Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 24 points for Gakpo and 27 for Palmer, so Palmer 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 Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 3 projected points.

Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

FUL (A)BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)

Stat by stat

£7.0Price£9.5

12Total points13

12.0Form13.0

12.0Points / game13.0

4.3%Owned11.2%

90Minutes82

1Goals1

0Assists1

0.30xG0.24

0.15xA0.21

0.0ICT0.0

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.0

24Projected pts27

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 24), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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