Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Buendía and 20 for Cunha, so Cunha 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 Cunha

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

Buendía

ASTON VILLA · MID · £5.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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

Cunha

MAN UTD · MID · £7.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

TOT (H)LEE (A)BOU (H)CHE (A)AVL (H)

Stat by stat

£5.9Price£7.9

25Total points26

6.0Form4.0

4.2Points / game5.2

1.2%Owned6.0%

464Minutes407

1Goals1

1Assists2

1.23xG0.63

0.33xA0.83

19.6ICT30.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

17Projected pts20

The verdict

Cunha comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 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 — Cunha is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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