Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 18 points for Barnes and 23 for Mbeumo, so Mbeumo 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.

Barnes vs Mbeumo

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

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

BOU (H)LEE (A)HUL (H)COV (A)AVL (H)

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £7.9

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)LEE (A)

Stat by stat

£6.0Price£7.9

17Total points13

5.7Form4.3

5.7Points / game6.5

1.2%Owned26.7%

270Minutes180

1Goals1

1Assists1

0.23xG2.26

0.06xA0.44

5.3ICT21.1

2.6Avg FDR (5)3.2

18Projected pts23

The verdict

Mbeumo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (23 vs 18), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.2) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

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

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