Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 23 points for Xhaka and 40 for Gakpo, so Gakpo 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 Gakpo

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Gakpo by 17 projected points.

Xhaka

Sunderland · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Gakpo

Liverpool · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (A)NFO (H)IPS (A)FUL (H)BOU (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£7.0

9Total points12

9.0Form12.0

9.0Points / game12.0

4.5%Owned3.8%

90Minutes90

0Goals1

1Assists0

0.00xG0.30

0.09xA0.15

0.0ICT0.0

3.2Avg FDR (5)2.6

23Projected pts40

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (40 vs 23), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.6) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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