Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 28 points for Palmer and 25 for Mbeumo, 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 Mbeumo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 4 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)BOU (H)

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (H)EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)

Stat by stat

£9.6Price£8.0

20Total points13

10.0Form6.5

10.0Points / game6.5

17.5%Owned33.1%

172Minutes180

2Goals1

1Assists1

0.94xG2.13

0.37xA0.44

16.1ICT8.7

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

28Projected pts25

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (28 vs 25), 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 — Mbeumo is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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