Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Xhaka and 17 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.

Xhaka vs Groß

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 1 projected points.

Xhaka

SUNDERLAND · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

LEE (H)COV (A)ARS (H)SUN (A)CRY (H)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£5.5

18Total points16

6.0Form5.3

6.0Points / game5.3

4.6%Owned16.0%

270Minutes270

0Goals1

1Assists1

0.05xG0.66

0.60xA0.41

12.8ICT19.0

3.4Avg FDR (5)2.8

16Projected pts17

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Xhaka 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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