Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Palacios and 18 for Xhaka, so Xhaka 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.

Palacios vs Xhaka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Xhaka by 15 projected points.

Palacios

IPSWICH TOWN · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Sell64%

MUN (A)LIV (H)CRY (A)EVE (A)FUL (H)

Xhaka

SUNDERLAND · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£5.5

0Total points9

0.0Form9.0

0.0Points / game9.0

0.0%Owned4.7%

0Minutes90

0Goals0

0Assists1

0.00xG0.00

0.00xA0.09

0.0ICT5.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.2

3Projected pts18

The verdict

Xhaka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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