Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Gomez and 16 for Wirtz, so Wirtz 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 Wirtz

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Wirtz by 1 projected points.

Gomez

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£7.2

39Total points31

5.0Form4.3

4.9Points / game3.9

4.0%Owned5.1%

700Minutes621

1Goals0

3Assists4

1.16xG1.19

0.95xA0.94

44.5ICT50.6

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts16

The verdict

Wirtz comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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