Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 22 points for Palmer and 24 for Groß, so Groß 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 Groß

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 2 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)LEE (H)

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£9.7Price£6.0

36Total points53

5.0Form10.0

6.0Points / game8.8

25.3%Owned39.7%

529Minutes540

2Goals3

4Assists5

1.31xG2.02

0.86xA1.05

49.8ICT58.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

22Projected pts24

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (24 vs 22), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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