Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Wirtz and 14 for Gakpo, so Wirtz 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.

Wirtz vs Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Wirtz by 2 projected points.

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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

Gakpo

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.2

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

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

Stat by stat

£7.3Price£7.2

18Total points32

4.0Form5.0

3.6Points / game6.4

5.7%Owned12.4%

402Minutes370

0Goals1

2Assists3

1.00xG0.64

0.40xA1.71

31.4ICT35.2

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

16Projected pts14

The verdict

Wirtz comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (16 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Wirtz 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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