Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 27 points for Palmer and 24 for Gakpo, 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 Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 3 projected points.

Palmer

Chelsea · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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Stat by stat

£9.5Price£7.0

13Total points12

13.0Form12.0

13.0Points / game12.0

11.4%Owned4.4%

82Minutes90

1Goals1

1Assists0

0.24xG0.30

0.21xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.6

27Projected pts24

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 24), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

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

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

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