Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 19 points for Xhaka and 25 for Mbeumo, so Mbeumo 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 Mbeumo

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

Xhaka

SUNDERLAND · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£8.0

15Total points13

7.5Form6.5

7.5Points / game6.5

4.6%Owned32.9%

180Minutes180

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.00xG2.13

0.45xA0.44

5.0ICT8.7

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

19Projected pts25

The verdict

Mbeumo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (25 vs 19), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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