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

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours King by 0 projected points.

Buendía

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

King

FULHAM · MID · £5.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£5.6

25Total points26

6.0Form2.3

4.2Points / game4.3

1.2%Owned4.7%

464Minutes500

1Goals2

1Assists0

1.23xG1.54

0.33xA0.74

19.6ICT35.8

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.4

17Projected pts17

The verdict

King comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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