Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Gomez and 23 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Gomez vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 7 projected points.

Gomez

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CHE (A)LEE (H)COV (A)ARS (H)SUN (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£9.5

11Total points9

5.5Form4.5

5.5Points / game9.0

3.9%Owned10.3%

175Minutes67

0Goals1

2Assists0

0.57xG0.64

0.67xA0.08

9.9ICT10.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

17Projected pts23

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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