)NFO (H)IPS (A)FUL (H)BOU (A)

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)

Stat by stat

£7.0Price£5.5

10Total points4

10.0Form4.0

10.0Points / game4.0

3.7%Owned0.9%

90Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists0

0.24xG0.00

0.15xA0.24

0.0ICT0.0

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

36Projected pts14

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (36 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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