Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Armstrong and 18 for Slater, so Slater 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 Slater

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

Armstrong

Everton · MID · £5.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

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

Slater

Hull City · MID · £4.5

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

MUN (H)COV (A)AVL (H)CHE (A)NEW (A)

Stat by stat

£5.0Price£4.5

8Total points6

8.0Form6.0

8.0Points / game6.0

0.1%Owned3.2%

90Minutes90

0Goals0

1Assists1

0.00xG0.00

0.04xA0.44

0.0ICT0.0

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts18

The verdict

Slater comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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