Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Gakpo and 15 for Barnes, 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 Barnes

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

Gakpo

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£7.1Price£6.1

32Total points32

0.0Form2.0

6.4Points / game4.6

6.5%Owned7.8%

370Minutes630

1Goals1

3Assists3

0.64xG1.24

1.71xA0.87

35.2ICT45.3

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

17Projected pts15

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 15), 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.

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

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