Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Palmer and 19 for Iwobi, 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.

Palmer vs Iwobi

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 1 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)LEE (H)

Iwobi

FULHAM · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)MCI (A)

Stat by stat

£9.7Price£5.4

38Total points29

4.0Form6.7

5.4Points / game4.1

26.1%Owned0.8%

619Minutes584

2Goals1

4Assists0

1.45xG0.70

0.92xA2.36

49.8ICT34.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

20Projected pts19

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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