Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 27 points for Palmer and 16 for Scott, 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 Scott

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 11 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Scott

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Stat by stat

£9.6Price£6.0

13Total points14

6.5Form7.0

13.0Points / game7.0

17.0%Owned1.5%

82Minutes176

1Goals1

1Assists0

0.28xG0.26

0.19xA0.29

16.1ICT1.6

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

27Projected pts16

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 16), 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 — Scott is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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