Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 27 points for Palmer and 17 for Tzolis, 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 Tzolis

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 10 projected points.

Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Tzolis

Arsenal · MID · £6.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

COV (H)AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)

Stat by stat

£9.5Price£6.5

13Total points6

13.0Form6.0

13.0Points / game6.0

11.5%Owned25.6%

82Minutes75

1Goals0

1Assists1

0.24xG0.19

0.21xA0.14

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

27Projected pts17

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 17), 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 — Tzolis is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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