Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Wirtz and 23 for Groß, so Groß 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 Groß

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 7 projected points.

Wirtz

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.3

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

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Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.8

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

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Stat by stat

£7.3Price£5.8

18Total points47

4.0Form10.7

3.6Points / game9.4

5.7%Owned28.8%

402Minutes450

0Goals3

2Assists4

1.00xG1.77

0.40xA0.86

31.4ICT50.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

16Projected pts23

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 16), 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.

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

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