Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 14 points for Gakpo and 16 for Wirtz, so Wirtz 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 Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Wirtz by 2 projected points.

Gakpo

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£7.2Price£7.3

32Total points18

5.0Form4.0

6.4Points / game3.6

12.4%Owned5.7%

370Minutes402

1Goals0

3Assists2

0.64xG1.00

1.71xA0.40

35.2ICT31.4

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

14Projected pts16

The verdict

Wirtz comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Hold — Gakpo is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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