Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 5 points for Smith Rowe and 29 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.

Smith Rowe vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 24 projected points.

Smith Rowe

FULHAM · MID · £5.3

projected points / 5 GW

Sell64%

IPS (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (A)NEW (H)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£5.3Price£9.5

3Total points32

0.7Form5.8

1.0Points / game6.4

0.2%Owned13.7%

38Minutes416

0Goals3

0Assists0

0.06xG3.22

0.02xA0.98

4.0ICT52.1

2.4Avg FDR (5)3.0

5Projected pts29

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (29 vs 5), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Sell — the projection, fixtures or minutes do not support keeping Smith Rowe.

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

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