Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 36 points for Gakpo and 23 for Xhaka, 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 Xhaka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 13 projected points.

Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (A)FUL (H)BRE (A)ARS (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£7.0Price£5.5

10Total points9

10.0Form9.0

10.0Points / game9.0

3.7%Owned4.5%

90Minutes90

1Goals0

0Assists1

0.24xG0.00

0.15xA0.09

0.0ICT0.0

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

36Projected pts23

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (36 vs 23), 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 — Xhaka is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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