Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Buendía and 14 for Gakpo, so Buendía 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.

Buendía vs Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Buendía by 3 projected points.

Buendía

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BRE (H)NEW (A)MCI (H)FUL (H)MUN (A)

Gakpo

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

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

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£7.2

21Total points32

4.8Form5.0

4.2Points / game6.4

1.0%Owned12.4%

401Minutes370

1Goals1

0Assists3

0.92xG0.64

0.24xA1.71

19.6ICT35.2

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.4

17Projected pts14

The verdict

Buendía comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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