Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 17 points for Xhaka and 19 for Foden, so Foden 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 Foden

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Foden by 2 projected points.

Xhaka

SUNDERLAND · MID · £5.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Foden

MAN CITY · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)

Stat by stat

£5.5Price£7.0

12Total points10

6.0Form5.0

6.0Points / game5.0

4.6%Owned4.3%

180Minutes171

0Goals0

1Assists2

0.00xG0.99

0.39xA0.85

5.0ICT7.5

3.2Avg FDR (5)3.0

17Projected pts19

The verdict

Foden comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 17), 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 — Foden is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

More MID comparisons

Xhaka vs Cherki Xhaka vs Palmer Xhaka vs M.Sangaré Xhaka vs Stach Xhaka vs Gakpo Xhaka vs Elanga