Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 3 points for Shepherd and 29 for Saka, so Saka 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.

Shepherd vs Saka

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Saka by 26 projected points.

Shepherd

COVENTRY CITY · MID · £4.4

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

NEW (H)TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)

Saka

ARSENAL · MID · £9.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LEE (H)NFO (A)EVE (H)LIV (A)HUL (H)

Stat by stat

£4.4Price£9.5

0Total points32

0.0Form5.8

0.0Points / game6.4

0.3%Owned13.7%

0Minutes416

0Goals3

0Assists0

0.00xG3.22

0.00xA0.98

0.0ICT52.1

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

3Projected pts29

The verdict

Saka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (29 vs 3), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Hold — Shepherd is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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

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