Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 27 points for Palmer and 15 for Kluivert, 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 Kluivert

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 12 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Kluivert

BOURNEMOUTH · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

EVE (H)NEW (A)BRE (H)LIV (H)CHE (A)

Stat by stat

£9.6Price£6.0

13Total points6

6.5Form3.0

13.0Points / game3.0

17.0%Owned1.2%

82Minutes154

1Goals0

1Assists0

0.28xG0.73

0.19xA0.05

16.1ICT4.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.4

27Projected pts15

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (27 vs 15), 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.

Hold — Kluivert is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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