Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Buendía and 22 for Palmer, so Palmer 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 Palmer

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

Buendía

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

BOU (H)EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£9.7

25Total points36

6.0Form5.0

4.2Points / game6.0

1.2%Owned24.4%

464Minutes529

1Goals2

1Assists4

1.23xG1.31

0.33xA0.87

19.6ICT44.1

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

17Projected pts22

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (22 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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