Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 16 points for Barnes and 17 for Gakpo, so Gakpo 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 Gakpo

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

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)BHA (A)

Gakpo

LIVERPOOL · MID · £7.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold57%

BHA (H)ARS (H)CRY (A)MUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£6.1Price£7.1

40Total points35

4.0Form1.0

5.0Points / game5.8

7.4%Owned6.6%

706Minutes460

2Goals1

3Assists3

1.52xG1.02

0.89xA1.75

45.3ICT35.2

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

16Projected pts17

The verdict

Gakpo comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (17 vs 16), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and a stronger underlying profile.

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

Hold — Gakpo is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

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