Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Xhaka and 14 for Wharton, 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.

Xhaka vs Wharton

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Xhaka by 9 projected points.

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Wharton

Crystal Palace · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)IPS (H)LEE (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£5.5

9Total points4

9.0Form4.0

9.0Points / game4.0

4.4%Owned0.9%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists0

0.00xG0.00

0.09xA0.25

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

23Projected pts14

The verdict

Xhaka comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 14), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and better current form.

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

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

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