Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 28 points for Palmer and 20 for Cunha, 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 Cunha

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 8 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Cunha

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£9.6Price£8.0

20Total points11

10.0Form5.5

10.0Points / game5.5

17.5%Owned8.9%

172Minutes158

2Goals0

1Assists2

0.94xG0.35

0.37xA0.36

16.1ICT6.9

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

28Projected pts20

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (28 vs 20), 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 — Cunha is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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