Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Armstrong 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.

Armstrong vs Foden

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

Armstrong

EVERTON · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BOU (A)MUN (H)TOT (A)IPS (H)HUL (A)

Foden

MAN CITY · MID · £7.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£7.0

10Total points10

5.0Form5.0

5.0Points / game5.0

0.3%Owned4.2%

176Minutes171

0Goals0

1Assists2

0.00xG0.99

0.08xA0.85

4.8ICT7.5

2.8Avg FDR (5)3.0

15Projected pts19

The verdict

Foden comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (19 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and better current form.

Buy — Armstrong 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.

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