Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 12 points for Nketiah and 20 for Isak, so Isak 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.

Nketiah vs Isak

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

Nketiah

CRYSTAL PALACE · FWD · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

NFO (H)BHA (A)NEW (H)TOT (A)LIV (H)

Isak

LIVERPOOL · FWD · £9.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

MCI (H)BRE (A)BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£9.1

8Total points33

0.5Form5.0

2.0Points / game6.6

0.5%Owned21.9%

175Minutes413

0Goals4

1Assists0

1.10xG3.54

0.60xA0.08

13.0ICT40.0

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

12Projected pts20

The verdict

Isak comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 12), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

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

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

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